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 INVERCARGILL Quarter ending 31 March 1907 Registrar J G Petrie

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

24 January 1907

John Calvert
Flora Ellen McDonald

John Calvert
Flora Ellen McDonald
💍 1907/1579

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

31
24

Roslyn Bush Invercargill
Mabel Bush Invercargill

31 years
5 years

Residence of Samuel McDonald, Mabel Bush Invercargill

07/1692

24 January 1907

Rev. E. Bissett

No	13
Date of Notice	24 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Calvert	Flora Ellen McDonald
	💍 1907/1579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Roslyn Bush Invercargill	Mabel Bush Invercargill
Length of Residence	31 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Samuel McDonald, Mabel Bush Invercargill
Folio	07/1692
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bissett

30 January 1907

Henry Robins
Elizabeth Amelia Slaughter

Henry Robins
Elizabeth Amelia Slaughter
💍 1907/1593

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Domestic

21
18

Nelson Street South Invercargill
Nelson Street South Invercargill

6 months
3 days

Primitive Methodist Church Elles Road, South Invercargill

07/1683

Thomas Slaughter, father

30 January 1907

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	14
Date of Notice	30 January 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Robins	Elizabeth Amelia Slaughter
	💍 1907/1593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Nelson Street South Invercargill	Nelson Street South Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Elles Road, South Invercargill
Folio	07/1683
Consent	Thomas Slaughter, father
Date of Certificate	30 January 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

1 February 1907

Charlton Leil Fraser
Frances Louisa Elizabeth Fielding

Charlton Seil Fraser
Frances Louisa Elizabeth Fielding
💍 1907/1622

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

28
28

Leet Street Invercargill
Bank of New South Wales Oamaru

3 years
3 days

English Church Oamaru

07/1729

1 February 1907

Rev. Archdeacon Gould

No	15
Date of Notice	1 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charlton Leil Fraser	Frances Louisa Elizabeth Fielding
BDM Match (98%)	Charlton Seil Fraser	Frances Louisa Elizabeth Fielding
	💍 1907/1622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Leet Street Invercargill	Bank of New South Wales Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 years	3 days
Marriage Place	English Church Oamaru
Folio	07/1729
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon Gould

2 February 1907

Charles Horatio Eames
Agnes Phillipson

Charles Horatio Eames
Agnes Phillipson
💍 1907/1592

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook
Domestic

28
29

Tay Street Invercargill
Tay Street Invercargill

2 years
29 years

English Church Tay Street Invercargill

07/1681

2 February 1907

Archdeacon Stocker

No	16
Date of Notice	2 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Horatio Eames	Agnes Phillipson
	💍 1907/1592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook	Domestic
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Tay Street Invercargill	Tay Street Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	29 years
Marriage Place	English Church Tay Street Invercargill
Folio	07/1681
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon Stocker

6 February 1907

James Dixon Todd
Catherine Roche

James Dixon Todd
Catherine Roche
💍 1907/1590

Bachelor
Spinster

Auctioneer
Domestic

34
30

Esk Street Invercargill
Gala Street Invercargill

3 days
30 years

Roman Catholic Church Tyne Street Invercargill

07/1703

6 February 1907

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	17
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Dixon Todd	Catherine Roche
	💍 1907/1590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer	Domestic
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Esk Street Invercargill	Gala Street Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Tyne Street Invercargill
Folio	07/1703
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

6 February 1907

Peter Ferguson
Alice Annie McFadden

Peter Ferguson
Alice Annie McFadden
💍 1907/1580

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

30
28

Biggar Street Invercargill
Biggar Street Invercargill

3 days
3 months

Residence of Joseph & Frederick McFadden Biggar Street Invercargill

07/1694

6 February 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	18
Date of Notice	6 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Ferguson	Alice Annie McFadden
	💍 1907/1580
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Biggar Street Invercargill	Biggar Street Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Joseph & Frederick McFadden Biggar Street Invercargill
Folio	07/1694
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

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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).