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 30 September 1907 Registrar Henry Macwell

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

354

10 July 1907

William John Hodgetts
Florence Amy Levy

William John Hodgetts
Florence Amy Levy
💍 1907/3880

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

22
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
25 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/5758

10 July 1907

H. Maxwell

No	354
Date of Notice	10 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Hodgetts	Florence Amy Levy
	💍 1907/3880
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/5758
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

355

11 July 1907

Albert William Hood
Annie Warren

Albert William Hood
Annie Warren
💍 1907/3881

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 week
3 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/5759

11 July 1907

H. Maxwell

No	355
Date of Notice	11 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert William Hood	Annie Warren
	💍 1907/3881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 week	3 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/5759
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

356

13 July 1907

Michael Whelan
Jane Hepburn Carruthers

Michael Whelan
Jane Hepburn Carruthers
💍 1907/3882

Bachelor
Spinster

Yardman
Tailoress

25
23

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

25 years
21 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/5760

13 July 1907

H. Maxwell

No	356
Date of Notice	13 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Whelan	Jane Hepburn Carruthers
	💍 1907/3882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Yardman	Tailoress
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/5760
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

357

13 July 1907

William Cumming
Eva Currie

William Cumming
Eva Currie
💍 1907/5853

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

North East Valley
North East Valley

14 years
3 years

In the house of Mrs Christina Currie, 3 Millars Street, North East Valley

07/5856

Christina Currie, mother

13 July 1907

Wm. Laycock

No	357
Date of Notice	13 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cumming	Eva Currie
	💍 1907/5853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	14 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Christina Currie, 3 Millars Street, North East Valley
Folio	07/5856
Consent	Christina Currie, mother
Date of Certificate	13 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Laycock

358

15 July 1907

Thomas Gillie Dobbie
Elizabeth Arnott

Thomas Gillie Dobbie
Elizabeth Arnott
💍 1907/5830

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
28

Dunedin
Broad Bay

3 days
28 years

In the house of Anna Green, Broad Bay

07/5810

15 July 1907

A. Greig

No	358
Date of Notice	15 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Gillie Dobbie	Elizabeth Arnott
	💍 1907/5830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Broad Bay
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Anna Green, Broad Bay
Folio	07/5810
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1907
Officiating Minister	A. Greig

359

15 July 1907

Percy Henry Mathieson
Eleanor Marshall Wilson

Percy Henry Mathison
Eleanor Marshall Wilson
💍 1907/5833

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain Salesman

26
27

St. Kilda
Dunedin

2 months
15 years

In the house of Mr. George Gray, 489 George Street, Dunedin

07/5813

15 July 1907

R. Waddell

No	359
Date of Notice	15 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Henry Mathieson	Eleanor Marshall Wilson
BDM Match (98%)	Percy Henry Mathison	Eleanor Marshall Wilson
	💍 1907/5833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain Salesman
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 months	15 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. George Gray, 489 George Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/5813
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Waddell

360

16 July 1907

James Henry Gilligan
Ada McCarrigan

James Henry Gilligan
Ada McCarrigan
💍 1907/5789

Widower
Widow

Coach Driver

40
40

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of Mr. James Kenny, 46 Howe Street, Dunedin

07/5793

16 July 1907

Wm. Hewitson

No	360
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Gilligan	Ada McCarrigan
	💍 1907/5789
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Coach Driver
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. James Kenny, 46 Howe Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/5793
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

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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).