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 297

District of Timaru Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar Alex Montgomery

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

22 January 1906

Herbert Peter Le Page
Kate Evelyn Galla

Herbert Peter Le Page
Kate Evelyn Falla
💍 1906/2371

Bachelor
Spinster

Printers Brader
Domestic Duties

24
26

Timaru
Timaru

8 days
14 days

Dwellinghouse of Daniel Geo. Jas. Galla, Buchanan Street, Timaru

06/1212

22 January 1906

Rev. B. J. Serpell, Wesleyan Minister

No	9
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Peter Le Page	Kate Evelyn Galla
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Peter Le Page	Kate Evelyn Falla
	💍 1906/2371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printers Brader	Domestic Duties
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	8 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Daniel Geo. Jas. Galla, Buchanan Street, Timaru
Folio	06/1212
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Serpell, Wesleyan Minister

22 January 1906

Robert Mitchell Murray
Ellen Ladd

Robert Mitchell Murray
Ellen Ladd
💍 1906/2593

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

32
36

Timaru
Timaru

15 years
4 years

Dwellinghouse of David Thomson, Cullman's Town, Timaru

06/1221

22 January 1906

Rev. Robert Jackson, Presbyterian Minister

No	10
Date of Notice	22 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Mitchell Murray	Ellen Ladd
	💍 1906/2593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of David Thomson, Cullman's Town, Timaru
Folio	06/1221
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Jackson, Presbyterian Minister

27 January 1906

Percy Youdale
Eleanor May Moffatt

Percy Youdale
Eleanor May Moffatt
💍 1906/3541

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
24

Claremont
Beaconsfield

22 years
11 years

St. Marks English Church, Beaconsfield

06/3213

27 January 1906

Rev. Thos. Farley, Church of England Clergyman

No	11
Date of Notice	27 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Youdale	Eleanor May Moffatt
	💍 1906/3541
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Claremont	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	22 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks English Church, Beaconsfield
Folio	06/3213
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Farley, Church of England Clergyman

31 January 1906

James Henderson
Emma Eliza Aker

James Henderson
Emma Eliza Aker
💍 1906/2369

Bachelor
Spinster

Threshing Mill Owner
Domestic Duties

28
28

Washdyke
Washdyke

3 days
28 years

Chalmers Church, Timaru

06/1210

31 January 1906

Rev. Robert Jackson, Presbyterian Minister

No	12
Date of Notice	31 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henderson	Emma Eliza Aker
	💍 1906/2369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Threshing Mill Owner	Domestic Duties
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Washdyke	Washdyke
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Church, Timaru
Folio	06/1210
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Jackson, Presbyterian Minister

7 February 1906

George Lupton
Grace Elizabeth Creemer

George Lupton
Grace Elizabeth Creemer
💍 1906/2366

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager of Music shop
Counter Assistant

28
20

Timaru
Timaru

5 days
2 years

English Church (St Marys), Timaru

06/1207

George Walter Creemer, Father

7 February 1906

Archdeacon L. W. Harper, Church of England Clergyman

No	13
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lupton	Grace Elizabeth Creemer
	💍 1906/2366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager of Music shop	Counter Assistant
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	5 days	2 years
Marriage Place	English Church (St Marys), Timaru
Folio	06/1207
Consent	George Walter Creemer, Father
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon L. W. Harper, Church of England Clergyman

7 February 1906

Thomas Henry Cassells
Elizabeth Ann Butterworth

Thomas Henry Cassells
Elizabeth Ann Butterworth
💍 1906/2370

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Fruiterer

24
36

South Oamaru
Timaru

24 years
3 days

Registrars Office, Timaru

06/1211

7 February 1906

Alex Montgomery, Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	7 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Cassells	Elizabeth Ann Butterworth
	💍 1906/2370
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Fruiterer
Age	24	36
Dwelling Place	South Oamaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	24 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Timaru
Folio	06/1211
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Alex Montgomery, Registrar

13 February 1906

Arthur St. Neots Thompson
Edith Maud Stead

Arthur St Neots Thompson
Edith Maud Head
💍 1906/2591

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer-man
Sailoress

24
19

Timaru
Timaru

17 years
5 years

Dwellinghouse of Sidney Stead, Raymond St, Timaru

06/1219

Sidney Stead, Father

13 February 1906

Rev. H. E. Edunt, Congregational Minister

No	15
Date of Notice	13 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur St. Neots Thompson	Edith Maud Stead
BDM Match (92%)	Arthur St Neots Thompson	Edith Maud Head
	💍 1906/2591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer-man	Sailoress
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	17 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Sidney Stead, Raymond St, Timaru
Folio	06/1219
Consent	Sidney Stead, Father
Date of Certificate	13 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Edunt, Congregational Minister

14 February 1906

George Edward Martin
May Ridler Glanville

George Edward Martin
May Ridler Glanville
💍 1906/2592

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

21
22

Timaru
Timaru

21 years
2 years

Dwellinghouse of Rev. Thos. Stinson, Russell Sq, Timaru

06/1220

14 February 1906

Rev. Thos. Stinson, Presbyterian Minister

No	16
Date of Notice	14 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Martin	May Ridler Glanville
	💍 1906/2592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	21 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Rev. Thos. Stinson, Russell Sq, Timaru
Folio	06/1220
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Stinson, Presbyterian Minister

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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).