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 2794

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1924 Registrar F. 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

31 January 1924

Joseph Fletcher
Ann Mara Bardno

Joseph Fletcher
Ann Mara Cardno
💍 1924/10206

Widower (12 March 1922)
Widow (8 June 1921)

Stationer
Domestic Duties

46
26

Timaru
Timaru

2 years
Life

Priory, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

2205

31 January 1924

Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	31 January 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Fletcher	Ann Mara Bardno
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Fletcher	Ann Mara Cardno
	💍 1924/10206
Condition	Widower (12 March 1922)	Widow (8 June 1921)
Profession	Stationer	Domestic Duties
Age	46	26
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Priory, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	2205
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

1 February 1924

Malcolm Balgownie Miller
Phyllis May Jones

Malcolm Balgownie Miller
Phyllis May Jones
💍 1924/10207

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipping Clerk
Nil

32
29

Wellington
Timaru

1 year
3 months

St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

2206

1 February 1924

Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	1 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Balgownie Miller	Phyllis May Jones
	💍 1924/10207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipping Clerk	Nil
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Timaru
Length of Residence	1 year	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	2206
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

13 February 1924

Thomas Jenkins
Mary Ann Randle

Thomas Jenkins
Mary Ann Randle
💍 1924/10208

Widower (21.12.1918)
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

47
38

Levels
Levels

3 years
10 months

Priory, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

2207

1 February 1924

Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

No	8
Date of Notice	13 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Jenkins	Mary Ann Randle
	💍 1924/10208
Condition	Widower (21.12.1918)	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	47	38
Dwelling Place	Levels	Levels
Length of Residence	3 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Priory, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	2207
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

4 February 1924

Thomas Sheehan
Grace Malloy

Thomas Sheehan
Grace Molloy
💍 1924/10209

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

34
27

St. Andrews
St. Andrews

24 years
4 months

Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

2208

4 February 1924

Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	4 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Sheehan	Grace Malloy
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Sheehan	Grace Molloy
	💍 1924/10209
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	St. Andrews	St. Andrews
Length of Residence	24 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	2208
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Hurley, Roman Catholic

5 February 1924

Frederick Smith Jeffrey
Jean Fraser

Frederick Smith Jeffrey
Jean Fraser
💍 1924/10186

Widower (16 June 1912)
Spinster

Wood Machinist
Jute Winder

33
23

Timaru
Timaru

2 years
3 weeks

St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru

2209

5 February 1924

Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	5 February 1924
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Smith Jeffrey	Jean Fraser
	💍 1924/10186
Condition	Widower (16 June 1912)	Spinster
Profession	Wood Machinist	Jute Winder
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	2 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Anglican Church, Timaru
Folio	2209
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1924
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. V. Gerard, Anglican

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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).