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

181

23 November 1906

Edward John Gillies
Margaret Anna Helleher

Edward John Gillies
Margaret Anna Kelleher
💍 1906/7342

Bachelor
Spinster

French-Polisher
Domestic

27
18

Clyde Street INVERCARGILL
Clyde Street INVERCARGILL

3 years
2 years

Residence of M. Annie Helleher

06/7376

Annie Helleher, Mother

23 November 1906

Very Rev. Dean B.

No	181
Date of Notice	23 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Gillies	Margaret Anna Helleher
BDM Match (98%)	Edward John Gillies	Margaret Anna Kelleher
	💍 1906/7342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	French-Polisher	Domestic
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street INVERCARGILL	Clyde Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. Annie Helleher
Folio	06/7376
Consent	Annie Helleher, Mother
Date of Certificate	23 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean B.

182

27 November 1906

Elford Ambrose Davis
Elizabeth Dyet

Elford Ambrose Davis
Elizabeth Dyet
💍 1906/7325

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

24
33

Underwood INVERCARGILL
West Plains INVERCARGILL

3 days
30 years

Residence of Robert Dyet

06/7383

27 November 1906

Rev. J. Cumming

No	182
Date of Notice	27 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Elford Ambrose Davis	Elizabeth Dyet
	💍 1906/7325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	24	33
Dwelling Place	Underwood INVERCARGILL	West Plains INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert Dyet
Folio	06/7383
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cumming

183

29 November 1906

George Turner
Edith Jane Wallace

George Turner
Edith Jane Wallace
💍 1906/7521

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Domestic

37
30

McMaster Street INVERCARGILL
Orepuki Wallace

1 year
6 days

Residence of John Wallace, Orepuki

06/7634

29 November 1906

Rev. C. McMoreland

No	183
Date of Notice	29 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Turner	Edith Jane Wallace
	💍 1906/7521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Domestic
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	McMaster Street INVERCARGILL	Orepuki Wallace
Length of Residence	1 year	6 days
Marriage Place	Residence of John Wallace, Orepuki
Folio	06/7634
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. McMoreland

184

29 November 1906

Robert Andrew Georgeson
Margaret Madaline Morrison

Robert Andrew Georgeson
Margaret Madaline Cattens Morrison
💍 1906/7299

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

27
25

Princes Street North INVERCARGILL
Clyde Street INVERCARGILL

27 years
14 years

Presbyterian Church

06/7357

29 November 1906

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	184
Date of Notice	29 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Andrew Georgeson	Margaret Madaline Morrison
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Andrew Georgeson	Margaret Madaline Cattens Morrison
	💍 1906/7299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Princes Street North INVERCARGILL	Clyde Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	27 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	06/7357
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

185

5 December 1906

Cuthbert John Brodrick
Jemima Williamson Thomson

Cuthbert John Brodrick
Jemima Williamson Thomson
💍 1906/7318

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

39
35

Gladstone INVERCARGILL
Gladstone INVERCARGILL

6 years
20 years

English Church

06/7352

5 December 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	185
Date of Notice	5 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert John Brodrick	Jemima Williamson Thomson
	💍 1906/7318
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	39	35
Dwelling Place	Gladstone INVERCARGILL	Gladstone INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	06/7352
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

186

10 December 1906

Ben Johnson
Katherine McLaughlan

Ben Johnson
Katherine McLaughlan
💍 1906/7319

Bachelor
Spinster

Oysterman
Domestic

27
27

Don Street INVERCARGILL
Don Street INVERCARGILL

4 days
4 days

All Saints English Church

06/7353

10 December 1906

Rev. W. Swinburn

No	186
Date of Notice	10 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ben Johnson	Katherine McLaughlan
	💍 1906/7319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Oysterman	Domestic
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Don Street INVERCARGILL	Don Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	All Saints English Church
Folio	06/7353
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Swinburn

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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).