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 2853

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1925 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

11 March 1925

Wyvern Neville Price
Margarita Stewart Millar

Wyvern Neville Price
Margarita Stewart Millar
💍 1925/1673

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic

26
19

Waihaorunga
Washdyke

7 years
12 years

Presbyterian Church, Timaru

2347

James Holmes Millar, father

11 March 1925

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	31
Date of Notice	11 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wyvern Neville Price	Margarita Stewart Millar
	💍 1925/1673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Waihaorunga	Washdyke
Length of Residence	7 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	2347
Consent	James Holmes Millar, father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

12 March 1925

Joseph Alexander Glassey
Gertrude Annett

Joseph Alexander Glassey
Gertrude Annett
💍 1925/1674

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

28
24

Ruapuna
St. Andrews

20 years
Life

Presbyterian Church, St. Andrews

2348

12 March 1925

Rev. Alex. McNeur, Presbyterian

No	32
Date of Notice	12 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Alexander Glassey	Gertrude Annett
	💍 1925/1674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Ruapuna	St. Andrews
Length of Residence	20 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, St. Andrews
Folio	2348
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex. McNeur, Presbyterian

14 March 1925

William Frederick Woodward
Lillian Myrtle Hughes

William Fredrick Woodward
Lillian Myrtle Hughes
💍 1925/1675

Married, but not heard of wife as alive during 9 years last past
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

38
20

Timaru
Timaru

3 years
19 years

Methodist Church, Woodlands Street, Timaru

2349

No person W. S. authorised to give consent

1 April 1925

Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

No	33
Date of Notice	14 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Woodward	Lillian Myrtle Hughes
BDM Match (98%)	William Fredrick Woodward	Lillian Myrtle Hughes
	💍 1925/1675
Condition	Married, but not heard of wife as alive during 9 years last past	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	38	20
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Woodlands Street, Timaru
Folio	2349
Consent	No person W. S. authorised to give consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Odell, Methodist

19 March 1925

Wallace George Marshall
Isabella Marjorie Finlay Storey

Wallace George Marshall
Isabella Marjorie Finlay Storey
💍 1925/1676

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

27
31

Temuka
Timaru

3 months
13 years

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru

2350

19 March 1925

Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian

No	34
Date of Notice	19 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace George Marshall	Isabella Marjorie Finlay Storey
	💍 1925/1676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	27	31
Dwelling Place	Temuka	Timaru
Length of Residence	3 months	13 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	2350
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian

25 March 1925

Robert Fowler McKibbin
Mary Wood

Robert Fowler McKibbin
Mary Wood
💍 1925/1684

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Domestic

28
19

Longbeach
Levels

14 years
Life

Presbyterian Church, Timaru

2351

William Samuel Wood (father) adopting

25 March 1925

Rev. P. G. Hughes, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	25 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Fowler McKibbin	Mary Wood
	💍 1925/1684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Domestic
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Longbeach	Levels
Length of Residence	14 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	2351
Consent	William Samuel Wood (father) adopting
Date of Certificate	25 March 1925
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).

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).