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

5 April 1907

Frank Coombes
Ethel Amelia Kinzett

Frank Coombes
Ethel Amelia Kinzett
💍 1907/4442

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
24

Ryal Bush, INVERCARGILL
Ryal Bush, INVERCARGILL

25 years
5 years

English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL

07/3743

5 April 1907

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	57
Date of Notice	5 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Coombes	Ethel Amelia Kinzett
	💍 1907/4442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Ryal Bush, INVERCARGILL	Ryal Bush, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3743
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

6 April 1907

John Nixon Robson
Edith Emily Dewe

John Nixon Robson
Edith Emily Dewe
💍 1907/4444

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill-hand
Domestic

19
19

Seaward Bush, INVERCARGILL
South INVERCARGILL

3 years
10 years

Residence of James Dewe, Tramway Road, South INVERCARGILL

07/3753

Robert William Robson, Father; James Dewe, Father

6 April 1907

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	58
Date of Notice	6 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Nixon Robson	Edith Emily Dewe
	💍 1907/4444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill-hand	Domestic
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Seaward Bush, INVERCARGILL	South INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Dewe, Tramway Road, South INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3753
Consent	Robert William Robson, Father; James Dewe, Father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

6 April 1907

John Patrick Horan
Elizabeth Young McKinnon

John Patrick Horan
Elizabeth Young McKinnon
💍 1907/4705

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.
Domestic

27
25

Avenal, INVERCARGILL
Avenal, INVERCARGILL

9 months
12 months

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/4070

6 April 1907

Rev. James O'Malley

No	59
Date of Notice	6 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Patrick Horan	Elizabeth Young McKinnon
	💍 1907/4705
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Avenal, INVERCARGILL	Avenal, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	9 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/4070
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James O'Malley

8 April 1907

Frederick William Payne
Daisy Margaret Jane Brown

Frederick William Payne
Daisy Margaret Jane Brown
💍 1907/4438

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway-Bridgeman
Domestic

29
24

West Plains, INVERCARGILL
Nith Street, INVERCARGILL

2 weeks
4 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/3712

8 April 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	60
Date of Notice	8 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Payne	Daisy Margaret Jane Brown
	💍 1907/4438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway-Bridgeman	Domestic
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	West Plains, INVERCARGILL	Nith Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	2 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3712
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

10 April 1907

Robert Veint
Myrtle Grace Carey

Robert Veint
Myrtle Grace Carey
💍 1907/4706

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

24
21

Esk Street, INVERCARGILL
Princess Street North, INVERCARGILL

3 days
8 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/4071

10 April 1907

Rev. Michael Keenan

No	61
Date of Notice	10 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Veint	Myrtle Grace Carey
	💍 1907/4706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, INVERCARGILL	Princess Street North, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/4071
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Michael Keenan

12 April 1907

Henry John Roderique
Mary Power

Henry John Roderique
Mary Powell
💍 1907/4446

Bachelor
Spinster

Oysterman
Domestic

28
22

Esk Street, INVERCARGILL
Esk Street, INVERCARGILL

3 days
3 days

English Church, Gladstone, INVERCARGILL

07/3755

12 April 1907

Rev. W. Swinburn

No	62
Date of Notice	12 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Roderique	Mary Power
BDM Match (91%)	Henry John Roderique	Mary Powell
	💍 1907/4446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Oysterman	Domestic
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, INVERCARGILL	Esk Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	English Church, Gladstone, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3755
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Swinburn

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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).