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 INVERCARGILL Quarter ending 30 September 1904

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

103

14 July 1904

Richard Hassed
Jane Burgess

Richard Hassed
Jane Burgess
💍 1904/4074

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Domestic

25
22

Invercargill
Mailliers, Invercargill

19 years
19 years

Residence of David Burgess, Mailliers, Invercargill

04/4942

14 July 1904

Rev. J. O. Ryburn

No	103
Date of Notice	14 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Hassed	Jane Burgess
	💍 1904/4074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Mailliers, Invercargill
Length of Residence	19 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of David Burgess, Mailliers, Invercargill
Folio	04/4942
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O. Ryburn

104

16 July 1904

David Hillis
Florence Jane Mitchell

David Hillis
Florence Jane Mitchell
💍 1904/4078

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
17

Earlwood, Invercargill
Inglewood, Invercargill

3 years
17 years

Residence of John Mitchell, Inglewood, Invercargill

04/4923

John Mitchell, Father

16 July 1904

Rev. A. Ferguson

No	104
Date of Notice	16 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hillis	Florence Jane Mitchell
	💍 1904/4078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Earlwood, Invercargill	Inglewood, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Mitchell, Inglewood, Invercargill
Folio	04/4923
Consent	John Mitchell, Father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Ferguson

105

16 July 1904

George Newton Arthur
Susan Janet Arthur

George Newton
Susan Janet Arthur
💍 1904/4079

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
26

Teviot Street, Invercargill
Liddel Street, Invercargill

8 months
9 months

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

04/4924

16 July 1904

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	105
Date of Notice	16 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Newton Arthur	Susan Janet Arthur
BDM Match (83%)	George Newton	Susan Janet Arthur
	💍 1904/4079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Teviot Street, Invercargill	Liddel Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	8 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	04/4924
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

106

19 July 1904

William George Peinel
Annie Jane Martha Rose

William George Beissel
Annie Jones Martha Rose
💍 1904/5468

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Domestic

20
18

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Mailliers, Invercargill

20 years
18 years

Residence of John Watt, Mailliers, Invercargill

04/4917

Francis Jane Watt, Mother; John Rose, Father

19 July 1904

J. Stocker

No	106
Date of Notice	19 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Peinel	Annie Jane Martha Rose
BDM Match (89%)	William George Beissel	Annie Jones Martha Rose
	💍 1904/5468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Domestic
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Mailliers, Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Watt, Mailliers, Invercargill
Folio	04/4917
Consent	Francis Jane Watt, Mother; John Rose, Father
Date of Certificate	19 July 1904
Officiating Minister	J. Stocker

107

26 July 1904

Henry Augustus Waller
Mary Jane Burgoyne

Henry Augustus Walker
Mary Jane Burgoyne
💍 1904/4064

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller
Domestic

41
36

Don Street, Invercargill
Clyde Street, Invercargill

41 years
1 month

Roman Catholic Church, Clyde Street, Invercargill

04/4933

26 July 1904

Very Rev. W. Burke

No	107
Date of Notice	26 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Augustus Waller	Mary Jane Burgoyne
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Augustus Walker	Mary Jane Burgoyne
	💍 1904/4064
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller	Domestic
Age	41	36
Dwelling Place	Don Street, Invercargill	Clyde Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	41 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Clyde Street, Invercargill
Folio	04/4933
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W. Burke

108

27 July 1904

Archibald Henry
Rubina Ann Fraser

Archibald Henry
Robina Ann Frazer
💍 1904/4080

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

38
30

Princess Street, Invercargill
North, Invercargill

3 days
27 years

Residence of John Andrew Fraser, Melbourne Street, North, Invercargill

04/4925

27 July 1904

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	108
Date of Notice	27 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Henry	Rubina Ann Fraser
BDM Match (94%)	Archibald Henry	Robina Ann Frazer
	💍 1904/4080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	38	30
Dwelling Place	Princess Street, Invercargill	North, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Andrew Fraser, Melbourne Street, North, Invercargill
Folio	04/4925
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

109

27 July 1904

David Alexander Thomson Munro
Louisa Dunton

David Alexander Stevenson Munro
Louisa Dunstan
💍 1904/4068

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

47
47

Dee Street, Invercargill
Liddel Street, Invercargill

4 days
2 months

Residence of Thomas H. Pearson, Liddel Street, Invercargill

04/4937

27 July 1904

J. F. Pierson

No	109
Date of Notice	27 July 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Thomson Munro	Louisa Dunton
BDM Match (83%)	David Alexander Stevenson Munro	Louisa Dunstan
	💍 1904/4068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	47	47
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Liddel Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas H. Pearson, Liddel Street, Invercargill
Folio	04/4937
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1904
Officiating Minister	J. F. Pierson

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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).