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 September 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

6 July 1906

Francis Russell Christie
Jane Sinclair

Francis Russell Christie
Jane Sinclair
💍 1906/4522

Bachelor
Spinster

Buttermaker

25
27

Saddle Hill, Otago
Mosgiel, Otago

14 days
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel

06/15574

6 July 1906

Rev. J. M. McKerrow

No	9
Date of Notice	6 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Russell Christie	Jane Sinclair
	💍 1906/4522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Buttermaker
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Saddle Hill, Otago	Mosgiel, Otago
Length of Residence	14 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mosgiel
Folio	06/15574
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. McKerrow

17 July 1906

William Ernest McLean
Annie Marguerite Kirk

William Ernest McLean
Annie Marguerite Kirk
💍 1906/5437

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25 years 11 months
26 years 5 months

Mosgiel, Otago
Mossburn, Otago

3 days
3 years

House of Thomas Kirk, Mossburn

06/15213

17 July 1906

Rev. A. C. Randerson

No	10
Date of Notice	17 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest McLean	Annie Marguerite Kirk
	💍 1906/5437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25 years 11 months	26 years 5 months
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Mossburn, Otago
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Thomas Kirk, Mossburn
Folio	06/15213
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Randerson

6 August 1906

James Campbell
Jane Laird

James Campbell
Jane Laird
💍 1906/4771

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
30

Mosgiel, Otago
Mosgiel, Otago

3 days
20 years

House of John Laird, Mosgiel

06/17591

11 August 1906

Rev. A. W. Kinmont

No	11
Date of Notice	6 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Campbell	Jane Laird
	💍 1906/4771
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Mosgiel, Otago
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of John Laird, Mosgiel
Folio	06/17591
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Kinmont

20 August 1906

Amos McKegg
Florence May Brooks

Amos McKegg
Florence May Brooks
💍 1906/7532

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel keeper

35
25

Henley, Otago
Henley, Otago

35 years
3 days

House of Amos McKegg, Henley

06/17644

20 August 1906

Rev. Canon B. M. King

No	12
Date of Notice	20 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amos McKegg	Florence May Brooks
	💍 1906/7532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel keeper
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Henley, Otago	Henley, Otago
Length of Residence	35 years	3 days
Marriage Place	House of Amos McKegg, Henley
Folio	06/17644
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon B. M. King

11 September 1906

John William Gunn
Margaret Florence Grace Hicks

John William Gunn
Margaret Florence Grace Hicks
💍 1906/4527

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
25

Mosgiel, Otago
Mosgiel, Otago

3 days
25 years

House of Mr. Adelaide Hicks, Mosgiel

06/15375

11 September 1906

Rev. J. M. McKerrow

No	13
Date of Notice	11 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Gunn	Margaret Florence Grace Hicks
	💍 1906/4527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel, Otago	Mosgiel, Otago
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Adelaide Hicks, Mosgiel
Folio	06/15375
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. McKerrow

12 September 1906

Peter Campbell Mann
Ada Maud Marion Shale

Peter Campbell Mann
Ada Maud Marion Shale
💍 1906/5669

Bachelor
Spinster

Woolclasser

36
30

Walton Park, Otago
Fairfield, Otago

30 years
20 years

House of Thomas Shale, Fairfield

06/15480

12 September 1906

Rev. J. Kilpatrick

No	14
Date of Notice	12 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Campbell Mann	Ada Maud Marion Shale
	💍 1906/5669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woolclasser
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Walton Park, Otago	Fairfield, Otago
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Thomas Shale, Fairfield
Folio	06/15480
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Kilpatrick

28 September 1906

William Walker Ogilvie
Helen Blair

William Walker Ogilvie
Helen Blair
💍 1906/5436

Widower
Spinster

Mine manager

39
36

Saddle Hill, Otago
East Taieri, Otago

24 years
36 years

House of William Walker, Ogilvie, Saddle Hill

06/15212

28 September 1906

Rev. A. C. Randerson

No	15
Date of Notice	28 September 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Walker Ogilvie	Helen Blair
	💍 1906/5436
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mine manager
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Saddle Hill, Otago	East Taieri, Otago
Length of Residence	24 years	36 years
Marriage Place	House of William Walker, Ogilvie, Saddle Hill
Folio	06/15212
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 September 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Randerson

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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).