Intentions to Marry, 1873

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840385, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke Howison at Archives NZ Wellington, December 4 2024

Page 748

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 1873

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

158

7 July 1873

George Timothy Stephenson
Mary Blyth Stenhouse

George Timothy Stephenson
Mary Blyth Stenhouse
💍 1873/7201

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

29
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 years

In the house of H.B. Stenhouse, Maitland St, Dunedin

73/814

7 July 1873

Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

No	158
Date of Notice	7 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Timothy Stephenson	Mary Blyth Stenhouse
	💍 1873/7201
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of H.B. Stenhouse, Maitland St, Dunedin
Folio	73/814
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

159

7 July 1873

John Bartlett Dugen
Catherine Brennan

John Bartlett Dugan
Catherine Brennan
💍 1873/7342

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

29
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
7 years

In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin

73/861

7 July 1873

Rev. Patrick Moran

No	159
Date of Notice	7 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bartlett Dugen	Catherine Brennan
BDM Match (97%)	John Bartlett Dugan	Catherine Brennan
	💍 1873/7342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin
Folio	73/861
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Moran

160

8 July 1873

Arthur Foord
Helen Miller

Arthur Foord
Helen Miller
💍 1873/11212

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab proprietor
Housemaid

22
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

17 years
6 years

In the house of A Foord, Cumberland Street, Dunedin

73/2190

8 July 1873

Rev. A. Reid

No	160
Date of Notice	8 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Foord	Helen Miller
	💍 1873/11212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab proprietor	Housemaid
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	17 years	6 years
Marriage Place	In the house of A Foord, Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Folio	73/2190
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reid

161

8 July 1873

James Crawford
Margaret Miller

James Crawford
Margaret Miller
💍 1873/7204

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

34
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
5 years

In the home of Alex. Barron, Howe St, Dunedin

73/815

8 July 1873

Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

No	161
Date of Notice	8 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crawford	Margaret Miller
	💍 1873/7204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the home of Alex. Barron, Howe St, Dunedin
Folio	73/815
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

162

9 July 1873

David Barnett
Eliza Adams

David Burnett
Eliza Adams
💍 1873/7345

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Merchant

24
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin

73/862

9 July 1873

Rev. P. Moran

No	162
Date of Notice	9 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Barnett	Eliza Adams
BDM Match (96%)	David Burnett	Eliza Adams
	💍 1873/7345
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Merchant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin
Folio	73/862
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Moran

163

10 July 1873

Michael O'Donnell
Mary McCormick

Michl ODonnell
Mary McCormack
💍 1873/7348

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabdriver

26
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
13 years

In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin

73/863

Henry McCormick, Father

10 July 1873

The Right Rev. P. Moran

No	163
Date of Notice	10 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael O'Donnell	Mary McCormick
BDM Match (88%)	Michl ODonnell	Mary McCormack
	💍 1873/7348
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabdriver
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Church, Dunedin
Folio	73/863
Consent	Henry McCormick, Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1873
Officiating Minister	The Right Rev. P. Moran

164

11 July 1873

Malcolm Carmichael
Martha McCallum

Malcolm Carmichael
Martha McCallum
💍 1873/7219

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Servant

29
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 months
18 months

In the house of Hugh Paterson, Dundas St, Dunedin

73/820

11 July 1873

Rev. D. M. Stuart D D

No	164
Date of Notice	11 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Carmichael	Martha McCallum
	💍 1873/7219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Servant
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 months	18 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Hugh Paterson, Dundas St, Dunedin
Folio	73/820
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. M. Stuart D D

165

14 July 1873

Charles Cruickshanks
Martha McKay

Charles Cruickshank
Martha McKay
💍 1873/7384

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

25
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
5 years

In the St. Vincent Hotel, Gt .King St. Dunedin

73/875

14 July 1873

Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

No	165
Date of Notice	14 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Cruickshanks	Martha McKay
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Cruickshank	Martha McKay
	💍 1873/7384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the St. Vincent Hotel, Gt .King St. Dunedin
Folio	73/875
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

166

16 July 1873

William Sutton
Margaret Henderson Stevenson

William Sutton
Margaret Stevenson
💍 1873/7207

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

27
19

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
4 years

In the house of W D Sutherland, George Street, Dunedin

73/816

Alexr. Stevenson, Father

16 July 1873

Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

No	166
Date of Notice	16 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sutton	Margaret Henderson Stevenson
BDM Match (82%)	William Sutton	Margaret Stevenson
	💍 1873/7207
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of W D Sutherland, George Street, Dunedin
Folio	73/816
Consent	Alexr. Stevenson, Father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. M. Stuart D.D.

169

22 July 1873

Samuel Morrison
Elizabeth McAnergeny

Samuel Morrison
Elizabeth McAnergeny
💍 1873/11053

Bachelor
Spinster

Warder

27
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
2 years

In St. Paul's Church, Dunedin

73/2134

22 July 1873

Ven. Archdeacon Edwards.

No	169
Date of Notice	22 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Morrison	Elizabeth McAnergeny
	💍 1873/11053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warder
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In St. Paul's Church, Dunedin
Folio	73/2134
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1873
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Edwards.

170

22 July 1873

John Reid
Letitia Wilson

John Reid
Letitia Wilson
💍 1873/8707

Bachelor
Widow

Blacksmith

39
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 days
3 days

In the office of Regr. of Mar. Dunedin

73/1224

22 July 1873

The Deputy Registrar

No	170
Date of Notice	22 July 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Reid	Letitia Wilson
	💍 1873/8707
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of Regr. of Mar. Dunedin
Folio	73/1224
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1873
Officiating Minister	The Deputy 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).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

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.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

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).