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 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

368

19 July 1907

William Henry Hamilton
Annie Flett

William Henry Hamilton
Annie Flett
💍 1907/6037

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager
Dressmaker

33 years
31 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
3 years

In the House of Miss Annie Flett, 156 George Street, Dunedin

07/6070

19 July 1907

Wm Hay

No	368
Date of Notice	19 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Hamilton	Annie Flett
	💍 1907/6037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager	Dressmaker
Age	33 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the House of Miss Annie Flett, 156 George Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/6070
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm Hay

369

20 July 1907

George Daplyn Hubbard
Lily Louise Simes

George Daplyn Hubbard
Lily Louise Simes
💍 1907/5778

Bachelor
Spinster

Nightman

28 years
26 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

28 years
4 years

In All Saints Church, Dunedin

07/5782

20 July 1907

H H Bedford

No	369
Date of Notice	20 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Daplyn Hubbard	Lily Louise Simes
	💍 1907/5778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nightman
Age	28 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/5782
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H H Bedford

370

22 July 1907

William Smith Dryden
Victoria Rosina Morgan

William Smith Dryden
Victoria Rosina Morgan
💍 1907/3885

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21 years
20 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

21 years
20 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriage, Dunedin

07/5762

George Morgan, father

22 July 1907

H Maxwell

No	370
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Smith Dryden	Victoria Rosina Morgan
	💍 1907/3885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriage, Dunedin
Folio	07/5762
Consent	George Morgan, father
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

371

24 July 1907

Duncan McColl
Esther Mary Wood

Duncan McColl
Esther Mary Wood
💍 1907/5821

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

34 years
31 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Presbyterian Manse, 33 Young Street, St Kilda

07/5825

24 July 1907

R Mackie

No	371
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan McColl	Esther Mary Wood
	💍 1907/5821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	34 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Manse, 33 Young Street, St Kilda
Folio	07/5825
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1907
Officiating Minister	R Mackie

372

24 July 1907

George Knowles
Ann Lawson

George Knowles
Ann Lawson
💍 1907/5854

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of Mrs Agnes Lyons, 81 Cumberland Street South, Dunedin

07/5857

24 July 1907

Wm Laycock

No	372
Date of Notice	24 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Knowles	Ann Lawson
	💍 1907/5854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Agnes Lyons, 81 Cumberland Street South, Dunedin
Folio	07/5857
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm Laycock

373

25 July 1907

Thomas Nye
Elizabeth Dee

Thomas Nye
Elizabeth Dee
💍 1907/5787

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

24 years
21 years

Caversham
Caversham

9 days
16 days

In St Peters Church, Caversham

07/5783

25 July 1907

B M King

No	373
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Nye	Elizabeth Dee
	💍 1907/5787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	24 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Caversham
Length of Residence	9 days	16 days
Marriage Place	In St Peters Church, Caversham
Folio	07/5783
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	B M King

374

25 July 1907

John Keen
Eva Arnold

John Keen
Eva Arnold
💍 1907/3886

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

21 years
19 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

12 years
3 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriage, Dunedin

07/5763

John Arnold, father

25 July 1907

H Maxwell

No	374
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Keen	Eva Arnold
	💍 1907/3886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	21 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriage, Dunedin
Folio	07/5763
Consent	John Arnold, father
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

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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).