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 March 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

10 February 1906

Albert Lawton
Isabella Baird

Albert Lawton
Isabella Baird
💍 1906/2699

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

30
23

Tramway Road South INVERCARGILL
Tramway Road South INVERCARGILL

28 years
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church Strathearn S. INVERCARGILL

06/1406

10 February 1906

Rev. J. A. Luxford

No	22
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Lawton	Isabella Baird
	💍 1906/2699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Tramway Road South INVERCARGILL	Tramway Road South INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Strathearn S. INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1406
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Luxford

12 February 1906

Joseph Brookland
Alice Elizabeth Gibbs

Joseph Brookland
Alice Elizabeth Gibbs
💍 1906/2680

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
21

Woodend INVERCARGILL
Woodend INVERCARGILL

24 years
8 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

06/1369

12 February 1906

Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

No	23
Date of Notice	12 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Brookland	Alice Elizabeth Gibbs
	💍 1906/2680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Woodend INVERCARGILL	Woodend INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	24 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1369
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

13 February 1906

Spencer Raynor Seaver
Kathleen Annie Holmes

Spencer Raynor Seaver
Kathleen Annie Holmes
💍 1906/2679

Bachelor
Spinster

Traveller
Domestic

31
21

Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Dee Street INVERCARGILL

3 days
21 years

Presbyterian Church Dee Street INVERCARGILL

06/1386

13 February 1906

Rev. Geo. Line

No	24
Date of Notice	13 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Spencer Raynor Seaver	Kathleen Annie Holmes
	💍 1906/2679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Traveller	Domestic
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Dee Street INVERCARGILL	Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1386
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Line

22 February 1906

Matthew Nutt Hyndman
Jessie Strang

Matthew Nutt Hyndman
Jessie Strang
💍 1906/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Domestic

24
22

Ettrick Street INVERCARGILL
Don Street INVERCARGILL

24 years
22 years

Residence of Mrs Strang Don Street INVERCARGILL

06/1393

22 February 1906

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	25
Date of Notice	22 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Nutt Hyndman	Jessie Strang
	💍 1906/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Ettrick Street INVERCARGILL	Don Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Strang Don Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1393
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

22 February 1906

Peter Larsen
Laura Johanna Polena Nielsen

Peter Larsen
Laura Johanne Pauline Nielsen
💍 1906/2707

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Tailoress

31
22

Elles Road South INVERCARGILL
Twist Street INVERCARGILL

1 year
4 months

Residence of Fredrick Hemmingsen Twist Street INVERCARGILL

06/1413

22 February 1906

Rev. W. D. Little

No	26
Date of Notice	22 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Larsen	Laura Johanna Polena Nielsen
BDM Match (91%)	Peter Larsen	Laura Johanne Pauline Nielsen
	💍 1906/2707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Tailoress
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Elles Road South INVERCARGILL	Twist Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	1 year	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Fredrick Hemmingsen Twist Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1413
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. D. Little

22 February 1906

Arthur James Fitzmaurice
Henrietta Jane Fraser

Arthur James Fitzmaurice
Henrietta Jane Fraser
💍 1906/2687

Bachelor
Spinster

Horsetrainer
Domestic

27
22

Dee St. INVERCARGILL
Yarrow Street INVERCARGILL

3 years
22 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

06/1370

22 February 1906

Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

No	27
Date of Notice	22 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Fitzmaurice	Henrietta Jane Fraser
	💍 1906/2687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horsetrainer	Domestic
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Dee St. INVERCARGILL	Yarrow Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio	06/1370
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 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).