Intentions to Marry, 1925 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840534, 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.

1925g contains pages 2703-3132, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2841

District of Temuka Quarter ending 30 June 1925 Registrar W. J. Gibbs

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

6 April 1925

David Samuel James Cain
Elizabeth Norma Hathaway

David Samuel James Cain
Elizabeth Norma Hathaway
💍 1925/5176

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Household Duties

21
22

Temuka
Timaru

13 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Temuka

5039

6 April 1925

A. R. Fell, Presbyterian

No	7
Date of Notice	6 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Samuel James Cain	Elizabeth Norma Hathaway
	💍 1925/5176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Household Duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Timaru
Length of Residence	13 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Temuka
Folio	5039
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1925
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fell, Presbyterian

16 April 1925

Clarence Brooks Norton
Stella Ethel Brown

Clarence Brooks Norton
Stella Ethel Brown
💍 1925/5177

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Clerk

23
16

Temuka
Temuka

23 years
8 years

Residence of Mr. W. H. J. Brown, 101 Railway Terrace, Temuka

5040

William Henry Thomas Brown, father

16 April 1925

A. H. Bartlett, Salvation Army

No	8
Date of Notice	16 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Brooks Norton	Stella Ethel Brown
	💍 1925/5177
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Clerk
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	23 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. H. J. Brown, 101 Railway Terrace, Temuka
Folio	5040
Consent	William Henry Thomas Brown, father
Date of Certificate	16 April 1925
Officiating Minister	A. H. Bartlett, Salvation Army

21 April 1925

Joseph James McCabe
Margaret Brosnahan

Joseph James McCabe
Margaret Brosnahan
💍 1925/5178

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

42
35

Waitohi, Temuka
Kerrytown

42 years
35 years

St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Temuka

5041

21 April 1925

James Fraher, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	21 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph James McCabe	Margaret Brosnahan
	💍 1925/5178
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	42	35
Dwelling Place	Waitohi, Temuka	Kerrytown
Length of Residence	42 years	35 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Temuka
Folio	5041
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1925
Officiating Minister	James Fraher, Roman Catholic

24 April 1925

Lawrence Henry Talbot
Elsie Hannah Victoria Abbott

Lawrence Henry Talbot
Elsie Hannah Victoria Abbott
💍 1925/5179

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

33
23

Temuka
Temuka

33 years
5 years

St. Peters Anglican Church, Temuka

5042

24 April 1925

A. H. Norris, Church of England

No	10
Date of Notice	24 April 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Henry Talbot	Elsie Hannah Victoria Abbott
	💍 1925/5179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	33 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Anglican Church, Temuka
Folio	5042
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1925
Officiating Minister	A. H. Norris, Church of England

4 May 1925

Walter Tozer
Annie O'Neill

Otto Walter Toyer
Annie O'Neill
💍 1925/5180

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
25

Temuka
Temuka

7 years
25 years

Roman Catholic Church, Temuka

5043

4 May 1925

J. B. Moloney, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	4 May 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Tozer	Annie O'Neill
BDM Match (82%)	Otto Walter Toyer	Annie O'Neill
	💍 1925/5180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Temuka
Length of Residence	7 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Temuka
Folio	5043
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1925
Officiating Minister	J. B. Moloney, Roman Catholic

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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).