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 Ashburton Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar William Winsbury White

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

115

10 April 1906

John Brown
Daphne Elizabeth Withell

John Brown
Daphne Elizabeth Withell
💍 1906/3127

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
domestic duties

28
21

Ealing
Ealing

3 months
6 years

Wesleyan Church Baring Square Ashburton

06/2885

10 April 1906

Rev S.H.D. Peryman

No	115
Date of Notice	10 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Brown	Daphne Elizabeth Withell
	💍 1906/3127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	domestic duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Ealing	Ealing
Length of Residence	3 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Baring Square Ashburton
Folio	06/2885
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev S.H.D. Peryman

116

14 April 1906

Thomas Sutherland
Elizabeth McLauchlan

Thomas Sutherland
Elizabeth McLauchlan
💍 1906/6809

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner
domestic duties

30
30

Ashburton
Tinwald

30 years
30 years

Roman Catholic Church Ashburton

06/6780

John McLauchlan father of Minor

19 April 1906

Rev J.J. O'Donnell

No	116
Date of Notice	14 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Sutherland	Elizabeth McLauchlan
	💍 1906/6809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner	domestic duties
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Tinwald
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Ashburton
Folio	06/6780
Consent	John McLauchlan father of Minor
Date of Certificate	19 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J.J. O'Donnell

117

19 April 1906

Arthur Gore Campbell
Mary Agnes Ethel Smith

Arthur Gore Campbell
Mary Agnes Ethel Smith
💍 1906/2903

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Official
domestic duties

31
33

Ashburton
Kaikoura

3 months
30 years

Roman Catholic Church Kaikoura Suburban

06/2698

19 April 1906

Rev John Golden

No	117
Date of Notice	19 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Gore Campbell	Mary Agnes Ethel Smith
	💍 1906/2903
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Official	domestic duties
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Kaikoura
Length of Residence	3 months	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Kaikoura Suburban
Folio	06/2698
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev John Golden

118

21 April 1906

Henry Mackle
Mary Josephine Hamill

Henry Mackle
Mary Josephine Hamil
💍 1906/6786

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Sales-Woman

48
40

Hinds
Ashburton

16 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church Ashburton

06/6781

21 April 1906

Rev J.J. O'Donnell

No	118
Date of Notice	21 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Mackle	Mary Josephine Hamill
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Mackle	Mary Josephine Hamil
	💍 1906/6786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Sales-Woman
Age	48	40
Dwelling Place	Hinds	Ashburton
Length of Residence	16 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Ashburton
Folio	06/6781
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J.J. O'Donnell

119

24 April 1906

Robert Lambie
Elizabeth Mary Lamb

Robert Lambie
Elizabeth Mary Lamb
💍 1906/3128

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
domestic duties

34
28

Ashburton
Elgin

34 years
28 years

Presbyterian Church Ashburton

06/2886

24 April 1906

Rev J C Paterson M.A.

No	119
Date of Notice	24 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Lambie	Elizabeth Mary Lamb
	💍 1906/3128
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	domestic duties
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Elgin
Length of Residence	34 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Ashburton
Folio	06/2886
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J C Paterson M.A.

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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).