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 3096

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1922 Registrar P. S. Chisholm

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

13 February 1922

Thomas William Mills
Agnes Kathleen Harney

Thomas William Mills
Agnes Kathleen Harney
💍 1922/2113

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic

20
19

Oamaru
Oamaru

20 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru

2164

Robert Mills (father), Thomas Harney (father)

13 February 1922

Rev. Daniel O'Connell, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	13 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Mills	Agnes Kathleen Harney
	💍 1922/2113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	2164
Consent	Robert Mills (father), Thomas Harney (father)
Date of Certificate	13 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Daniel O'Connell, Roman Catholic

14 February 1922

Frederick William King
Ann Elizabeth Low

Frederick William King
Ann Elizabeth Low
💍 1922/2114

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

35
22

Oamaru
Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru

3 days
Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru

Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru

2165

14 February 1922

Rev. G. D. Vereo, Church of Christ

No	7
Date of Notice	14 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William King	Ann Elizabeth Low
	💍 1922/2114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru
Marriage Place	Residence of David Low, Lune Street, Oamaru
Folio	2165
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Vereo, Church of Christ

20 February 1922

Thomas Clifford Rodgers
Iris Daphne Howell

Thomas Clifford Rodgers
Iris Daphne Howell
💍 1922/2115

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household duties

21
18

Pine Forks
Pine Forks

4 years
12 years

Columba Church, Oamaru

2166

Thomas Howell, father

20 February 1922

Rev. Walter McLean, M.C., Presbyterian

No	8
Date of Notice	20 February 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Clifford Rodgers	Iris Daphne Howell
	💍 1922/2115
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Pine Forks	Pine Forks
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Columba Church, Oamaru
Folio	2166
Consent	Thomas Howell, father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walter McLean, M.C., Presbyterian

3 March 1922

David Angus
Janet Henderson Holmes

David Angus
Janet Henderson Holmes
💍 1922/2116

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
28

Ngapara
Ngapara

2 years
15 years

Presbyterian Church, Ngapara

2167

3 March 1922

Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	3 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Angus	Janet Henderson Holmes
	💍 1922/2116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Ngapara	Ngapara
Length of Residence	2 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Ngapara
Folio	2167
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

13 March 1922

Owen Percy Turnbull
Muriel Johnston

Owen Percy Turnbull
Muriel Johnston
💍 1922/2117

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
21

Windsor
Windsor

26 years
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Enfield

2168

13 March 1922

Rev. Archibald G. Irvine, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	13 March 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Percy Turnbull	Muriel Johnston
	💍 1922/2117
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Windsor	Windsor
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Enfield
Folio	2168
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archibald G. Irvine, 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).