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 31 December 1906 Registrar F. Saumon Hues

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

175

10 November 1906

John McLachlan
Mary Isabella McDonald

John McLachlan
Mary Isabella McDonald
💍 1906/7301

John Thompson
Isabella McDonald
💍 1907/480

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Works

37
29

Eye Street, INVERCARGILL
Earn Street, INVERCARGILL

3 days
4 days

Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL

06/17359

10 November 1906

Rev. George Lindsay

No	175
Date of Notice	10 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McLachlan	Mary Isabella McDonald
	💍 1906/7301
BDM Match (60%)	John Thompson	Isabella McDonald
	💍 1907/480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Works
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Eye Street, INVERCARGILL	Earn Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/17359
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Lindsay

176

13 November 1906

Bertram Clearwater
Ann Field

Bertram Clearwater
Ann Field
💍 1906/7314

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

24
20

Mohotua, INVERCARGILL
Mohotua, INVERCARGILL

3 days
1 month

Residence of Joseph Field, Mohotua

06/1371

Joseph Field, Father

13 November 1906

Rev. A. D. Kirkland

No	176
Date of Notice	13 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Clearwater	Ann Field
	💍 1906/7314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Mohotua, INVERCARGILL	Mohotua, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Joseph Field, Mohotua
Folio	06/1371
Consent	Joseph Field, Father
Date of Certificate	13 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Kirkland

177

20 November 1906

Kenneth Frank Malcolm Cameron
Anne Steele

Kenneth Frank Malcolm Cameron
Anne Steele
💍 1906/7311

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Health Officer

34
24

Spey Street, INVERCARGILL
Don Street, INVERCARGILL

17 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Spey Street

06/17368

20 November 1906

Rev. Robt. Ferguson

No	177
Date of Notice	20 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Frank Malcolm Cameron	Anne Steele
	💍 1906/7311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Health Officer
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Spey Street, INVERCARGILL	Don Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	17 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Spey Street
Folio	06/17368
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. Ferguson

178

22 November 1906

William Thomas Kelly
Susannah Lee Bailey

William Thomas Kelly
Susannah Lee Bailey
💍 1906/7502

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal-miner
Domestic

21
24

Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL

4 days
4 days

Residence of James William Kelly, Clyde Street

06/17615

22 November 1906

Rev. R. Raine

No	178
Date of Notice	22 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Kelly	Susannah Lee Bailey
	💍 1906/7502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal-miner	Domestic
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Residence of James William Kelly, Clyde Street
Folio	06/17615
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

179

22 November 1906

Wilson Hodges
Gladys Rattray

Wilson Hodges
Gladys Rattray
💍 1906/7300

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Manager

26
19

Elles Road North, INVERCARGILL
Don Street, INVERCARGILL

6 months
9 years

Residence of Robert H. Rattray, Don Street

06/7358

Robert Henry Rattray, Father

22 November 1906

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	179
Date of Notice	22 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilson Hodges	Gladys Rattray
	💍 1906/7300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Manager
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Elles Road North, INVERCARGILL	Don Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	6 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert H. Rattray, Don Street
Folio	06/7358
Consent	Robert Henry Rattray, Father
Date of Certificate	22 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

180

22 November 1906

Fred Hinde
Sarah Harrison

Hans Jorgen Nielsen
Sarah Harrison
💍 1907/1071

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
28

Brinan Street, INVERCARGILL
Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

30 years
1 year

Residence of Mrs. Jessie Walker, Brinan Street

not solemnised

22 November 1906

Rev. R. Raine

No	180
Date of Notice	22 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Hinde	Sarah Harrison
BDM Match (63%)	Hans Jorgen Nielsen	Sarah Harrison
	💍 1907/1071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Brinan Street, INVERCARGILL	Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	30 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Jessie Walker, Brinan Street
Folio	not solemnised
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

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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).