Intentions to Marry, 1907 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840435, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

2 January 1907

Ernest Marryatt
Eva Elizabeth Butler

Ernest Marryatt
Eva Elizabeth Butler
💍 1907/1497

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
Clerk

26 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
20 years

In All Saints Church, Dunedin

07/1608

2 January 1907

A. R. Fitchett

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Marryatt	Eva Elizabeth Butler
	💍 1907/1497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	Clerk
Age	26 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/1608
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fitchett

2 January 1907

Thomas Henry Pascoe
Mary Andrewina Grigg

Thomas Henry Pascoe
Mary Andrewina Grigg
💍 1907/1489

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28 years
22 years

North East Valley
North East Valley

10 days
12 days

In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin

07/1599

2 January 1907

Wm Laycock

No	2
Date of Notice	2 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Pascoe	Mary Andrewina Grigg
	💍 1907/1489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	10 days	12 days
Marriage Place	In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1599
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm Laycock

3 January 1907

Franklin Ferguson
Sophia Ann Graham

Franklin Ferguson
Sophia Ann Graham
💍 1907/1378

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist

40 years
41 years

Caversham
Roslyn

5 days
5 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/1485

3 January 1907

H. Maxwell

No	3
Date of Notice	3 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Franklin Ferguson	Sophia Ann Graham
	💍 1907/1378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist
Age	40 years	41 years
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Roslyn
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/1485
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

3 January 1907

Cedric Crago Clark
Agnes Margaret Janet Jeromson

Cedric Crago Clark
Agnes Margaret Janet Jeromson
💍 1907/1380

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

21 years
20 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

2 years
10 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/1486

Henry Jeromson, Father

3 January 1907

H. Maxwell

No	4
Date of Notice	3 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cedric Crago Clark	Agnes Margaret Janet Jeromson
	💍 1907/1380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	21 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/1486
Consent	Henry Jeromson, Father
Date of Certificate	3 January 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

4 January 1907

Henry Kitto
Nelly Gilbert

Henry Kitto
Nelly Gilbert
💍 1907/1446

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23 years
21 years

Dunedin
Caversham

14 days
21 year

In the house of the Rev. Wm. Scorgie, Glen Avenue, Mornington

07/1556

4 January 1907

Wm Scorgie

No	5
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Kitto	Nelly Gilbert
	💍 1907/1446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Caversham
Length of Residence	14 days	21 year
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. Wm. Scorgie, Glen Avenue, Mornington
Folio	07/1556
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm Scorgie

4 January 1907

Daniel Georgeson
Janet Drew Ellis

Daniel Georgeson
Janet Drue Ellis
💍 1907/2002

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

34 years
33 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

8 years
3 years

In the house of Mr. John A. Doull, 12 Bathgate Road, South Dunedin

07/2126

4 January 1907

Josiah Ward

No	6
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Georgeson	Janet Drew Ellis
BDM Match (94%)	Daniel Georgeson	Janet Drue Ellis
	💍 1907/2002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	34 years	33 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. John A. Doull, 12 Bathgate Road, South Dunedin
Folio	07/2126
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Josiah Ward

4 January 1907

William Broadbent
Ruby Isabella Bewley

William Broadbent
Ruby Isabella Bewley
💍 1907/1425

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk
Tailoress

28 years
21 years

South Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
21 years

In the Young Women's Christian Association Rooms, Moray Place, Dunedin

07/1532

4 January 1907

Geo Broadbent

No	7
Date of Notice	4 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Broadbent	Ruby Isabella Bewley
	💍 1907/1425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk	Tailoress
Age	28 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Young Women's Christian Association Rooms, Moray Place, Dunedin
Folio	07/1532
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Geo Broadbent

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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).