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 East Taieri Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar Gilbert Burness Burns

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

2 April 1906

Arthur Ernest Butler
Elizabeth Brash Marshall

Arthur Ernest Butler
Elizabeth Brash Marshall
💍 1906/3476

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Miner

31
24

Mosgiel, Otago
Wyllies Crossing, East Taieri, Otago

6 years
4 1/2 years

House of Mr. D. Y. Shand, Wyllies Crossing, Otago

06/3498

2 April 1906

Rev. L. Thompson, North Taieri

No	3
Date of Notice	2 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ernest Butler	Elizabeth Brash Marshall
	💍 1906/3476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Miner
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Wyllies Crossing, East Taieri, Otago
Length of Residence	6 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. D. Y. Shand, Wyllies Crossing, Otago
Folio	06/3498
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Thompson, North Taieri

4 April 1906

David Reid Wilkie
Maud Howell

David Reid Wilkie
Maud Howell
💍 1906/3479

Bachelor
Spinster

Miller

30
25

Mosgiel, Otago
Mosgiel, Otago

5 years
25 years

Wesleyan Church, Mosgiel, Otago

06/3501

4 April 1906

A. C. Randerson, Mosgiel

No	4
Date of Notice	4 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Reid Wilkie	Maud Howell
	💍 1906/3479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miller
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Mosgiel, Otago
Length of Residence	5 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Mosgiel, Otago
Folio	06/3501
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1906
Officiating Minister	A. C. Randerson, Mosgiel

12 April 1906

Henry Millar
Elizabeth Agnes Wright Hicks

Henry Millar
Elizabeth Agnes Wright Hicks
💍 1906/3478

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

34
29

Mosgiel, Otago
Mosgiel, Otago

22 years
23 years

House of Mr. Adelaide Hicks, Mosgiel, Otago

06/3500

12 April 1906

A. C. Randerson, Mosgiel

No	5
Date of Notice	12 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Millar	Elizabeth Agnes Wright Hicks
	💍 1906/3478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Mosgiel, Otago
Length of Residence	22 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Adelaide Hicks, Mosgiel, Otago
Folio	06/3500
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1906
Officiating Minister	A. C. Randerson, Mosgiel

4 June 1906

Walter John Leeden
Boarmena Warn Day Campbell

Walter John Leeden
Norwena Waru Day Campbell
💍 1906/4769

Bachelor
Spinster

Porter N.Z. Railway

24
23

Mosgiel, Otago
Janefield, Otago

3 days
1 year

Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel, Otago

06/7590

4 June 1906

Rev. A. W. Kenmont, East Taieri

No	6
Date of Notice	4 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Leeden	Boarmena Warn Day Campbell
BDM Match (92%)	Walter John Leeden	Norwena Waru Day Campbell
	💍 1906/4769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Porter N.Z. Railway
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Janefield, Otago
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel, Otago
Folio	06/7590
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Kenmont, East Taieri

12 June 1906

John Sneddon
Annie Ede

John Sneddon
Annie Ede
💍 1906/3477

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

25
24

Dunedin, Otago
Allanton, Otago

2 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Allanton, Otago

06/3499

12 June 1906

Rev. J. W. Boreham, Mosgiel

No	7
Date of Notice	12 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sneddon	Annie Ede
	💍 1906/3477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin, Otago	Allanton, Otago
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Allanton, Otago
Folio	06/3499
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Boreham, Mosgiel

18 June 1906

John Poole
Margaret Anderson

John Poole
Margaret Anderson
💍 1906/5445

John Setter
Margaret Anderson
💍 1906/6358

John Angus
Margaret Anderson
💍 1906/7201

William John McDonald
Margaret Anderson
💍 1907/1600

Hugh Kennedy Miller
Margaret Anderson
💍 1906/3664

Alexander Houliston
Margaret Anderson
💍 1907/4865

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

24
26

North Taieri, Otago
Fairfield, Otago

9 months
26 years

House of John Anderson, Fairfield, Otago

06/5214

18 June 1906

Rev. J. Kilpatrick, Green Island

No	8
Date of Notice	18 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Poole	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1906/5445
BDM Match (77%)	John Setter	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1906/6358
BDM Match (75%)	John Angus	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1906/7201
BDM Match (67%)	William John McDonald	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1907/1600
BDM Match (63%)	Hugh Kennedy Miller	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1906/3664
BDM Match (61%)	Alexander Houliston	Margaret Anderson
	💍 1907/4865
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	North Taieri, Otago	Fairfield, Otago
Length of Residence	9 months	26 years
Marriage Place	House of John Anderson, Fairfield, Otago
Folio	06/5214
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Kilpatrick, Green Island

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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).