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 Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 1904 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

314

1 July 1904

John Winders
Catherine Tanner

John Winders
Catherine Tanner
💍 1904/4042

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

26 years
28 years

Roslyn
Dunedin

23 years
28 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

04/4836

1 July 1904

P. Murphy

No	314
Date of Notice	1 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Winders	Catherine Tanner
	💍 1904/4042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	26 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	28 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	04/4836
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1904
Officiating Minister	P. Murphy

315

2 July 1904

John Fitzpatrick
Margaret Ann McCluckey

John Fitzpatrick
Margaret Ann McCluskey
💍 1904/5423

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28 years
26 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

28 years
10 years

In St. Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

04/4848

2 July 1904

Jas. Coffey

No	315
Date of Notice	2 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fitzpatrick	Margaret Ann McCluckey
BDM Match (98%)	John Fitzpatrick	Margaret Ann McCluskey
	💍 1904/5423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In St. Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	04/4848
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Jas. Coffey

316

2 July 1904

Arthur John Wilkinson
Teresa Webster

Arthur John Wilkinson
Teresa Webster
💍 1904/5393

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

21 years
21 years

Dunedin
North East Valley

21 years
12 years

In the Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin

04/4816

2 July 1904

Wm. Hewitson

No	316
Date of Notice	2 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Wilkinson	Teresa Webster
	💍 1904/5393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	21 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	North East Valley
Length of Residence	21 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In the Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	04/4816
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

317

2 July 1904

Frederick James Given
Ellen Kathleen Maude Olive

Frederick James Given
Ellen Kathleen Maude Olive
💍 1904/5373

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

28 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

23 years
3 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

04/4771

2 July 1904

H. Maxwell

No	317
Date of Notice	2 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Given	Ellen Kathleen Maude Olive
	💍 1904/5373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	28 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	04/4771
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1904
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

318

2 July 1904

Michael Lynch
Bridget Murphy

Michael Lynch
Bridget Murphy
💍 1904/4040

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23 years
23 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

6 months
23 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

04/4834

2 July 1904

Jas. Coffey

No	318
Date of Notice	2 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Lynch	Bridget Murphy
	💍 1904/4040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 months	23 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	04/4834
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Jas. Coffey

319

4 July 1904

Henry John Malcolm
Margaret Agnes Bolitho

Henry John Malcolm
Margaret Agnes Bolitho
💍 1904/5421

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Dressmaker

28 years
26 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

5 months
3 days

In the house of Mr. Walter Robbins, Forth Street, Roslyn

04/4869

4 July 1904

A. N. Scotter

No	319
Date of Notice	4 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Malcolm	Margaret Agnes Bolitho
	💍 1904/5421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Dressmaker
Age	28 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Walter Robbins, Forth Street, Roslyn
Folio	04/4869
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1904
Officiating Minister	A. N. Scotter

320

5 July 1904

Robert Alexander Abel
Jenny Richards Smith

Robert Alexander Abel
Jenny Richards Smith
💍 1904/4093

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

26 years
32 years

Caversham
Burnside

3 days
20 years

In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin

04/5718

5 July 1904

James Morland

No	320
Date of Notice	5 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alexander Abel	Jenny Richards Smith
	💍 1904/4093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	26 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Burnside
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	04/5718
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1904
Officiating Minister	James Morland

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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).