Intentions to Marry, 1922 Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840511, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1922 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1922h contains pages 2981-3386, covering districts from Dunstan to Chatham Islands

Page 3112

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 December 1922 Registrar M. Earle

Date of Notice

Names and Surnames of Parties

BDM Match

Condition

Calling or Profession

Age

Dwelling Place

Length of Residence

Marriage Place

Folio

Consent

Date of Certificate

Officiating Minister

25 November 1922

Harry Dunbar Dick
Olive Margaret Diver

Murry Dunbar Dick
Olive Margaret Diver
💍 1922/7114

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

23
26

Oamaru
Oamaru

Residence of James Diver, Eden Street, Oamaru
10 years

Residence of James Diver, Eden Street, Oamaru

9333

25 November 1922

Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

No	71
Date of Notice	25 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Dunbar Dick	Olive Margaret Diver
BDM Match (94%)	Murry Dunbar Dick	Olive Margaret Diver
	💍 1922/7114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	Residence of James Diver, Eden Street, Oamaru	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Diver, Eden Street, Oamaru
Folio	9333
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

27 November 1922

John Chapman
Brita Lambert Hedstrom

John Chapman
Brita Lambert Hedstrom
💍 1922/7115

Divorced Decree absolute 17 November 1922
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
24

Enfield
Enfield

6 months
6 months

Registrar's Office, Oamaru

9334

27 November 1922

Registrar of Marriages, Oamaru

No	72
Date of Notice	27 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Chapman	Brita Lambert Hedstrom
	💍 1922/7115
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 17 November 1922	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Enfield	Enfield
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Oamaru
Folio	9334
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Oamaru

28 November 1922

Denis Wright
Christina Catherine Taylor

Denis Wright
Christina Catherine Taylor
💍 1922/7092

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 5 December 1919

Carpenter
Shop Assistant

31
29

Oamaru
Windsor Park

31 years
29 years

Roman Catholic Church, Windsor Park

9335

27 November 1922

Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

No	73
Date of Notice	28 November 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis Wright	Christina Catherine Taylor
	💍 1922/7092
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 5 December 1919
Profession	Carpenter	Shop Assistant
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Windsor Park
Length of Residence	31 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Windsor Park
Folio	9335
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Graham, Roman Catholic

8 December 1922

Percy Gerald Humbra
Doris Archer

Percy Gerald Hendra
Doris Archer
💍 1922/7093

Divorced 23 March 1922
Spinster

Optician
Domestic Duties

37
30

Oamaru
Oamaru

1 week
1 week

Methodist Church, Eden Street, Oamaru

9336

8 December 1922

Rev. A. Reader, Methodist

No	74
Date of Notice	8 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Gerald Humbra	Doris Archer
BDM Match (92%)	Percy Gerald Hendra	Doris Archer
	💍 1922/7093
Condition	Divorced 23 March 1922	Spinster
Profession	Optician	Domestic Duties
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Eden Street, Oamaru
Folio	9336
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reader, Methodist

8 December 1922

Allan Haugh
Jean Robatson

Allan Haugh
Jean Robertson
💍 1922/7094

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

22
23

Duntroon
Oamaru

-
9 years

St Pauls Presbyterian Church, Oamaru

9337

8 December 1922

Rev. S. D. Hunter, Presbyterian

No	75
Date of Notice	8 December 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Haugh	Jean Robatson
BDM Match (93%)	Allan Haugh	Jean Robertson
	💍 1922/7094
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Duntroon	Oamaru
Length of Residence	-	9 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Presbyterian Church, Oamaru
Folio	9337
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. D. Hunter, Presbyterian

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What is an Intention to Marry?

The 1854 Marriage Act required Pakeha settlers (and later Maori) to register their intention to marry from 1855. The resulting Notices of intention to marry were sent by the district registrars to the Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages and bound into large volumes, each containing a year of notices. These registers were eventually deposited with Archives New Zealand.

What information does an ItM record?

A typical Intention to Marry notice records:

the bride and groom's full names
occupation of the groom (and sometimes the bride)
their ages
district where the marriage would take place
how long they had resided in the district
Where the marriage would take place (eg, a specific church)
Who would officiate the marriage (eg, a minister)
The date of the notice and also a date when the certificate was issued. Marriages had to take place within 3 months, and usually occurred within a week or so of the certificate date.
If one of the parties was under 21, a parent who consented to their marriage was usually specified

These details can provide clues for genealogical and historical research. Knowing the date and district makes it easier to look for wedding notices in Papers Past, and the amount of time that the parties had resided in a district can offer clues to whether a person was born in NZ, or when they immigrated.

However, finding individual records in the Intentions to Marry registers was typically a slow and manual process, usually requiring an in-person visit to Archives NZ's Wellington office (during limited opening hours) and using a handwritten card catalogue index to look up individual names.

Eight years of the registers had been digitised by Archives NZ prior to 2024, but even these digital versions required the use of a manual index and usually examining several pages to locate specific records.

What is the Intentions to Marry Project?

This project aims to transcribe the New Zealand Intentions to Marry registers (from 1855 to 1925) with the assistance of new technology (AI), making the records freely available and easily searchable.

The ITM records have also been cross-referenced with the registered marriages at DIA Births, Deaths and Marriages, where possible (a small fraction of the recorded intentions to marry did not become a registered marriage).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

The project is led by Luke Howison, a web developer who made the free genealogical research search tool NZ Ancestor Search Helper and Archway-style Collections Search. There are also some wonderful volunteers assisting with digitising the registers.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

How is the transcription done?

There are several steps to digitising and transcribing the records:

Digitising the registers (taking clean, straight, high-quality photos)
Processing the digitised pages by straightening, cropping and sharpening the images
Transcribing each page with a combination of AI tools
Matching each ITM with a registered marriage when possible
Human verification of the transcribed information

The main LLM (AI) used are the Google Gemini Pro and Flash models, which have excellent 'Vision' capabilities, and a generous free tier.

Archives NZ has released the register years they have digitised (1865-69, 1872, 1874 and 1880) under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 license.

The Intention to Marry registers (up to 1925) are more than 100 years old, so their Crown Copyright has expired, putting them in the public domain. This also applies to any 'mechanical reproductions' (eg, pictures or photocopies) of their content without substantial alteration.

The transcribed records on this website are released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal license, which allows reusers to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material in any medium or format, even for commercial purposes, while giving credit to the creator (NZ Intentions to Marry Project).