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

176

27 March 1907

George Adam Perrin
Helen Agnes Sanson

George Adam Perrin
Helen Agnes Sanson
💍 1907/1457

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 days
2 years

In the house of Mr. Andrew McDowell, 78 Cumberland Street, Dunedin

07/1543

27 March 1907

Wm. Hay

No	176
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Adam Perrin	Helen Agnes Sanson
	💍 1907/1457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 days	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Andrew McDowell, 78 Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1543
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hay

177

27 March 1907

Charles Stuart Falconer
Kate Lawrence Morgan

Charles Stuart Falconer
Kate Lawrence Morgan
💍 1907/1527

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32 years
23 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

3 days
3 days

In the house of Mr. A. R. Falconer, Tweed Street, Roslyn

07/1638

27 March 1907

D. Dutton

No	177
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Stuart Falconer	Kate Lawrence Morgan
	💍 1907/1527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. A. R. Falconer, Tweed Street, Roslyn
Folio	07/1638
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

178

27 March 1907

John Currie
Helen Brown

John Currie
Helen Brown
💍 1907/1725

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

25 years
22 years

Mornington
Mornington

3 days
16 years

In the house of Mr. Richard B. Brown, Preston Crescent, Mornington

07/1844

27 March 1907

W. A. Sinclair

No	178
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Currie	Helen Brown
	💍 1907/1725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	25 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Richard B. Brown, Preston Crescent, Mornington
Folio	07/1844
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

179

27 March 1907

John Mitchell
Agnes Shore

John Mitchell
Agnes Shore
💍 1907/1724

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

23 years
26 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

4 years
3 years

In the house of Mr. John Shore, 81 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin

07/1843

27 March 1907

R. Mackie

No	179
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mitchell	Agnes Shore
	💍 1907/1724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	23 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. John Shore, 81 Macandrew Road, South Dunedin
Folio	07/1843
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Mackie

180

27 March 1907

George Thomas Victor Hobart
Helen Mary Godolphin Fleming

Helen Mary Godolphin Fleming
George Thomas Victor Hobart
💍 1907/1451

Bachelor
Widow

Engineer

35 years
35 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 month
3 days

In the house of the Rev. Wm. Saunders, View Street, Dunedin

07/1561

27 March 1907

Wm. Saunders

No	180
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Victor Hobart	Helen Mary Godolphin Fleming
BDM Match (7%)	Helen Mary Godolphin Fleming	George Thomas Victor Hobart
	💍 1907/1451
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Engineer
Age	35 years	35 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 month	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. Wm. Saunders, View Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1561
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Saunders

181

27 March 1907

Morison Mortimer Purdie
Margaret Ann Eliza Bayne

Morison Mortimer Purdie
Margaret Ann Eliza Bayne
💍 1907/1726

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

33 years
24 years

Dunedin
Anderson's Bay

2 years
1 month

In the Public Hall, Otakou

07/1845

27 March 1907

P. Hearne

No	181
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morison Mortimer Purdie	Margaret Ann Eliza Bayne
	💍 1907/1726
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	33 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Anderson's Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	1 month
Marriage Place	In the Public Hall, Otakou
Folio	07/1845
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	P. Hearne

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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).