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 488

District of Dunedin 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

481

24 October 1906

John Wylie
Matilda Buchanan

John Wylie
Matilda Buchanan
💍 1906/7726

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27 years
26 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

27 years
26 years

In the house of Mr William H. Watkins 8 Howard Street Dunedin

06/7205

24 October 1906

Wm Hewitson

No	481
Date of Notice	24 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wylie	Matilda Buchanan
	💍 1906/7726
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	27 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr William H. Watkins 8 Howard Street Dunedin
Folio	06/7205
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm Hewitson

482

24 October 1906

Joseph Hatton
Mary Ann Barbara Howorth

Joseph Hatton
Mary Ann Barbara Howorth
💍 1906/7257

Widower
Spinster

Manufacturer

70 years
57 years

Mornington
Fairfield

9 years
57 years

In the house of Mrs Howorth Fairfield

06/7314

24 October 1906

J Kilpatrick

No	482
Date of Notice	24 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Hatton	Mary Ann Barbara Howorth
	💍 1906/7257
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturer
Age	70 years	57 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Fairfield
Length of Residence	9 years	57 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Howorth Fairfield
Folio	06/7314
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1906
Officiating Minister	J Kilpatrick

483

26 October 1906

Francis John Chase
Rebecca Anderson

Francis John Chase
Rebecca Anderson
💍 1906/7243

Widower
Widow

Settler

70 years
40 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
6 years

In the house of Mrs Rebecca Anderson 19 York Place Dunedin

06/7276

26 October 1906

W. J. Hastie

No	483
Date of Notice	26 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John Chase	Rebecca Anderson
	💍 1906/7243
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	70 years	40 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Rebecca Anderson 19 York Place Dunedin
Folio	06/7276
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1906
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hastie

484

27 October 1906

Donald Langley Arthur Turner
Catherine Gertrude McCallum Stenhouse

Donald Langley Arthur Turner
Catherine Gertrude McCallum Stenhouse
💍 1906/7104

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

21 years
22 years

Dunedin
Roslyn

6 weeks
6 weeks

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

06/7131

27 October 1906

H Maxwell

No	484
Date of Notice	27 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Langley Arthur Turner	Catherine Gertrude McCallum Stenhouse
	💍 1906/7104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	21 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Roslyn
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	06/7131
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1906
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

485

29 October 1906

Charles William Stuart
Jeannie Milne

Charles William Stuart
Jeannie Milne
💍 1906/7280

Widower
Spinster

Accountant

33 years
23 years

Dunedin
East Chatton

2 years
23 years

In the house of Mrs Isabella Milne East Chatton

06/7337

29 October 1906

G. G. Hower

No	485
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Stuart	Jeannie Milne
	💍 1906/7280
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	33 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	East Chatton
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Isabella Milne East Chatton
Folio	06/7337
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hower

486

29 October 1906

James William Peterson Thomson
Margaret Black

James William Peterson Thomson
Margaret Black
💍 1906/7199

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
32 years

In the house of Mr James G Black 77 St. David Street Dunedin

06/7204

29 October 1906

Wm Hewitson

No	486
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Peterson Thomson	Margaret Black
	💍 1906/7199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr James G Black 77 St. David Street Dunedin
Folio	06/7204
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Wm Hewitson

487

29 October 1906

Alexander Braid
Lucy Carrodus

Alexander Braid
Lucy Carrodus
💍 1906/7159

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

30 years
32 years

Dunedin
Roslyn

30 years
32 years

In the house of Mr Thomas Carrodus Brockville Roslyn

06/7187

29 October 1906

R.R.M. Sutherland

No	487
Date of Notice	29 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Braid	Lucy Carrodus
	💍 1906/7159
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	30 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Roslyn
Length of Residence	30 years	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Thomas Carrodus Brockville Roslyn
Folio	06/7187
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1906
Officiating Minister	R.R.M. Sutherland

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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).