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).

Page 606

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 June 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

19 May 1906

William Mail Lyall
Agnes Lowrie Kinnaird

William Mail Lyall
Agnes Lowrie Kinnaird
💍 1906/5504

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

23
24

3 Leet Street Invercargill
Elles Road North Invercargill

3 days
19 years

Presbyterian Church Dee Street Invercargill

06/5258

19 May 1906

Rev. I. Lindsay

No	86
Date of Notice	19 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mail Lyall	Agnes Lowrie Kinnaird
	💍 1906/5504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	3 Leet Street Invercargill	Elles Road North Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Dee Street Invercargill
Folio	06/5258
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Lindsay

21 May 1906

Donald Malcolm McLeod
Jessie Ellen Clark

Donald Malcolm McLeod
Jessie Ellen Clark
💍 1906/3585

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
23

Ryal Bush Invercargill
Ryal Bush Invercargill

5 days
3 years

Residence of Rev. I. Lindsay Kelvin Street Invercargill

06/3558

21 May 1906

Rev. I. Lindsay

No	87
Date of Notice	21 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Malcolm McLeod	Jessie Ellen Clark
	💍 1906/3585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Ryal Bush Invercargill	Ryal Bush Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. I. Lindsay Kelvin Street Invercargill
Folio	06/3558
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Lindsay

22 May 1906

Dugald John McIntosh
Hilda Elizabeth Simpson

Dougald John McIntosh
Hilda Elizabeth Simpson
💍 1906/3574

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

24
22

Avenal Invercargill
Avenal Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. Bert Dunlop Avenal Invercargill

06/3548

22 May 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	88
Date of Notice	22 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dugald John McIntosh	Hilda Elizabeth Simpson
BDM Match (98%)	Dougald John McIntosh	Hilda Elizabeth Simpson
	💍 1906/3574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Avenal Invercargill	Avenal Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Bert Dunlop Avenal Invercargill
Folio	06/3548
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

23 May 1906

Samuel Pomeroy
Ethel Jessie Patton

Samuel Pomeroy
Ethel Jessie Patton
💍 1906/3661

Bachelor
Spinster

Fishmonger
Domestic

19
17

Esk Street Invercargill
Catherine Street North Invercargill

19 years
2 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

06/3536

Henry Pomeroy, father of groom; Peter Campbell Patton, father of bride

23 May 1906

Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

No	89
Date of Notice	23 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Pomeroy	Ethel Jessie Patton
	💍 1906/3661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fishmonger	Domestic
Age	19	17
Dwelling Place	Esk Street Invercargill	Catherine Street North Invercargill
Length of Residence	19 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Invercargill
Folio	06/3536
Consent	Henry Pomeroy, father of groom; Peter Campbell Patton, father of bride
Date of Certificate	23 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

25 May 1906

David Low
Delia Dooley

David Low
Delia Dooley
💍 1906/3511

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Master
Domestic

43
38

Esk Street Invercargill
Dee Street Invercargill

3 days
13 years

Residence of William Craies Clyde Street Invercargill

06/3583

25 May 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	90
Date of Notice	25 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Low	Delia Dooley
	💍 1906/3511
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Master	Domestic
Age	43	38
Dwelling Place	Esk Street Invercargill	Dee Street Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	13 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Craies Clyde Street Invercargill
Folio	06/3583
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

26 May 1906

James John Hynd
Mary Ann Kennard

James John Hynd
Mary Ann Kennard
💍 1906/3516

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

33
26

Spar Bush Invercargill
Waianiwa Invercargill

30 years
6 years

Residence of Simon Kennard Waianiwa Invercargill

06/3565

26 May 1906

Rev. A. D. Kirkland

No	91
Date of Notice	26 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John Hynd	Mary Ann Kennard
	💍 1906/3516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Spar Bush Invercargill	Waianiwa Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Simon Kennard Waianiwa Invercargill
Folio	06/3565
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Kirkland

29 May 1906

Alexander Somerville Young
Maria McPhee Martin

Alexander Somerville Young
Maria McPhee Martin
💍 1906/3590

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

21
19

North Road Invercargill
North Road Invercargill

6 days
6 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

06/3570

Jeannie Black, mother of bride

29 May 1906

Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

No	92
Date of Notice	29 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Somerville Young	Maria McPhee Martin
	💍 1906/3590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	North Road Invercargill	North Road Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Invercargill
Folio	06/3570
Consent	Jeannie Black, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	29 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

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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).