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

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

108

19 July 1906

John Frederick Wohlers
Mary Reidy

John Frederick Wohlers
Mary Reidy
💍 1906/5479

Bachelor
Spinster

Woodturner
Domestic

26
25

Georgetown, Invercargill
Powelltoun, Invercargill

2 years
25 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5243

19 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	108
Date of Notice	19 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Wohlers	Mary Reidy
	💍 1906/5479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woodturner	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Georgetown, Invercargill	Powelltoun, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5243
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

109

24 July 1906

Lionel Woodford Moore
Mabel Thompson

Lionel Woodford Moore
Mabel Thompson
💍 1906/5480

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

26
26

Tay Street, Invercargill
Tay Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5244

24 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	109
Date of Notice	24 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Woodford Moore	Mabel Thompson
	💍 1906/5480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Tay Street, Invercargill	Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5244
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

110

24 July 1906

Samuel John Stuck
Martha Burford

Samuel John Stuck
Martha Burford
💍 1906/5481

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic

36
30

Tay Street, Invercargill
Tay Street, Invercargill

3 weeks
6 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5245

24 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	110
Date of Notice	24 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel John Stuck	Martha Burford
	💍 1906/5481
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Tay Street, Invercargill	Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5245
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

111

20 July 1906

Andrew Smith
Jessie May Stirling

Andrew Smith
Jessie May Stirling
💍 1906/5498

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
25

Dee Street, Invercargill
Crinan Street, Invercargill

3 days
5 years

Residence of Rev. R. Raine, Spey Street, Invercargill

06/5276

25 July 1906

Rev. R. Raine

No	111
Date of Notice	20 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Smith	Jessie May Stirling
	💍 1906/5498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Crinan Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. Raine, Spey Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5276
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

112

28 July 1906

Charles Edward McBreath
Nellie Begley

Charles Edward McCreath
Nellie Begley
💍 1906/5482

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

27
26

East, Invercargill
East, Invercargill

2 years
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill

06/5246

28 July 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	112
Date of Notice	28 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward McBreath	Nellie Begley
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Edward McCreath	Nellie Begley
	💍 1906/5482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	East, Invercargill	East, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages at Invercargill
Folio	06/5246
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

113

30 July 1906

Johnathan Hazzard Woodward
Maria Gaesmith

Jonathan Huzzard Woodward
Maria Naesmith
💍 1906/5494

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer
Domestic

22
23

Strathearn South, Invercargill
North, Invercargill

4 days
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill

06/5273

30 July 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	113
Date of Notice	30 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johnathan Hazzard Woodward	Maria Gaesmith
BDM Match (93%)	Jonathan Huzzard Woodward	Maria Naesmith
	💍 1906/5494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer	Domestic
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Strathearn South, Invercargill	North, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5273
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

114

31 July 1906

James Hay Brass
Maggie Barr Millar

James Hay Brass
Maggie Barr Millar
💍 1906/5505

Bachelor
Spinster

Implement Agent
Domestic

27
20

Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Dee Street, Invercargill

2 years
20 years

Residence of John Millar, Bowmont Street, Invercargill

06/5259

John Millar, father of bride

31 July 1906

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	114
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hay Brass	Maggie Barr Millar
	💍 1906/5505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Implement Agent	Domestic
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Yarrow Street, Invercargill	Dee Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Millar, Bowmont Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5259
Consent	John Millar, father of bride
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

115

31 July 1906

James Willett
Margaret Evelyn Mande Walker

James Willett
Margaret Evelyn Maude Walker
💍 1906/7712

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

27
22

Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Deveron Street, Kelvin Street, Invercargill

3 days
2 years

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

06/5260

31 July 1906

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	115
Date of Notice	31 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Willett	Margaret Evelyn Mande Walker
BDM Match (98%)	James Willett	Margaret Evelyn Maude Walker
	💍 1906/7712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Yarrow Street, Invercargill	Deveron Street, Kelvin Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, Invercargill
Folio	06/5260
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

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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).