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 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

14 April 1906

Gustave Dore Moreton
Amelia Hubert Moreton

Gustave Dore Moreton
Amelia Hubert
💍 1906/3577

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Domestic

24
19

Gladstone, Invercargill
Gladstone, Invercargill

4 days
1 week

Residence of Mrs Rosa Blair Moreton

06/3551

None in the colony having authority to give consent

8 May 1906

Rev. J. G. Burr

No	72
Date of Notice	14 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gustave Dore Moreton	Amelia Hubert Moreton
BDM Match (81%)	Gustave Dore Moreton	Amelia Hubert
	💍 1906/3577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Domestic
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Gladstone, Invercargill	Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	1 week
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Rosa Blair Moreton
Folio	06/3551
Consent	None in the colony having authority to give consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Burr

18 April 1906

James Montagu France
Janet Isabella McKenzie

James Montagu France
Janet Isabella McKenzie
💍 1906/3578

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Dressmaker

30
33

Don Street, Invercargill
Dee Street, Invercargill

3 days
4 years

Presbyterian Manse, Invercargill

06/3552

18 April 1906

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	73
Date of Notice	18 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Montagu France	Janet Isabella McKenzie
	💍 1906/3578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Dressmaker
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Don Street, Invercargill	Dee Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Invercargill
Folio	06/3552
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

18 April 1906

Charles Lodgehell
Agnes Paesmith

Charles Lodgehill
Elizabeth Agnes Naesmith
💍 1906/3507

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway surfaceman
Domestic

28
26

North Invercargill
North Invercargill

3 days
26 years

Roman Catholic Church

06/3580

18 April 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	74
Date of Notice	18 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Lodgehell	Agnes Paesmith
BDM Match (74%)	Charles Lodgehill	Elizabeth Agnes Naesmith
	💍 1906/3507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway surfaceman	Domestic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	North Invercargill	North Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/3580
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

18 April 1906

Simon Fraser
Iza Kennedy

Simon Fraser
Iza Kennedy
💍 1906/7589

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

31
18

Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Yarrow Street, Invercargill

31 years
8 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

06/3534

Susan Newall, Mother

18 April 1906

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	75
Date of Notice	18 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Fraser	Iza Kennedy
	💍 1906/7589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	31	18
Dwelling Place	Yarrow Street, Invercargill	Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	31 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	06/3534
Consent	Susan Newall, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

19 April 1906

Randle Even Harris
Margaret Bailey

Randle Even Harris
Margaret Bailey
💍 1906/3594

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic

23
16

Low Street, Avonal, Invercargill
Biggar Street, Invercargill

14 years
6 years

English Church

06/3544

Margaret Bailey, Mother

19 April 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stacker

No	76
Date of Notice	19 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Randle Even Harris	Margaret Bailey
	💍 1906/3594
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Low Street, Avonal, Invercargill	Biggar Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	06/3544
Consent	Margaret Bailey, Mother
Date of Certificate	19 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stacker

20 April 1906

Michael Garvey
Ellen Fitzgerald

Michael Garvey
Ellen Fitzgerald
💍 1906/27

John Kerr
Ellen Fitzgerald
💍 1906/2498

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

43
35

Mabel Bush, Invercargill
Waikivir, Invercargill

30 years
35 years

Roman Catholic Church

06/3581

20 April 1906

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	77
Date of Notice	20 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Garvey	Ellen Fitzgerald
	💍 1906/27
BDM Match (61%)	John Kerr	Ellen Fitzgerald
	💍 1906/2498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Mabel Bush, Invercargill	Waikivir, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	06/3581
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

24 April 1906

Bert Arthur Frostick
Caroline Charlotte Florence Kingsland

Bert Arthur Frostick
Caroline Charlotte Florence Kingsland
💍 1906/3595

Bachelor
Spinster

Shoe Manufacturer

26
24

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
24 years

English Church

06/3545

24 April 1906

Ven. Archdeacon Stacker

No	78
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bert Arthur Frostick	Caroline Charlotte Florence Kingsland
	💍 1906/3595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shoe Manufacturer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	06/3545
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stacker

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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).