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 2826

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 December 1924 Registrar A. E. [illegible]

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

156

22 December 1924

Albert Thompson
Verena Margaret Lurlie Leslie

Albert Thompson
Verena Margaret Lurlene Leslie
💍 1925/3524

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
School Teacher

26
23

Christchurch
Timaru

Life
21 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru

124

22 December 1924

Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian

No	156
Date of Notice	22 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Thompson	Verena Margaret Lurlie Leslie
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Thompson	Verena Margaret Lurlene Leslie
	💍 1925/3524
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	School Teacher
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Timaru
Length of Residence	Life	21 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	124
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian

157

22 December 1924

Proctor McFarlane Morris
Annie Marie Theresa Squire

Proctor McFarlane Morris
Annie Marie Theresa Squire
💍 1924/7497

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

39
32

Timaru
Fairview

1 year
20 years

St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

10045

22 December 1924

Rev. H. O. Wilkinson, Anglican

No	157
Date of Notice	22 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Proctor McFarlane Morris	Annie Marie Theresa Squire
	💍 1924/7497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Fairview
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	10045
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. O. Wilkinson, Anglican

158

22 December 1924

Henry Davidson
Daisy Hall

Henry Davidson
Daisy Hall
💍 1924/7499

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

27
27

Timaru
Timaru

7 years
6 years

Chalmers Presbyterian Church Manse, Timaru

10046

22 December 1924

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	158
Date of Notice	22 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Davidson	Daisy Hall
	💍 1924/7499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Presbyterian Church Manse, Timaru
Folio	10046
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

159

23 December 1924

Joseph Jess Bullimore
Evaline Helen Hill

Joseph Jess Cullimore
Evaline Helen Hill
💍 1924/7500

Bachelor
Spinster

Chairmaker
Domestic Duties

26
19

Timaru
Timaru

20 months
19 years

Bank Street Methodist Church, Timaru

10047

David Frederick Hill, Father

23 December 1924

Rev. A. B. Lawry, Methodist

No	159
Date of Notice	23 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Jess Bullimore	Evaline Helen Hill
BDM Match (98%)	Joseph Jess Cullimore	Evaline Helen Hill
	💍 1924/7500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chairmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	20 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Bank Street Methodist Church, Timaru
Folio	10047
Consent	David Frederick Hill, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Lawry, Methodist

160

30 December 1924

Alexander Lindsay Meikle
Millicent Muriel Austin

Alexander Lindsay Meikle
Millicent Muriel Austin
💍 1925/3656

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

22
16

Timaru
Timaru

20 years
11 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church Manse, Russell Square, Timaru

125

Jane Austin, Mother

30 December 1924

Rev. S. E. Hill, Presbyterian

No	160
Date of Notice	30 December 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Lindsay Meikle	Millicent Muriel Austin
	💍 1925/3656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	22	16
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	20 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church Manse, Russell Square, Timaru
Folio	125
Consent	Jane Austin, Mother
Date of Certificate	30 December 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. E. Hill, 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).