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 449

District of Dunedin 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

239

1 May 1906

Edward Henry Boyde
Maggie Burke

Edward Henry Boyde
Maggie Corke
💍 1906/3411

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

34 years
32 years

Mornington
Mornington

4 months
3 years

In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin

06/3352

1 May 1906

W. Curzon

No	239
Date of Notice	1 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Henry Boyde	Maggie Burke
BDM Match (92%)	Edward Henry Boyde	Maggie Corke
	💍 1906/3411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	34 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	4 months	3 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	06/3352
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon

240

3 May 1906

Robert Hutchison
Lillian Hills Price

Robert Hutchison
Lillian Hills Price
💍 1906/3410

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

30 years
23 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

30 years
23 years

In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin

06/3351

3 May 1906

W. Curzon

No	240
Date of Notice	3 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hutchison	Lillian Hills Price
	💍 1906/3410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	30 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	06/3351
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon

241

5 May 1906

Thomas Churchill
Emily Mary Bowles

Thomas Churchill
Emily Mary Bowles
💍 1906/3467

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Tailoress

38 years
33 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

38 years
33 years

In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin

06/3465

5 May 1906

W. A. Sinclair

No	241
Date of Notice	5 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Churchill	Emily Mary Bowles
	💍 1906/3467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Tailoress
Age	38 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	38 years	33 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/3465
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

242

7 May 1906

Allan Cammock
Isabella Mary Buckley

Allan Cummock
Isabella Mary Buckley
💍 1906/1245

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman

24 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
2 years

In the Knox Church Manse, Dunedin

06/3376

7 May 1906

W. Hewitson

No	242
Date of Notice	7 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Cammock	Isabella Mary Buckley
BDM Match (96%)	Allan Cummock	Isabella Mary Buckley
	💍 1906/1245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman
Age	24 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Knox Church Manse, Dunedin
Folio	06/3376
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. Hewitson

243

7 May 1906

Edwin Thomas Jones
Elizabeth Hore

Edwin Thomas Jones
Elizabeth Hore
💍 1906/3468

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

51 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

16 years
3 years

In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin

06/3466

7 May 1906

W. A. Sinclair

No	243
Date of Notice	7 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Thomas Jones	Elizabeth Hore
	💍 1906/3468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	51 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	16 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/3466
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

244

8 May 1906

William Currie
Nellie May Mills

William Currie
Nellie May Mills
💍 1906/3456

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
19 years

In the house of Margaret Wheeler, 54 Athol Place, Dunedin

06/3478

Margaret Wheeler, Mother

8 May 1906

W. Laycock

No	244
Date of Notice	8 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Currie	Nellie May Mills
	💍 1906/3456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Margaret Wheeler, 54 Athol Place, Dunedin
Folio	06/3478
Consent	Margaret Wheeler, Mother
Date of Certificate	8 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. Laycock

245

11 May 1906

James Wylie
Emily Rose Coar

James Wylie
Emily Rose Hoar
💍 1906/3469

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Tailoress

30 years
24 years

Maori Hill
South Dunedin

9 months
4 years

In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin

06/3467

11 May 1906

W. A. Sinclair

No	245
Date of Notice	11 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wylie	Emily Rose Coar
BDM Match (97%)	James Wylie	Emily Rose Hoar
	💍 1906/3469
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Tailoress
Age	30 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Fernhill Street, Dunedin
Folio	06/3467
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 May 1906
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

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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).