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 3102

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 1926

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

301

29 April 1926

Leonard Harvey Jackson
Elizabeth Annie Ashmore

Leonard Harvey Jackson
Elizabeth Annie Ashmore
💍 1926/10007

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot repairer

18
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 years
8 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

4115

J. Jackson (Father), A. E. Ashmore (Mother)

29 April 1926

Registrar

No	301
Date of Notice	29 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Harvey Jackson	Elizabeth Annie Ashmore
	💍 1926/10007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot repairer
Age	18	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	4115
Consent	J. Jackson (Father), A. E. Ashmore (Mother)
Date of Certificate	29 April 1926
Officiating Minister	Registrar

302

30 April 1926

Edward Alfred Baker
Helen Louise Grant

Edward Alfred Baker
Helen Louise Grant
💍 1926/10008

Divorced Decree Absolute 9 July 1917
Spinster

Bondkeeper

43
30

Wellington
Dunedin

12 years
Life

Presbyterian Church, Queens Drive, St. Kilda

4116

30 April 1926

R. S. Allan, Presbyterian

No	302
Date of Notice	30 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Alfred Baker	Helen Louise Grant
	💍 1926/10008
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 9 July 1917	Spinster
Profession	Bondkeeper
Age	43	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Queens Drive, St. Kilda
Folio	4116
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1926
Officiating Minister	R. S. Allan, Presbyterian

303

30 April 1926

Richard Mauger Stevenson
Dora Newland

Richard Mauger Stevenson
Dora Newland
💍 1926/10009

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

25
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
13 years

Registrar's Office, Dunedin

4117

30 April 1926

Registrar

No	303
Date of Notice	30 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Mauger Stevenson	Dora Newland
	💍 1926/10009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Dunedin
Folio	4117
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1926
Officiating Minister	Registrar

304

30 April 1926

Herbert Arthur Tyrrell
Dorothy Isabella Fraser

Herbert Arthur Tyrrell
Dorothy Isabella Fraser
💍 1926/10010

Bachelor
Spinster

Woollen Mill Employee

19
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

Life
Life

Residence of Rev. G. P. Cuttriss, 24 Michie Street, Roslyn

4118

R. A. Tyrrell (Father)

30 April 1926

G. P. Cuttriss, Church of Christ

No	304
Date of Notice	30 April 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Arthur Tyrrell	Dorothy Isabella Fraser
	💍 1926/10010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woollen Mill Employee
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. P. Cuttriss, 24 Michie Street, Roslyn
Folio	4118
Consent	R. A. Tyrrell (Father)
Date of Certificate	30 April 1926
Officiating Minister	G. P. Cuttriss, Church of Christ

305

3 May 1926

Andrew Alexander McLennan
Catherine Georgina Dawson

Andrew Alexander McLennan
Catherine Georgina Dawson
💍 1926/10012

Widower 1 December 1918
Widow 24 February 1917

Postman

32
38

Dunedin
Dunedin

32 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs. C. G. Dawson, 82 Harrow Street, Dunedin

4119

3 May 1926

T. Yuille, Presbyterian

No	305
Date of Notice	3 May 1926
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Alexander McLennan	Catherine Georgina Dawson
	💍 1926/10012
Condition	Widower 1 December 1918	Widow 24 February 1917
Profession	Postman
Age	32	38
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	32 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. C. G. Dawson, 82 Harrow Street, Dunedin
Folio	4119
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1926
Officiating Minister	T. Yuille, 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).