Intentions to Marry, 1904 South Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840426, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, October 13 2025.

1904 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

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District of Waimate Quarter ending 31 December 1904 Registrar Mr. McDermid

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

12 October 1904

David Jas. McIntyre
Ellen Jane Dodd

David James McIntyre
Ellen Jane Dodd
💍 1904/6472

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
28

Ashburton Parks
Waimate

20 years
3 weeks

Residence of Alex Gardner, Waimate

04/6490

12 October 1904

Rev. J. Sharp

No	36
Date of Notice	12 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Jas. McIntyre	Ellen Jane Dodd
BDM Match (93%)	David James McIntyre	Ellen Jane Dodd
	💍 1904/6472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Ashburton Parks	Waimate
Length of Residence	20 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Alex Gardner, Waimate
Folio	04/6490
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sharp

14 October 1904

Francis Joseph King
Annie Teresa Harris

Francis Joseph King
Annie Teresa Harris
💍 1904/6755

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
25

Glenavy
Makikihi

20 years
20 years

Catholic Church, Waimate

04/6923

14 October 1904

Rev. P. Regnault

No	37
Date of Notice	14 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph King	Annie Teresa Harris
	💍 1904/6755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Glenavy	Makikihi
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Waimate
Folio	04/6923
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Regnault

18 October 1904

Frederick George Buckingham
Lylian Blanche Peters

Frederick George Buckingham
Lilian Blanche Peters
💍 1904/6476

Widower
Spinster

Baptist Minister

Full
Full

Nelson
Waimate

2 years
12 months

Residence of Mrs. Peters, Waimate

04/6494

18 October 1904

Rev. A. North

No	38
Date of Notice	18 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Buckingham	Lylian Blanche Peters
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick George Buckingham	Lilian Blanche Peters
	💍 1904/6476
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Baptist Minister
Age	Full	Full
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Waimate
Length of Residence	2 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Peters, Waimate
Folio	04/6494
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. North

19 October 1904

Melbourne Orchard
Evelyn Lacy Fensley

Melbourne Orchard
Evelyn Lacey Tinsley
💍 1904/6474

Bachelor
Spinster

H.M. Customs

26
26

Auckland
Waimate

4 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Waimate

04/6492

19 October 1904

Rev. J. Orchard

No	39
Date of Notice	19 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Melbourne Orchard	Evelyn Lacy Fensley
BDM Match (93%)	Melbourne Orchard	Evelyn Lacey Tinsley
	💍 1904/6474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	H.M. Customs
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Waimate
Length of Residence	4 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Waimate
Folio	04/6492
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Orchard

25 October 1904

Frederick Charles Peters
Emily Calvert

Frederick Charles Peters
Emily Calvert
💍 1904/6473

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
23

Waihao Downs
Waimate

5 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. F. Fensley, Waimate

04/6491

25 October 1904

Rev. F. Fensley

No	40
Date of Notice	25 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Peters	Emily Calvert
	💍 1904/6473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Waihao Downs	Waimate
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. F. Fensley, Waimate
Folio	04/6491
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Fensley

2 November 1904

Maurice Leonard
Sara Morriss

Maurice Leonard
Sara Morriss
💍 1904/6756

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
26

Studholme Junction
Morven

4 months
20 years

Catholic Church, Morven

04/6924

2 November 1904

Rev. P. Regnault

No	41
Date of Notice	2 November 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Leonard	Sara Morriss
	💍 1904/6756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Studholme Junction	Morven
Length of Residence	4 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Morven
Folio	04/6924
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Regnault

21 November 1904

Alexander Hunt
Florence Grone

Alexander Hunt
Florence Crone
💍 1904/6475

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
22

Waimate
Waimate

2 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. A.S. Morrison, Waimate

04/6493

21 November 1904

Rev. A.S. Morrison

No	42
Date of Notice	21 November 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Hunt	Florence Grone
BDM Match (96%)	Alexander Hunt	Florence Crone
	💍 1904/6475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Waimate	Waimate
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. A.S. Morrison, Waimate
Folio	04/6493
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. A.S. 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).