New Zealand History

[spades]

Hi Tigerprawn,

I could look up the Intention to Marry Notices for 1888 and 1907 as Beg suggests above but to do so I will need not only the date of marriage but also the place.

Intention to Marry Notices were usually completed a week prior to the marriage, and were usually the same as the place of marriage. They are only indexed up to 1880.

The way the ITM Registers are arranged means that without this information it's like looking for the proverbial needle.

Spades

[Janette]

The marriage date was 6/2/1888

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

Spades, does this help for the 1907?  1896 E/R has a Frederick Swain living in Gorge Road, Mataura, Southland.   He is a farmer, and in the 1911 E/R there is an Agnes at the same address.

Looking at the E/R's Agnes was living in the same area at time of marriage.


Cheers
KHP

[Janette]

They were married in Invercargill according to the divorce record in PapersPast

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST19070606.2.47&srpos=6&e=-02-1888--02---100--1-byDA---2+frederick+swain--

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

A Frederick SWAIN married an Agnes RUSSELL on 24 Sep 1907, a few days after your Frederick's decree absolute. Possibly a second marriage for your Frederick?

The PapersPast account of the divorce stated on 5th June 1907 that decree nisi would be granted to be made absolute in 3 months,maybe he had met Agnes Russell and needed a divorce to marry her

Cheers Janette

[spades]

Ok then,

6 Feb 1888 at Invercargill - Frederick SWAIN to Cecilia Margaret LINDHOLD.

24 Sep 1907 possibly at Mataura - Frederick SWAIN to Agnes RUSSELL.

I'll see what I can find.

Spades

[Janette]

Here is an interesting birth registration

1984/121351   Swain    Sarah Elizabeth to Agnes and Frederick exact date of birth 26/1/1905

This may be her marriage
1928/6092   Sarah Elizabeth    Swain    to Leonard Adolph    Collett

Cheers Janette

[Janette]

Her death

1996/56816   Collett    Sarah Elizabeth    born 26/1/1905   91Y

ER's

Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1928    Mataura    Southland    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1935    Mataura    Southland    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1938    Mataura    Southland    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1946    Clutha    Otago    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1949    Clutha    Otago    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1954    Clutha    Otago    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1957    Clutha    Otago    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1963    Wallace    Southland    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1969    Lyttelton    Canterbury    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1972    Lyttelton    Canterbury    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1978    Lyttelton    Canterbury    
Sarah Elizabeth Collett    1981    Lyttelton    Canterbury

Cheers Janette

[kiwihalfpint]

This may be her marriage
1928/6092   Sarah Elizabeth    Swain    to Leonard Adolph    Collett

Cheers Janette

Look at what is held at the NZSG (New Zealand Society of Genealogists

NZSG Certificates Collection

Name : SWAIN Sarah Elizabeth
Date : 08 Aug 1928
Event : Marriage
Place : Mataura SLD NZ

Cheers
KHP