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

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

193

19 December 1906

Thomas Joseph Breayley
Stella Geddes Mitchell

Thomas Joseph Breayley
Stella Geddes Mitchell
💍 1906/7322

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

25
19

McMaster Street, Invercargill
McMaster Street, East Invercargill

6 months
19 years

Residence of Alexander Charles Mitchell, East Invercargill

06/7356

Alexander Charles Mitchell, Father

19 December 1906

Rev. George Lind

No	193
Date of Notice	19 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Breayley	Stella Geddes Mitchell
	💍 1906/7322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	McMaster Street, Invercargill	McMaster Street, East Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alexander Charles Mitchell, East Invercargill
Folio	06/7356
Consent	Alexander Charles Mitchell, Father
Date of Certificate	19 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Lind

194

19 December 1906

Archibald Campbell
Margaret Robertson

Archibald Campbell
Margaret Robertson
💍 1906/7316

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

36
30

Gala Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

06/7350

19 December 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	194
Date of Notice	19 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Campbell	Margaret Robertson
	💍 1906/7316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Gala Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	06/7350
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

195

19 December 1906

John Farrington
Julia Hennelly

John Farrington
Julia Kennelly
💍 1906/7326

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26
24

Dee Street, Invercargill
Dee Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 months

Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill

06/7384

19 December 1906

Rev. Dean Burke

No	195
Date of Notice	19 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Farrington	Julia Hennelly
BDM Match (96%)	John Farrington	Julia Kennelly
	💍 1906/7326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Dee Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/7384
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Burke

196

19 December 1906

Angus Macgregor Cameron
Amelia Jane Dyke

Angus MacGregor Cameron
Amelia Jane Dyke
💍 1906/7327

Bachelor
Spinster

Station-master
Dressmaker

30
31

Don Street, Invercargill
Earn Street, Invercargill

3 days
5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill

06/7385

19 December 1906

Rev. Dean Burke

No	196
Date of Notice	19 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Macgregor Cameron	Amelia Jane Dyke
BDM Match (98%)	Angus MacGregor Cameron	Amelia Jane Dyke
	💍 1906/7327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station-master	Dressmaker
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Don Street, Invercargill	Earn Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/7385
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Burke

197

21 December 1906

William Alexander McKenzie
Annie McKenzie

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Domestic

25
23

Burke Street, North Invercargill
Mary Street, East Invercargill

2 years
2 years

Residence of Duncan McKenzie (the younger), Mary Street, East Invercargill

06/7370

21 December 1906

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	197
Date of Notice	21 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander McKenzie	Annie McKenzie
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Burke Street, North Invercargill	Mary Street, East Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Duncan McKenzie (the younger), Mary Street, East Invercargill
Folio	06/7370
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

198

27 December 1906

Richard Jack Lonie
Mabyn Maud Harding

Richard Jack Louie
Melyn Maud Harding
💍 1906/7317

Richard Garthwaite
Mary Jane Harding
💍 1906/7298

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

25
22

Clifton Street, North Invercargill
Clifton Street, North Invercargill

2 months
2 weeks

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

06/7351

27 December 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	198
Date of Notice	27 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Jack Lonie	Mabyn Maud Harding
BDM Match (92%)	Richard Jack Louie	Melyn Maud Harding
	💍 1906/7317
BDM Match (64%)	Richard Garthwaite	Mary Jane Harding
	💍 1906/7298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Clifton Street, North Invercargill	Clifton Street, North Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/7351
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

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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).