Intentions to Marry, 1924 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840526, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1924 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.

1924g contains pages 2647-3074, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2795

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1924 Registrar Duncan

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

8 February 1924

Clarence Henry Shannon Butler
Margaret Lambert de Joux

Clarence Henry Shannon Butler
Margaret Lambert de Joux
💍 1924/10187

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Dressmaker

24
27

Timaru
Timaru

7 years
7 years

Methodist Church, Bank Street, Timaru

2210

8 February 1924

Rev. R. J. Liddell, Methodist

No	11
Date of Notice	8 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Henry Shannon Butler	Margaret Lambert de Joux
	💍 1924/10187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Dressmaker
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Bank Street, Timaru
Folio	2210
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Liddell, Methodist

11 February 1924

Charles Henry Rodda
Catherine Ellen Watson

Charles Henry Rodda
Catherine Ellen Watson
💍 1924/10188

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter
Domestic Duties

34
27

Timaru
Timaru

7 months
4 years

Chalmers Presbyterian Church Manse, Timaru

2211

11 February 1924

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	11 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Rodda	Catherine Ellen Watson
	💍 1924/10188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	7 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Presbyterian Church Manse, Timaru
Folio	2211
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

11 February 1924

George Terrence Bentley
Rose Baker

George Terrence Bentley
Rose Baker
💍 1924/10189

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic Duties

21
19

Timaru
Timaru

21 years
10 years

St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

2212

John William Baker, Father

11 February 1924

Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

No	13
Date of Notice	11 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Terrence Bentley	Rose Baker
	💍 1924/10189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic Duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	21 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	2212
Consent	John William Baker, Father
Date of Certificate	11 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

13 February 1924

Stanley Howard Mauger
Violet May Blanchard

Stanley Howard Mauger
Violet May Blanchard
💍 1924/10190

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Shop Assistant

24
21

Timaru
Timaru

Life
8 years

Woodlands Street Methodist Church, Timaru

2213

13 February 1924

Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

No	14
Date of Notice	13 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Howard Mauger	Violet May Blanchard
	💍 1924/10190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Shop Assistant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	Life	8 years
Marriage Place	Woodlands Street Methodist Church, Timaru
Folio	2213
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

19 February 1924

Vivian Leigh Anderson
Violet Barbara Teague

Vivian Leigh Anderson
Violet Barbara Teague
💍 1924/10191

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Domestic Duties

21
18

Timaru
Timaru

18 months
18 years

Residence of Rev. A. L. Lowry, Butler Street, Timaru

2214

Thomas James Teague, Father

19 February 1924

Rev. A. L. Lowry, Methodist

No	15
Date of Notice	19 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Leigh Anderson	Violet Barbara Teague
	💍 1924/10191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Domestic Duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	18 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. A. L. Lowry, Butler Street, Timaru
Folio	2214
Consent	Thomas James Teague, Father
Date of Certificate	19 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. L. Lowry, Methodist

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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).