Intentions to Marry, 1903 South Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840424, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, October 10 2025.

1903 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1903 Registrar Hillaxwell Rey

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

23 February 1903

Alexander Clydesdale
Ellen Reid Evans

Alexander Clydesdale
Ellen Reid Evans
💍 1903/1773

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Machinist

26 years
22 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

9 years
19 years

In the house of Mr. William Evans, Argyle Street, South Dunedin

03/1949

23 February 1903

R. Mackie

No	62
Date of Notice	23 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Clydesdale	Ellen Reid Evans
	💍 1903/1773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Machinist
Age	26 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. William Evans, Argyle Street, South Dunedin
Folio	03/1949
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1903
Officiating Minister	R. Mackie

24 February 1903

Eustatius Griffith
Harriet Nora Annie O'Callaghan

Eustatius Griffiths
Harriet Nora Annie O'Callaghan
💍 1903/1101

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

31 years
25 years

Dunedin
Caversham

3 days
5 years

In St. Peters Church, Caversham

03/1217

24 February 1903

B. M. King

No	63
Date of Notice	24 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eustatius Griffith	Harriet Nora Annie O'Callaghan
BDM Match (97%)	Eustatius Griffiths	Harriet Nora Annie O'Callaghan
	💍 1903/1101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	31 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Caversham
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peters Church, Caversham
Folio	03/1217
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1903
Officiating Minister	B. M. King

24 February 1903

Arthur William Campbell
Mary Alfreda Rodgers

Arthur William Campbell
Mary Alfreda Rodgers
💍 1903/2005

Widower
Widow

Architect & Builder

57 years
41 years

Dunedin
North East Valley

6 weeks
12 months

The Roman Catholic Church, North East Valley

03/1270

24 February 1903

P. Murphy

No	64
Date of Notice	24 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Campbell	Mary Alfreda Rodgers
	💍 1903/2005
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Architect & Builder
Age	57 years	41 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	North East Valley
Length of Residence	6 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church, North East Valley
Folio	03/1270
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1903
Officiating Minister	P. Murphy

24 February 1903

Robert Elliott
Isabella Stevenson

Robert Elliott
Isabella Stevenson
💍 1903/1008

Bachelor
Widow

Magazine Keeper

60 years
48 years

Vauxhall
Vauxhall

17 years
2 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

03/1197

24 February 1903

Hillaxwell Rey

No	65
Date of Notice	24 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Elliott	Isabella Stevenson
	💍 1903/1008
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Magazine Keeper
Age	60 years	48 years
Dwelling Place	Vauxhall	Vauxhall
Length of Residence	17 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	03/1197
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Hillaxwell Rey

25 February 1903

Robert Francis Crawley
Georgina Marion Galloway

Robert Francis Crawley
Georgina Marrion Galloway
💍 1903/1788

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Clerk

27 years
30 years

Dunedin
Mornington

7 years
30 years

In the house of Mr. George Galloway, Dalry Street, Mornington

03/1953

25 February 1903

Wm Scorgie

No	66
Date of Notice	25 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Francis Crawley	Georgina Marion Galloway
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Francis Crawley	Georgina Marrion Galloway
	💍 1903/1788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Clerk
Age	27 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	7 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. George Galloway, Dalry Street, Mornington
Folio	03/1953
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Wm Scorgie

25 February 1903

Charles Campbell Haynes
Alice Margaret Haynes

Charles Campbell
Alice Margaret Haynes
💍 1903/1009

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

21 years
21 years

Roslyn
South Dunedin

20 years
2 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

03/1198

25 February 1903

Hillaxwell Rey

No	67
Date of Notice	25 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Campbell Haynes	Alice Margaret Haynes
BDM Match (85%)	Charles Campbell	Alice Margaret Haynes
	💍 1903/1009
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	21 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	2 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	03/1198
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Hillaxwell Rey

27 February 1903

Campbell Anderson
Barbara Hall

Campbell Anderson
Barbara Hall
💍 1903/1782

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25 years
24 years

Roslyn
Dunedin

9 years
15 years

In the house of Mrs. Margaret Hall, 8 Clyde Street, Dunedin

03/1267

27 February 1903

A. B. Morrison

No	68
Date of Notice	27 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Campbell Anderson	Barbara Hall
	💍 1903/1782
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	15 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Margaret Hall, 8 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Folio	03/1267
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1903
Officiating Minister	A. B. Morrison

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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).