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 Oamaru Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar Robert Percy Ward

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

2481

10 January 1906

James Waddell Hedley
Jane Donaldson

James Waddell Hedley
Jane Donaldson
💍 1906/2801

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
27

Oamaru
Oamaru

5 days
5 months

Residence of Mr John Donaldson, Maiareka

06/1434

10 January 1906

Rev R. J. Porter

No	2481
Date of Notice	10 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Waddell Hedley	Jane Donaldson
	💍 1906/2801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	5 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Donaldson, Maiareka
Folio	06/1434
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev R. J. Porter

2482

12 January 1906

Henry Watson
Margaret Ellen Crawford

Henry Watson
Margaret Ellen Crawford
💍 1906/3644

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

42
26

Queen's Flat
Enfield

5 years
26 years

Residence of Mr John Crawford, at Enfield

06/2620

12 January 1906

Right Rev. Monsignor Mackay

No	2482
Date of Notice	12 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Watson	Margaret Ellen Crawford
	💍 1906/3644
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	26
Dwelling Place	Queen's Flat	Enfield
Length of Residence	5 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Crawford, at Enfield
Folio	06/2620
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Right Rev. Monsignor Mackay

2483

16 January 1906

Charles Glasgow
Jesse Alison Findlay Morton

Charles Glasgow
Jessie Alstan Findlay Morton
💍 1906/139

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
36

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
2 months

Residence of Mr R. Bathgate, Tweed Lane, Oamaru

06/1444

16 January 1906

Rev W. Wright

No	2483
Date of Notice	16 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Glasgow	Jesse Alison Findlay Morton
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Glasgow	Jessie Alstan Findlay Morton
	💍 1906/139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	36
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr R. Bathgate, Tweed Lane, Oamaru
Folio	06/1444
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Wright

2484

20 January 1906

John Miller Dick
Annie Eliza Collis

John Miller Dick
Annie Eliza Collis
💍 1906/2800

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
29

Weston
Alma

8 years
29 years

Residence of Mr Fred Collis, at Alma

06/1435

20 January 1906

Rev J. R. Shaw

No	2484
Date of Notice	20 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Miller Dick	Annie Eliza Collis
	💍 1906/2800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Weston	Alma
Length of Residence	8 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Fred Collis, at Alma
Folio	06/1435
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J. R. Shaw

2485

20 January 1906

Charles Justice Tampers
Annabelle Barr

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
21

Oamaru
Kakanui South

30 years
21 years

Residence of Mr William Barr, Kakanui South, Otepopo

06/1446

20 January 1906

Rev D. M. Ivor

No	2485
Date of Notice	20 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Justice Tampers	Annabelle Barr
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Kakanui South
Length of Residence	30 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr William Barr, Kakanui South, Otepopo
Folio	06/1446
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev D. M. Ivor

2486

24 January 1906

Francis Vivian
Elizabeth Jane Jamieson

Francis Vivian
Elizabeth Jane Jamieson
💍 1906/2802

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Milliner

26
23

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
3 years

Residence of Mr S. H. Jamieson, Severn St, Oamaru

06/1435

24 January 1906

Rev R. J. Porter

No	2486
Date of Notice	24 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Vivian	Elizabeth Jane Jamieson
	💍 1906/2802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Milliner
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr S. H. Jamieson, Severn St, Oamaru
Folio	06/1435
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev R. J. Porter

2487

29 January 1906

William Simpson Lawrence
Rotoma Annie Murdoch Minty

William Simpson Lawrence
Rotorua Annie Muirhead Minty
💍 1906/2798

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
24

Kakanui
Kakanui

2 years
23 years

Residence of Mr William Minty, at Kakanui

06/1431

29 January 1906

Rev D. M. Ivor

No	2487
Date of Notice	29 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Simpson Lawrence	Rotoma Annie Murdoch Minty
BDM Match (88%)	William Simpson Lawrence	Rotorua Annie Muirhead Minty
	💍 1906/2798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Kakanui	Kakanui
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr William Minty, at Kakanui
Folio	06/1431
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev D. M. Ivor

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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).