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 2796

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1924 Registrar F. E. 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

22 February 1924

Elliott Roberts Pretorious Robinson
Mary Beryl Badwallader

Elliott Roberts Pretorious Robinson
Mary Beryl Cadwallader
💍 1924/10192

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Manufacturer
Domestic Duties

23
18

Timaru
Timaru

18 months
3 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru

2215

William Edwards Badwallader, Father

22 February 1924

F. E. Duncan, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	22 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elliott Roberts Pretorious Robinson	Mary Beryl Badwallader
BDM Match (98%)	Elliott Roberts Pretorious Robinson	Mary Beryl Cadwallader
	💍 1924/10192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Manufacturer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru
Folio	2215
Consent	William Edwards Badwallader, Father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1924
Officiating Minister	F. E. Duncan, Registrar

28 February 1924

Ernest Woodley Geddes
Edina Dawn Euphemia Wixon

Ernest Woodley Geddes
Edina Dawn Euphemia Wixon
💍 1924/10193

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

35
24

St. Andrews
St. Andrews

3 months
1 month

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru

2216

28 February 1924

F. E. Duncan, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	28 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Woodley Geddes	Edina Dawn Euphemia Wixon
	💍 1924/10193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	St. Andrews	St. Andrews
Length of Residence	3 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Timaru
Folio	2216
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1924
Officiating Minister	F. E. Duncan, Registrar

4 March 1924

Alfred Sidney Wilkes
Annie Margaret May Currie

Alfred Sidney Wilkes
Annie Margaret May Currie
💍 1924/10194

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Boot Machinist

22
24

Timaru
Timaru

Life
3 years

Methodist Church, Bank Street, Timaru

2217

4 March 1924

Rev. A. Blakemore, Methodist

No	18
Date of Notice	4 March 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Sidney Wilkes	Annie Margaret May Currie
	💍 1924/10194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Boot Machinist
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Bank Street, Timaru
Folio	2217
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Blakemore, Methodist

5 March 1924

John Kenneth Newlands
Ivy Florence Collins

John Kenneth Newlands
Ivy Florence Collins
💍 1924/10195

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Domestic Duties

21
22

Timaru
Timaru

13 years
Life

Methodist Church, Waimataitai, Timaru

2218

5 March 1924

Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

No	19
Date of Notice	5 March 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kenneth Newlands	Ivy Florence Collins
	💍 1924/10195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Domestic Duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	13 years	Life
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waimataitai, Timaru
Folio	2218
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

6 March 1924

George Nicol
Irene Florence Geddes

George Nicol
Irene Florence Geddes
💍 1924/10197

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer
Domestic Duties

28
20

Timaru
Timaru

2 years
4 1/2 years

Residence of Mrs. F. M. Geddes, 109 Otipua Road, Timaru

2219

Florence Mary, William Geddes, Mother

6 March 1924

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	20
Date of Notice	6 March 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Nicol	Irene Florence Geddes
	💍 1924/10197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	2 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. F. M. Geddes, 109 Otipua Road, Timaru
Folio	2219
Consent	Florence Mary, William Geddes, Mother
Date of Certificate	6 March 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Hughes, 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).