Intentions to Marry, 1925 Kaikoura to Christchurch

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840533, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1925 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.

1925f contains pages 2177-2702, covering districts from Kaikoura to Christchurch

Page 2479

District of Ashburton Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar W. W. White

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

7 December 1925

William Moses
Annie Knudsen

William Moses
Annie Kundsell
💍 1925/676

Widower
Widow

retired farmer
domestic duties

78
50

Ashburton
Ashburton

51 years
16 years

The dwelling of William Moses, 110 Wills Street, Ashburton

10128

7 December 1925

Rev. J. H. Pealie, Methodist

No	79
Date of Notice	7 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Moses	Annie Knudsen
BDM Match (86%)	William Moses	Annie Kundsell
	💍 1925/676
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	retired farmer	domestic duties
Age	78	50
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	51 years	16 years
Marriage Place	The dwelling of William Moses, 110 Wills Street, Ashburton
Folio	10128
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Pealie, Methodist

7 December 1925

Clarence Levi Jackson
Amy Charlotte Creamer

Clarence Levi Jackson
Amy Charlotte Creamer
💍 1925/683

Bachelor
Spinster

motor mechanic
domestic duties

59
31

Ashburton
Ashburton

10 years
5 1/2 years

Presbyterian Manse, Ashburton

10129

7 December 1925

Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

No	80
Date of Notice	7 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Levi Jackson	Amy Charlotte Creamer
	💍 1925/683
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	motor mechanic	domestic duties
Age	59	31
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	10 years	5 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Ashburton
Folio	10129
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

9 December 1925

Chalmers Jackson
Gwendoline Wilkes

Chalmers Jackson
Gwendoline Wilkes
💍 1925/684

Bachelor
Spinster

electrician
domestic duties

19
20

Ashburton
Ashburton

19 years
5 1/2 years

Salvation Army Hall, Headquarters, Ashburton

10130

John Jackson, father of minor; Annie Elizabeth Wilkes, mother of minor

9 December 1925

George H. Pratt, Ensign, Salvation Army

No	81
Date of Notice	9 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Chalmers Jackson	Gwendoline Wilkes
	💍 1925/684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	electrician	domestic duties
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	19 years	5 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Hall, Headquarters, Ashburton
Folio	10130
Consent	John Jackson, father of minor; Annie Elizabeth Wilkes, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	9 December 1925
Officiating Minister	George H. Pratt, Ensign, Salvation Army

15 December 1925

Joseph Alexander Clifford
Mary Dorcas Glassey

Joseph Alexander Clifford
Mary Dorcas Glassey
💍 1926/436

Bachelor
Spinster

farmer
domestic duties

43
34

Ashburton
Ashburton

15 years
55 years

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ashburton

136

15 December 1925

Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

No	82
Date of Notice	15 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Alexander Clifford	Mary Dorcas Glassey
	💍 1926/436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	farmer	domestic duties
Age	43	34
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	15 years	55 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Ashburton
Folio	136
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Irvine, Presbyterian

16 December 1925

Eric Stewart Jutty
Harriet Olds

Eric Stewart Tutty
Harriet Olds
💍 1925/685

Bachelor
Spinster

lorry driver
shop assistant

27
27

Ashburton
Ashburton

3 years
8 years

Church of Christ, Ashburton

10131

16 December 1925

Rev. C. S. Matthews, Baptist

No	83
Date of Notice	16 December 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Stewart Jutty	Harriet Olds
BDM Match (97%)	Eric Stewart Tutty	Harriet Olds
	💍 1925/685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	lorry driver	shop assistant
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ashburton
Folio	10131
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 December 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. S. Matthews, Baptist

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).