Intentions to Marry, 1905 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840429, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1905 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1905a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1905b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1905c).

Page 458

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 1905 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

339

10 July 1905

William Wilhelmsen
Annie Louise Braudigam

William Wilhelmsen
Annie Louise Brandigam
💍 1905/2782

Bachelor
Spinster

Tea Expert

26 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

26 years
3 years

In the house of Dr B.E. de Lautour, London Street, Dunedin

05/75246

10 July 1905

H. Mahon

No	339
Date of Notice	10 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wilhelmsen	Annie Louise Braudigam
BDM Match (98%)	William Wilhelmsen	Annie Louise Brandigam
	💍 1905/2782
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tea Expert
Age	26 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Dr B.E. de Lautour, London Street, Dunedin
Folio	05/75246
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1905
Officiating Minister	H. Mahon

340

10 July 1905

Alfred James Moore
Gertrude Young

Alfred James Moore
Gertrude Young
💍 1905/2402

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

26 years
21 years

St Kilda
South Dunedin

2 years
18 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

05/4860

10 July 1905

H. Maxwell

No	340
Date of Notice	10 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Moore	Gertrude Young
	💍 1905/2402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	26 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	05/4860
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1905
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

341

11 July 1905

Oliver Judd
Mary Joan Hughson

Oliver Judd
Mary Joan Hughson
💍 1905/2586

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Tailoress

26 years
25 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
15 years

In the house of Mr William Hughson, 69 Dowling Street, Dunedin

05/4974

11 July 1905

F. Cumming

No	341
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Judd	Mary Joan Hughson
	💍 1905/2586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Tailoress
Age	26 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	15 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr William Hughson, 69 Dowling Street, Dunedin
Folio	05/4974
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	F. Cumming

342

11 July 1905

Hugh Snowy Pearson
Margaret Riley

Hugh Snowey Pearson
Margaret Riley
💍 1905/2474

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

28 years
23 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

4 months
6 days

In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

05/4934

11 July 1905

J. Coffey

No	342
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Snowy Pearson	Margaret Riley
BDM Match (97%)	Hugh Snowey Pearson	Margaret Riley
	💍 1905/2474
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	6 days
Marriage Place	In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	05/4934
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

343

11 July 1905

William Alexander Muir
Priscilla Murrell

William Alexander Muir
Priscilla Murrell
💍 1905/2404

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

32 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
2 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

05/4862

11 July 1905

H. Maxwell

No	343
Date of Notice	11 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Muir	Priscilla Murrell
	💍 1905/2404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	32 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	2 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	05/4862
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1905
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

344

12 July 1905

Thomas Dalton Andrews
Isabella Crews

Thomas Dalton Andrews
Isobella Crews
💍 1905/2866

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

33 years
21 years

Dunedin
Opoho

3 days
12 months

In the house of Mr R. McDonald, Opoho

05/4912

12 July 1905

D. Borrie

No	344
Date of Notice	12 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Dalton Andrews	Isabella Crews
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Dalton Andrews	Isobella Crews
	💍 1905/2866
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Opoho
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr R. McDonald, Opoho
Folio	05/4912
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1905
Officiating Minister	D. Borrie

345

12 July 1905

John Watson Martin
Elizabeth Blanche Boughton

John Watson Marten
Elizabeth Blanche Boughton
💍 1905/2403

Divorced
Widow

Furnaceman

41 years
33 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

32 years
20 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

05/4861

12 July 1905

H. Maxwell

No	345
Date of Notice	12 July 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Watson Martin	Elizabeth Blanche Boughton
BDM Match (97%)	John Watson Marten	Elizabeth Blanche Boughton
	💍 1905/2403
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Furnaceman
Age	41 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	32 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	05/4861
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1905
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

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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).