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 737

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 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

2 April 1873

Edmund Hill
Annie Eliza Crowhurst

Edmund Hill
Annie Eliza Crowhurst
💍 1873/7117

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

27 years
20 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
15 years

In the house of George Crowhurst

73/986

George Crowhurst, Father

2 April 1873

Rev. R M Stuart D D

No	77
Date of Notice	2 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Hill	Annie Eliza Crowhurst
	💍 1873/7117
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	27 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	15 years
Marriage Place	In the house of George Crowhurst
Folio	73/986
Consent	George Crowhurst, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. R M Stuart D D

5 April 1873

Joseph Hastie
Emma Hall

Joseph Hastie
Emma Hall
💍 1873/7120

Widower
Spinster

Baker

42 years
31 years

Dunedin
Stafford Street, Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of William Thompson

73/987

5 April 1873

Rev. R M Stuart D D

No	78
Date of Notice	5 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Hastie	Emma Hall
	💍 1873/7120
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	42 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Stafford Street, Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of William Thompson
Folio	73/987
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. R M Stuart D D

8 April 1873

Richard Tregartha
Elizabeth Ann Corry

Richard Tregartha
Elizabeth Ann Cargeeg
💍 1873/7072

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Dressmaker

25 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
8 days

In the Wesleyan Church

73/992

8 April 1873

Rev. R Low

No	79
Date of Notice	8 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Tregartha	Elizabeth Ann Corry
BDM Match (88%)	Richard Tregartha	Elizabeth Ann Cargeeg
	💍 1873/7072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Dressmaker
Age	25 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	8 days
Marriage Place	In the Wesleyan Church
Folio	73/992
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. R Low

9 April 1873

William Arroll
Ann Jane McCahon

William Arroll
Ann Jane McCahon
💍 1873/8656

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

41 years
30 years

Dunedin
Upper Kaikorai

7 years
3 weeks

In the house of Alexander Fleming Kaikorai

73/1305

9 April 1873

Rev. R Gow

No	80
Date of Notice	9 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arroll	Ann Jane McCahon
	💍 1873/8656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	41 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Upper Kaikorai
Length of Residence	7 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Alexander Fleming Kaikorai
Folio	73/1305
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. R Gow

26 March 1873

George Park
Christina Dallas

George Park
Christina Dallas
💍 1873/8653

Bachelor
Spinster

Hawker

24 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
3 years

In the house of James Miller

73/1304

10 April 1873

Rev. R M Stuart D D

No	81
Date of Notice	26 March 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Park	Christina Dallas
	💍 1873/8653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hawker
Age	24 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of James Miller
Folio	73/1304
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. R M Stuart D D

10 April 1873

William Child Isles
Margaret McArthur

William Child Iles
Margaret McArthur
💍 1873/7123

Widower
Spinster

Agent

36 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 month
14 months

In the Red Lion Hotel Dunedin

73/788

10 April 1873

Rev. D M Stuart

No	82
Date of Notice	10 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Child Isles	Margaret McArthur
BDM Match (97%)	William Child Iles	Margaret McArthur
	💍 1873/7123
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	36 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 month	14 months
Marriage Place	In the Red Lion Hotel Dunedin
Folio	73/788
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Rev. D M Stuart

10 April 1873

Benjamin Smith

This entry has been crossed out

Bachelor

Carpenter

No	83
Date of Notice	10 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Smith
	💍 This entry has been crossed out
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31
Dwelling Place
Length of Residence
Marriage Place
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister

16 April 1873

Thomas Bennett
Mary Hickey

Thomas Bennett
Mary Hickey
💍 1873/7309

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic Servant

33 years
28 years

Caversham
Dunedin

3 weeks
4 years

In St Josephs Church Dunedin

73/850

No information vouchsafed

16 April 1873

Revd Wm Coleman

No	84
Date of Notice	16 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Bennett	Mary Hickey
	💍 1873/7309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic Servant
Age	33 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 weeks	4 years
Marriage Place	In St Josephs Church Dunedin
Folio	73/850
Consent	No information vouchsafed
Date of Certificate	16 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Revd Wm Coleman

16 April 1873

John Luke
Mary Catherine Broadley Wilson

John Luke
Mary Catherine Broadley Wilson
💍 1873/4721

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

45 years
19 years

Waipori
Dunedin

12 years
2 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Waipori

John Wilson Father No information vouchsafed

16 April 1873

Registrar of Marriages Waipori

No	85
Date of Notice	16 April 1873
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Luke	Mary Catherine Broadley Wilson
	💍 1873/4721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	45 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Waipori	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Waipori
Folio
Consent	John Wilson Father No information vouchsafed
Date of Certificate	16 April 1873
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Waipori

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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 1903. 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).