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 September 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

101

2 July 1906

Charles Henry Marriott
Florence Sinclair

Charles Henry Marriott
Florence Sinclair
💍 1906/5497

Bachelor
Widow

Electrician
Domestic

25
32

Leurs Street, Gladstone, Invercargill
Leurs Street, Gladstone, Invercargill

3 days
3 years

Residence of Wm Cawthorn, Gladstone, Invercargill

06/5275

2 July 1906

Rev. R. Raine

No	101
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Marriott	Florence Sinclair
	💍 1906/5497
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Electrician	Domestic
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Leurs Street, Gladstone, Invercargill	Leurs Street, Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Wm Cawthorn, Gladstone, Invercargill
Folio	06/5275
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

102

2 July 1906

Edward Gillam
Edith Healey

Edward Gillam
Edith Healey
💍 1906/5477

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

29
27

Dee Street, Invercargill
Bowmont Street, Invercargill

4 days
2 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5241

2 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	102
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Gillam	Edith Healey
	💍 1906/5477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Bowmont Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5241
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

103

2 July 1906

Thomas Kerr Wilson
Mary Jane Aitchison

Thomas Kerr Wilson
Mary Jane Aitchison
💍 1906/5679

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
22

Waianiwa, Southland, Invercargill
Morton Mains, Southland, Invercargill

3 weeks
5 years

Residence of John Aitchison, Morton Mains, Southland

06/5248

2 July 1906

Rev. C. B. Issett

No	103
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Kerr Wilson	Mary Jane Aitchison
	💍 1906/5679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Waianiwa, Southland, Invercargill	Morton Mains, Southland, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Aitchison, Morton Mains, Southland
Folio	06/5248
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. B. Issett

104

3 July 1906

John William Francis
Sarah Emma McKinnon

John William Francis
Sarah Emma McKinnon
💍 1906/5478

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner
Waitress

26
25

Spey Street, Invercargill
Spey Street, Invercargill

3 days
2 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5242

3 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	104
Date of Notice	3 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Francis	Sarah Emma McKinnon
	💍 1906/5478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	Waitress
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Spey Street, Invercargill	Spey Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5242
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

105

12 July 1906

Alexander McKay
Mary Philpott

Alexander McKay
Mary Philpott
💍 1906/5509

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

28
23

Georgetown, South Invercargill
Mokotua, Southland, Invercargill

1 year
4 years

Residence of Alexander McKay, Morton Road, Georgetown, South Invercargill

06/5280

12 July 1906

Rev. H. Daniel

No	105
Date of Notice	12 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McKay	Mary Philpott
	💍 1906/5509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Georgetown, South Invercargill	Mokotua, Southland, Invercargill
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alexander McKay, Morton Road, Georgetown, South Invercargill
Folio	06/5280
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Daniel

106

14 July 1906

Robert Charles Buckingham
Ada Deer

Robert Charles Buckingham
Ada Deer
💍 1906/5520

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

24
19

Dee Street, Invercargill
First Street, Invercargill

6 years
19 years

Residence of Alonza Thomas Deer, First Street, Invercargill

06/5281

Alonza Thomas Deer, father

14 July 1906

Rev. H. Daniel

No	106
Date of Notice	14 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Charles Buckingham	Ada Deer
	💍 1906/5520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	First Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alonza Thomas Deer, First Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5281
Consent	Alonza Thomas Deer, father
Date of Certificate	14 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Daniel

107

14 July 1906

Francis Crawford Woods
Ellen Florence Woods

Francis Crawford
Ellen Florence Woods
💍 1906/5493

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic

21
19

Earn Street, Invercargill
Don Street, Invercargill

6 years
15 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill

06/5272

Francis Woods, father of bride

14 July 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	107
Date of Notice	14 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Crawford Woods	Ellen Florence Woods
BDM Match (86%)	Francis Crawford	Ellen Florence Woods
	💍 1906/5493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Earn Street, Invercargill	Don Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5272
Consent	Francis Woods, father of bride
Date of Certificate	14 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

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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).