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 30 September 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

311

2 July 1906

Henry Robert Hunt
Mary Robertson

Henry Robert Hunt
Mary Robertson
💍 1906/5408

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Tailoress

23
23

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

3 days
12 years

In the Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart Street, Dunedin

06/5783

2 July 1906

W. A. Sinclair

No	311
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Robert Hunt	Mary Robertson
	💍 1906/5408
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Tailoress
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	In the Trinity Methodist Church, Stuart Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/5783
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

312

2 July 1906

Charles Edward Napier
Kathleen Louisa Breagh

Charles Edward Napier
Kathleen Louisa Creagh
💍 1906/7418

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent

34
25

Dunedin
Oamaru

14 years
25 years

In St. Luke's Church, Oamaru

06/1748

2 July 1906

H. G. Gould

No	312
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Napier	Kathleen Louisa Breagh
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Edward Napier	Kathleen Louisa Creagh
	💍 1906/7418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Oamaru
Length of Residence	14 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In St. Luke's Church, Oamaru
Folio	06/1748
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	H. G. Gould

313

2 July 1906

Edward Oluff Meinung
Frances Moreland

Edward Oluff Meinung
Frances Moreland
💍 1906/5405

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
5 years

In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, 4 Fern Hill Street, Dunedin

06/5781

2 July 1906

W. A. Sinclair

No	313
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Oluff Meinung	Frances Moreland
	💍 1906/5405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, 4 Fern Hill Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/5781
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

314

2 July 1906

James Mitchell Paul
Winifred Evelyn Scoble

James Mitchell Paul
Winifred Evelyn Scoble
💍 1906/5423

Bachelor
Spinster

Pastry Cook
Machinist

22
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

7 years
21 years

In the house of Mrs. Clara S. Paul, 82 Forth Street, Dunedin

06/5200

2 July 1906

Wm. Hay

No	314
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mitchell Paul	Winifred Evelyn Scoble
	💍 1906/5423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pastry Cook	Machinist
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Clara S. Paul, 82 Forth Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/5200
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hay

315

5 July 1906

Joseph Cecil Ashton
William Mina Isabella Mary Catherine McPhail

Joseph Cecil Ashton
William Mina Isabella Mary McPhail
💍 1906/7700

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
5 years

In the house of Mr. John T. Jarvis, 1 Bishop's Road, Dunedin

06/5769

4 July 1906

Wm. H. Corcoran

No	315
Date of Notice	5 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Cecil Ashton	William Mina Isabella Mary Catherine McPhail
BDM Match (89%)	Joseph Cecil Ashton	William Mina Isabella Mary McPhail
	💍 1906/7700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. John T. Jarvis, 1 Bishop's Road, Dunedin
Folio	06/5769
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm. H. Corcoran

316

5 July 1906

Albert William Berland
Florence Mary Bawden

Albert William Berland
Florence Mary Bawden
💍 1906/5391

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

22
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 years
23 years

In the house of Mr. Albert W. Berland, 303 George Street, Dunedin

06/5140

5 July 1906

Wm. Hewitson

No	316
Date of Notice	5 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Berland	Florence Mary Bawden
	💍 1906/5391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Albert W. Berland, 303 George Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/5140
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

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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).