Intentions to Marry, 1901 South Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840420, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, September 22 2025

1901 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 882

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1901

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

2123

12 February 1901

William Young Campbell
Mary Elizabeth Pope

William Young Campbell
Mary Elizabeth Pope
💍 1901/997

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

27
27

Oamaru
Oamaru

4 days
4 days

Residence of William Russell, Oamaru

01/1288

12 February 1901

Rev. G. D. Box

No	2123
Date of Notice	12 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Young Campbell	Mary Elizabeth Pope
	💍 1901/997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of William Russell, Oamaru
Folio	01/1288
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Box

2124

18 February 1901

Thomas Andrew Hall
Annie Tookey

Thomas Andrew Hall
Annie Toohey
💍 1901/975

Widower
Spinster

Furniture Dealer
Music Teacher

37
30

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 years
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Reed St, Oamaru

01/1281

18 February 1901

Rev. Michael Howard

No	2124
Date of Notice	18 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Andrew Hall	Annie Tookey
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Andrew Hall	Annie Toohey
	💍 1901/975
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Furniture Dealer	Music Teacher
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Reed St, Oamaru
Folio	01/1281
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Michael Howard

2125

25 February 1901

Frederick Herbert Brinsmead
Mary Ann Margaret And Neiss

Frederick Herbert Glimwood
Mary Ann Margaret Dora Neiss
💍 1901/998

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

24
16

Ardgowan
Ardgowan

13 months
4 years

Baptist Church, Severn Street, Oamaru

01/1289

Frederick Neiss, Father

25 February 1901

Rev. G. D. Box

No	2125
Date of Notice	25 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Herbert Brinsmead	Mary Ann Margaret And Neiss
BDM Match (80%)	Frederick Herbert Glimwood	Mary Ann Margaret Dora Neiss
	💍 1901/998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	24	16
Dwelling Place	Ardgowan	Ardgowan
Length of Residence	13 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Severn Street, Oamaru
Folio	01/1289
Consent	Frederick Neiss, Father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. D. Box

2126

4 March 1901

Henry Herbert Collins
Susan Fenton

Henry Berbert Collins
Susan Fenton
💍 1901/994

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

30
31

Oamaru
Oamaru

4 days
5 days

St. Luke's Church, Tees St, Oamaru

01/1285

4 March 1901

Rev. Archdeacon Gould

No	2126
Date of Notice	4 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Herbert Collins	Susan Fenton
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Berbert Collins	Susan Fenton
	💍 1901/994
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	4 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Tees St, Oamaru
Folio	01/1285
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon Gould

2127

15 March 1901

Thomas Henry Smith
Catherine Jane McGillivray

Thomas Henry Smith
Catherine Jane McGillivray
💍 1901/133

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic Servant

25
28

Oamaru
Oamaru

25 years
2 months

Residence of Mrs. June Street, Oamaru

01/1278

15 March 1901

Rev. A. J. Porter

No	2127
Date of Notice	15 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Smith	Catherine Jane McGillivray
	💍 1901/133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic Servant
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	25 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. June Street, Oamaru
Folio	01/1278
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Porter

2128

19 March 1901

Walter Hogg
Jane Dawson McGillivray

Walter Hogg
Janet Dawson McClymont Hannah
💍 1901/993

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Servant

31
21

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
3 weeks

Residence of Alexander Hannah, Oamaru

01/1284

19 March 1901

Rev. Wm. Wright

No	2128
Date of Notice	19 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hogg	Jane Dawson McGillivray
BDM Match (76%)	Walter Hogg	Janet Dawson McClymont Hannah
	💍 1901/993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Servant
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Alexander Hannah, Oamaru
Folio	01/1284
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Wright

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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).