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 30 June 1907

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

2 April 1907

Walter William Wright
Alice Mary Goldie

Walter William Wright
Alice Mary Goldie
💍 1907/3264

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman
Music-Teacher

26
28

Dee Street, INVERCARGILL
Dee Street, INVERCARGILL

3 days
28 years

English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL

07/3742

2 April 1907

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	45
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Wright	Alice Mary Goldie
	💍 1907/3264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman	Music-Teacher
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, INVERCARGILL	Dee Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3742
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

2 April 1907

Alfred Owen Wells
Dolly Veint

Alfred Owen Wells
Dolly Veint
💍 1907/4436

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

24
22

Ritchie Street East, INVERCARGILL
Ritchie Street East, INVERCARGILL

3 days
22 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/3710

2 April 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	46
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Owen Wells	Dolly Veint
	💍 1907/4436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Ritchie Street East, INVERCARGILL	Ritchie Street East, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3710
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

2 April 1907

William Williams
Alice Boult

William Williams
Alice Boult
💍 1907/3267

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab-driver
Domestic

21
17

Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL

21 years
4 months

Residence of Mrs. Hannah Maria Sandre, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL

07/3722

James Boult, Father

2 April 1907

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	47
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Williams	Alice Boult
	💍 1907/3267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab-driver	Domestic
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL	Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	21 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Hannah Maria Sandre, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3722
Consent	James Boult, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

2 April 1907

James Reid Wilson
Emma Patricia Stewart Simpson

James Reid Wilson
Emma Patricia Stewart Simpson
💍 1907/3253

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster
Domestic

29
27

Earn Street, INVERCARGILL
East Road, INVERCARGILL

3 days
5 months

Residence of Richard Simpson, East Road, INVERCARGILL

07/3732

2 April 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	48
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reid Wilson	Emma Patricia Stewart Simpson
	💍 1907/3253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster	Domestic
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Earn Street, INVERCARGILL	East Road, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Richard Simpson, East Road, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3732
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

2 April 1907

James Alexander Thomson
Mary McKillop

James Alexander Thomson
Mary McKillop
💍 1907/4463

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
26

Gladstone, INVERCARGILL
Gladstone, INVERCARGILL

3 days
26 years

Presbyterian Church, Conon Street, Invercargill

07/3748

2 April 1907

Rev. F. W. Dunlop

No	49
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Alexander Thomson	Mary McKillop
	💍 1907/4463
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Gladstone, INVERCARGILL	Gladstone, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Conon Street, Invercargill
Folio	07/3748
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Dunlop

3 April 1907

Robert Parkin Lee
Charlotte Reginold Fisher

Robert Parkin Lee
Charlotte Reginald Fisher
💍 1907/4680

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Waitress

38
23

Dee Street, INVERCARGILL
Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL

3 days
9 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/4066

3 April 1907

Rev. James Delaney

No	50
Date of Notice	3 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Parkin Lee	Charlotte Reginold Fisher
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Parkin Lee	Charlotte Reginald Fisher
	💍 1907/4680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Waitress
Age	38	23
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, INVERCARGILL	Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/4066
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Delaney

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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).