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 INVERCARGILL Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar J. S. Petre

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

Martin Joseph Collins
Elizabeth Fitzgerald

Martin Joseph Collins
Elizabeth Fitzgerald
💍 1906/3504

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
26

Woodlands, Invercargill
Waikiwi, Invercargill

3 days
6 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill

06/3578

2 April 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	51
Date of Notice	2 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Joseph Collins	Elizabeth Fitzgerald
	💍 1906/3504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Woodlands, Invercargill	Waikiwi, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3578
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

3 April 1906

William Charles Rennie
Florence Beatrice Foster

William Charles Rennie
Florence Beatrice Foster
💍 1906/3500

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic

23
22

Biggar Street South, Invercargill
O'Hara Street South, Invercargill

2 years
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Elles Road South, Invercargill

06/3573

3 April 1906

Rev. H. Daniel

No	52
Date of Notice	3 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Rennie	Florence Beatrice Foster
	💍 1906/3500
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Biggar Street South, Invercargill	O'Hara Street South, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Elles Road South, Invercargill
Folio	06/3573
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Daniel

3 April 1906

David Sligh Thomson
Elizabeth Hinton Scandrett

David High Phonson
Elizabeth Hinton Scandrett
💍 1906/3591

Widower
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

33
32

Doon Street, Invercargill
Spey Street, Invercargill

7 years
3 years

Residence of W. B. Scandrett, Spey Street, Invercargill

06/3541

3 April 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	53
Date of Notice	3 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Sligh Thomson	Elizabeth Hinton Scandrett
BDM Match (89%)	David High Phonson	Elizabeth Hinton Scandrett
	💍 1906/3591
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Doon Street, Invercargill	Spey Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of W. B. Scandrett, Spey Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3541
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

3 April 1906

Gordon Brown
Amy Theresa Richards

Gordon Brown
Amy Theresa Richards
💍 1906/3520

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Domestic

23
23

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Tweed Street, Invercargill

20 years
3 days

Wesleyan Church, Leet Street, Invercargill

06/3569

3 April 1906

Rev. A. Mitchell

No	54
Date of Notice	3 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Brown	Amy Theresa Richards
	💍 1906/3520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Domestic
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Tweed Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Leet Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3569
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell

4 April 1906

Samuel Mayze
Florence Louisa Williams

Samuel Mayze
Florence Louisa Williams
💍 1906/3592

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

36
27

Jackson St. E., Invercargill
Trinant, Invercargill

36 years
7 years

English Church, Gay Street, Invercargill

06/3542

4 April 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	55
Date of Notice	4 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Mayze	Florence Louisa Williams
	💍 1906/3592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Jackson St. E., Invercargill	Trinant, Invercargill
Length of Residence	36 years	7 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Gay Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3542
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

5 April 1906

John Steffens
Ellen Mary Wilson

John Steffens
Ellen Mary Wilson
💍 1906/3498

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

34
30

Bluff, Southland
Jervois St., Invercargill

13 years
28 years

Residence of Bluff Ann Elizabeth Campbelltown Wilson, Jervois Street, Invercargill

06/3571

5 April 1906

Rev. G. P. Hunt

No	56
Date of Notice	5 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Steffens	Ellen Mary Wilson
	💍 1906/3498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Bluff, Southland	Jervois St., Invercargill
Length of Residence	13 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Bluff Ann Elizabeth Campbelltown Wilson, Jervois Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3571
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Hunt

6 April 1906

Charlie Maxted
Florina Jane Dalgleish Jenkins

Charlie Maxted
Vorina Jane Dalgleish Jenkins
💍 1906/3576

Bachelor
Spinster

Undertaker's Assistant
Domestic

31
21

Trafalgar South, Invercargill
Trafalgar South, Invercargill

10 months
18 months

Presbyterian Manse, Gay Street, Invercargill

06/3550

6 April 1906

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	57
Date of Notice	6 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlie Maxted	Florina Jane Dalgleish Jenkins
BDM Match (97%)	Charlie Maxted	Vorina Jane Dalgleish Jenkins
	💍 1906/3576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Undertaker's Assistant	Domestic
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Trafalgar South, Invercargill	Trafalgar South, Invercargill
Length of Residence	10 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Gay Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/3550
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

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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).