Intentions to Marry, 1906 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840432, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1906 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1906a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1906b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1906c).

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1906 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

1 February 1906

David John Cramond
Mary Kidston

David John Cramond
Mary Kidston
💍 1906/2594

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

28
23

Dunedin
212 Leith Street, Dunedin

28 years
23 years

In the house of Mr. Kidston

06/1287

1 February 1906

T. Nisbet

No	44
Date of Notice	1 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David John Cramond	Mary Kidston
	💍 1906/2594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	212 Leith Street, Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Kidston
Folio	06/1287
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1906
Officiating Minister	T. Nisbet

2 February 1906

John Kirkness
Mary Sarah Carter

John Kirkness
Mary Sarah Carter
💍 1906/2769

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
33

Dunedin
Hillside Road, Caversham

3 days
3 weeks

In the house of Mrs. Jane Carter

06/1344

2 February 1906

Wm. Saunders

No	45
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Kirkness	Mary Sarah Carter
	💍 1906/2769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Hillside Road, Caversham
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Jane Carter
Folio	06/1344
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm. Saunders

2 February 1906

Wilfrid Vivian
Alice Lizzie Vivian

Wilfrid Vivian
Alice Lizzie Vivian
💍 1906/161

Bachelor
Widow

Sharebroker

44
39

Dunedin
Waikouaiti

18 years
3 days

In St. John's Church, Waikouaiti

06/1476

2 February 1906

H. B. Jones

No	46
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfrid Vivian	Alice Lizzie Vivian
	💍 1906/161
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Sharebroker
Age	44	39
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Waikouaiti
Length of Residence	18 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In St. John's Church, Waikouaiti
Folio	06/1476
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	H. B. Jones

2 February 1906

David Alexander Aiken
Mary Winifred Commin

David Alexander Aiken
Mary Winifred Commen
💍 1906/1256

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

40
22

Dunedin
5 Brook Street, Dunedin

8 years
22 years

In the house of Mrs. Mary Commin

06/3368

2 February 1906

Wm. Hewitson

No	47
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Aiken	Mary Winifred Commin
BDM Match (98%)	David Alexander Aiken	Mary Winifred Commen
	💍 1906/1256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	40	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	5 Brook Street, Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Mary Commin
Folio	06/3368
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

2 February 1906

William Hodgson Lothian
Helen Wood Prentice

William Hodgson Lothian
Helen Wood Prentice
💍 1906/3830

Bachelor
Spinster

Cement-burner
Millhand

34
30

Roslyn
Hawthorndale, Roslyn

34 years
14 years

In the house of Mr. R. B. Wilson

06/3392

2 February 1906

James Chisholm

No	48
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hodgson Lothian	Helen Wood Prentice
	💍 1906/3830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cement-burner	Millhand
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Hawthorndale, Roslyn
Length of Residence	34 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. R. B. Wilson
Folio	06/3392
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	James Chisholm

3 February 1906

Leslie William Potter
Mary Ann Martin

Leslie William Potter
Mary Ann Martin
💍 1906/2625

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
33

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 days
1 month

In St. Paul's Cathedral

06/1276

3 February 1906

G. G. Robinson

No	49
Date of Notice	3 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie William Potter	Mary Ann Martin
	💍 1906/2625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 days	1 month
Marriage Place	In St. Paul's Cathedral
Folio	06/1276
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Robinson

3 February 1906

Charles Timothy Trunider
Johanna Walsh

Charles Timothy Trinder
Johanna Walsh
💍 1906/2610

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab driver

26
20

Dunedin
St. Kilda, South Dunedin

26 years
20 years

In St. Patrick's Basilica

06/1310

J. P. Walsh, father

3 February 1906

M. Howard

No	50
Date of Notice	3 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Timothy Trunider	Johanna Walsh
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Timothy Trinder	Johanna Walsh
	💍 1906/2610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab driver
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St. Kilda, South Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In St. Patrick's Basilica
Folio	06/1310
Consent	J. P. Walsh, father
Date of Certificate	3 February 1906
Officiating Minister	M. Howard

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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 1908. 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).