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).

Page 551

District of Gabriels Quarter ending 31 December 1906 Registrar Alexander Millar Eyes

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

177

9 October 1906

Albert Hall Summers
Angelina Gertrude Fenu

Albert Hall Lummers
Angelina Gertrude Fenn
💍 1906/7263

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Servant

26
23

Munro's Gully
Munro's Gully

2 years
1 week

In the House of Mrs George Summers, Munro's Gully

06/7319

Rev. John D. McArthur, Wesleyan

No	177
Date of Notice	9 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Hall Summers	Angelina Gertrude Fenu
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Hall Lummers	Angelina Gertrude Fenn
	💍 1906/7263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Servant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Munro's Gully	Munro's Gully
Length of Residence	2 years	1 week
Marriage Place	In the House of Mrs George Summers, Munro's Gully
Folio	06/7319
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. John D. McArthur, Wesleyan

178

30 October 1906

Andrew Douglas
Nelly Lomas Webb

Andrew Douglas
Nellie Lomas Webb
💍 1906/7265

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

32
21

Waipori
Waipori

3 days
2 years

Church of England, Waipori

06/7321

Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

No	178
Date of Notice	30 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Douglas	Nelly Lomas Webb
BDM Match (94%)	Andrew Douglas	Nellie Lomas Webb
	💍 1906/7265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Waipori	Waipori
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waipori
Folio	06/7321
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

179

9 November 1906

Sydney Valentine White
Margaret Cameron

Sydney Valentine White
Margaret Cameron
💍 1906/7264

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

27
23

Lawrence
Lawrence

3 days
12 years

Presbyterian Church, Lawrence

06/7320

Rev. R. Scott-Allen, Presbyterian

No	179
Date of Notice	9 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Valentine White	Margaret Cameron
	💍 1906/7264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Lawrence
Folio	06/7320
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott-Allen, Presbyterian

180

28 November 1906

Frederick William Stonebridge
Hannah Susan Boxon

Frederick William Stonebridge
Hannah Susan Coxon
💍 1906/7266

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

27
27

Lawrence
Wetherstones

3 days
27 years

Church of England, Lawrence

06/7322

Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

No	180
Date of Notice	28 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Stonebridge	Hannah Susan Boxon
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick William Stonebridge	Hannah Susan Coxon
	💍 1906/7266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Wetherstones
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Lawrence
Folio	06/7322
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

181

12 December 1906

James Augustine Roche
Ellen Stirling Boxon

James Augustine Roche
Ellen Stirling Coxon
💍 1906/7274

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
25

Lawrence
Wetherstones

3 days
25 years

In the House of Mrs George Boxon, Wetherstones

06/7323

Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

No	181
Date of Notice	12 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Augustine Roche	Ellen Stirling Boxon
BDM Match (98%)	James Augustine Roche	Ellen Stirling Coxon
	💍 1906/7274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Wetherstones
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the House of Mrs George Boxon, Wetherstones
Folio	06/7323
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

182

24 December 1906

Daniel O'Brien Jr.
Mary Jane McErslain

Daniel O'Brien Junior
Mary Jane McErlain
💍 1906/7285

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

32
21

Waipori
Evansflat

32 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lawrence

06/7324

Rev. Patrick O'Leary, Roman Catholic

No	182
Date of Notice	24 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel O'Brien Jr.	Mary Jane McErslain
BDM Match (85%)	Daniel O'Brien Junior	Mary Jane McErlain
	💍 1906/7285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Waipori	Evansflat
Length of Residence	32 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lawrence
Folio	06/7324
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick O'Leary, Roman Catholic

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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).