Intentions to Marry, 1926 Cust to Dunedin

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840542, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1926 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.

1926g contains pages 2769-3198, covering districts from Cust to Dunedin

Page 2883

District of Rangiora Quarter ending 31 March 1926 Registrar S. T. Seward

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

8 February 1926

Robert Oliver Dunlop
Emily Monica Horne

Robert Oliver Dunlop
Emily Monica Horne
💍 1926/2190

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
17

Kaiapoi
Rangiora

4 years
6 years

Residence of Bride's parents, King Street, Rangiora

2617

Emily Horne, Mother

8 February 1926

Rev. W. A. H. Vickery, Baptist

No	1
Date of Notice	8 February 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Oliver Dunlop	Emily Monica Horne
	💍 1926/2190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Rangiora
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, King Street, Rangiora
Folio	2617
Consent	Emily Horne, Mother
Date of Certificate	8 February 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. H. Vickery, Baptist

5 March 1926

William Ritchie Barwick
Molly Eileen Scott

William Ritchie Barwick
Molly Eileen Scott
💍 1926/2191

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Clerk

28
24

Rangiora
Rangiora

4 years
24 years

St. John's Anglican Church, Rangiora

2618

5 March 1926

Rev. J. F. Feron, Anglican

No	2
Date of Notice	5 March 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ritchie Barwick	Molly Eileen Scott
	💍 1926/2191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Clerk
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Rangiora
Length of Residence	4 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Anglican Church, Rangiora
Folio	2618
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Feron, Anglican

9 March 1926

Edward Ibbetson
Eileen Withers

Edward Ibbetson
Eileen Withers
💍 1926/2192

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman
Domestic

24
21

Rangiora
Rangiora

3 days
3 days

Residence of Bride's parents, 77 Perceval St., Rangiora

2619

9 March 1926

Rev. W. R. Hutchison, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	9 March 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ibbetson	Eileen Withers
	💍 1926/2192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Rangiora	Rangiora
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Bride's parents, 77 Perceval St., Rangiora
Folio	2619
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Hutchison, Presbyterian

12 March 1926

Charles Ogilvie
Doris Jane Smith

Charles Ogilvie
Doris Jane Smith
💍 1926/2193

Widower
Spinster

Company Director
Stenographer

45
32

Christchurch
Loburn

25 years
3 days

Loburn Church, Christchurch

2620

12 March 1926

Rev. W. R. Hutchison, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	12 March 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ogilvie	Doris Jane Smith
	💍 1926/2193
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Company Director	Stenographer
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Loburn
Length of Residence	25 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Loburn Church, Christchurch
Folio	2620
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1926
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. R. Hutchison, Presbyterian

17 March 1926

Arthur Pahi
Erina Tewira Momo

Arthur Pahi
Erina Tewira Momo
💍 1926/2194

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Tuahiwi
Tuahiwi

23 years
21 years

Registrar's office, Rangiora

2621

17 March 1926

S. T. Seward, Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	17 March 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Pahi	Erina Tewira Momo
	💍 1926/2194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Tuahiwi	Tuahiwi
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Rangiora
Folio	2621
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 March 1926
Officiating Minister	S. T. Seward, Registrar

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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).