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

1 February 1907

Arthur Charles Carman
Priscilla Bernice Crosbie

Arthur Charles Carman
Priscilla Berenice Crosbie
💍 1907/1502

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Engineer

25 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
5 years

In the house of Mr Robt Martin Crosbie, 215 Leith Street, Dunedin

07/1612

1 February 1907

T. Nesbit

No	57
Date of Notice	1 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Carman	Priscilla Bernice Crosbie
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Charles Carman	Priscilla Berenice Crosbie
	💍 1907/1502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Engineer
Age	25 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Robt Martin Crosbie, 215 Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1612
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1907
Officiating Minister	T. Nesbit

1 February 1907

Robert David Scott
Eva Greenwood

Robert David Scott
Eva Greenwood
💍 1907/1495

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Station Master

29 years
28 years

Dunedin
North East Valley

3 days
2 weeks

In All Saints' Church, Dunedin

07/1606

1 February 1907

A. R. Fitchett

No	58
Date of Notice	1 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert David Scott	Eva Greenwood
	💍 1907/1495
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Station Master
Age	29 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	North East Valley
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	In All Saints' Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/1606
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1907
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fitchett

1 February 1907

William Caskie
Mary Jane Buchanan

William Caskie
Mary Jane Buchanan
💍 1907/1409

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway porter

28 years
28 years

Burnside
Dunedin

2 years
1 year

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

07/1492

1 February 1907

H. Maxwell

No	59
Date of Notice	1 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Caskie	Mary Jane Buchanan
	💍 1907/1409
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway porter
Age	28 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Burnside	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	07/1492
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

2 February 1907

Robert William Valentine
Alice Eliza Lockwood

Robert William Valentine
Alice Eliza Lockwood
💍 1907/1536

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30 years
25 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
2 months

In the Knox Church Vestry Dunedin

07/1624

2 February 1907

Wm Hewitson

No	60
Date of Notice	2 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Valentine	Alice Eliza Lockwood
	💍 1907/1536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	2 months
Marriage Place	In the Knox Church Vestry Dunedin
Folio	07/1624
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm Hewitson

2 February 1907

David George Reidy Knox
Minnie Amelia Lay

David George Reid Knox
Minnie Amelia Lay
💍 1907/1427

Bachelor
Spinster

Sign Writer

24 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
7 years

In the house of Robert Knox 32 St David street Dunedin

07/1516

2 February 1907

J. Dunlop

No	61
Date of Notice	2 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David George Reidy Knox	Minnie Amelia Lay
BDM Match (98%)	David George Reid Knox	Minnie Amelia Lay
	💍 1907/1427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sign Writer
Age	24 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Robert Knox 32 St David street Dunedin
Folio	07/1516
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1907
Officiating Minister	J. Dunlop

4 February 1907

Alfred Edward Ansell
Nelsie Laura Lucy Swallow Crutchley

Alfred Edward Ansell
Nelsie Lora Lucy Swallow Crutchley
💍 1907/5752

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

30 years
21 years

North East Valley
Kyeburn

3 years
21 years

On the premises of Rev J. Crutchley Kyeburn

07/2000

4 February 1907

J. R. Hewland

No	62
Date of Notice	4 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Ansell	Nelsie Laura Lucy Swallow Crutchley
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Edward Ansell	Nelsie Lora Lucy Swallow Crutchley
	💍 1907/5752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	30 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	Kyeburn
Length of Residence	3 years	21 years
Marriage Place	On the premises of Rev J. Crutchley Kyeburn
Folio	07/2000
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1907
Officiating Minister	J. R. Hewland

5 February 1907

Nicol Hamilton
Helen Bland

Nicol Hamilton
Helen Bland
💍 1907/1485

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Merchant

28 years
29 years

North East Valley
North East Valley

8 years
28 years

In the Presbyterian Church North East Valley

07/1571

5 February 1907

H. B. Gray

No	63
Date of Notice	5 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicol Hamilton	Helen Bland
	💍 1907/1485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Merchant
Age	28 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	8 years	28 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church North East Valley
Folio	07/1571
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1907
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray

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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).