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).

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District of Winton Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar Wm Turnbull

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

277

2 January 1905

William Young Jnr
Mary Jane Irwin

William Young Junior
Mary Jane Irwin
💍 1905/6382

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Spring Hills
Hokonui

23 yrs.
20 yrs.

House of Mr William Irwin Hokonui

05/1526

William Irwin Father Hokonui

2 January 1905

Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

No	277
Date of Notice	2 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Young Jnr	Mary Jane Irwin
BDM Match (93%)	William Young Junior	Mary Jane Irwin
	💍 1905/6382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Spring Hills	Hokonui
Length of Residence	23 yrs.	20 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Mr William Irwin Hokonui
Folio	05/1526
Consent	William Irwin Father Hokonui
Date of Certificate	2 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

278

4 January 1905

Bernard Healey
Isabella Maxwell

Bernard Healy
Isabella Maxwell
💍 1905/436

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
22

East Winton
East Winton

1 week
1 week

The Roman Catholic Church Winton

05/1531

4 January 1905

Rev. P. O'Neil Roman Catholic

No	278
Date of Notice	4 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Healey	Isabella Maxwell
BDM Match (96%)	Bernard Healy	Isabella Maxwell
	💍 1905/436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	East Winton	East Winton
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church Winton
Folio	05/1531
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Neil Roman Catholic

279

5 January 1905

James Innes Rae
Jessie Isabella Elizabeth Oates

James McInnes Rae
Jessie Isabella Elizabeth Oates
💍 1905/6381

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Winton
Winton

3 months
2 weeks

The Presbyterian Manse Winton

05/1525

5 January 1905

Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

No	279
Date of Notice	5 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Innes Rae	Jessie Isabella Elizabeth Oates
BDM Match (94%)	James McInnes Rae	Jessie Isabella Elizabeth Oates
	💍 1905/6381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	3 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse Winton
Folio	05/1525
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

280

7 February 1905

Arthur Albert Liddell
Catherine Otto Wilson

Arthur Albert Liddell
Cathrine Otto Wilson
💍 1905/6384

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

28
27

Winton
Winton

23 yrs.
27 yrs.

The Presbyterian Church Winton

05/1528

7 February 1905

Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

No	280
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Albert Liddell	Catherine Otto Wilson
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Albert Liddell	Cathrine Otto Wilson
	💍 1905/6384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	23 yrs.	27 yrs.
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church Winton
Folio	05/1528
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

281

11 February 1905

William James Mackintosh
Jane Ann Forbes Calder

William James MacKintosh
Jane Ann Forbes Calder
💍 1905/6383

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
24

Oreti Plains Near Drummond
Oreti Plains

20 yrs.
8 yrs.

House of Mr George Calder Timboon

05/1527

11 February 1905

Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

No	281
Date of Notice	11 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Mackintosh	Jane Ann Forbes Calder
BDM Match (98%)	William James MacKintosh	Jane Ann Forbes Calder
	💍 1905/6383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Oreti Plains Near Drummond	Oreti Plains
Length of Residence	20 yrs.	8 yrs.
Marriage Place	House of Mr George Calder Timboon
Folio	05/1527
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. U. Simpson B.A. Presbyterian

282

16 February 1905

Thomas Hazlett
Harriett Barnes

Thomas Hazlett
Harriett Barnes
💍 1905/429

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

41
39

South Hill End
South Hill End

17 yrs
7 months

House of Thomas Hazlett Senr. South Hill End

05/1530

16 February 1905

Rev. Thomas Tait Presbyterian

No	282
Date of Notice	16 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hazlett	Harriett Barnes
	💍 1905/429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	41	39
Dwelling Place	South Hill End	South Hill End
Length of Residence	17 yrs	7 months
Marriage Place	House of Thomas Hazlett Senr. South Hill End
Folio	05/1530
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Tait Presbyterian

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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).