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

22 April 1907

Henry James Crawford
Minnie Rice

Henry James Crawford
Minnie Rice
💍 1907/4707

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic

25
17

Earn Street, INVERCARGILL
Eye Street, INVERCARGILL

2 years
1 year

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/4072

Hugh Rice, Father

22 April 1907

Rev. James O'Malley

No	69
Date of Notice	22 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Crawford	Minnie Rice
	💍 1907/4707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Earn Street, INVERCARGILL	Eye Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/4072
Consent	Hugh Rice, Father
Date of Certificate	22 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James O'Malley

23 April 1907

Alfred Day Miller
Janet Petrie Hunter

Alfred Day Miller
Janet Petrie Hunter
💍 1907/4409

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk N.Z.R.
Domestic

33
25

Dee Street, INVERCARGILL
Gore, Southland

6 years
3 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Gore, Southland

07/3693

23 April 1907

Rev. A. Gray

No	70
Date of Notice	23 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Day Miller	Janet Petrie Hunter
	💍 1907/4409
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk N.Z.R.	Domestic
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, INVERCARGILL	Gore, Southland
Length of Residence	6 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Gore, Southland
Folio	07/3693
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray

24 April 1907

Alexander Campbell
Myra Agnes Goode

Alexander Campbell
Myra Agnes Goode
💍 1907/4439

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill-hand
Domestic

27
20

Mary Street East, INVERCARGILL
Mary Street East, INVERCARGILL

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/3713

Charles Goode, Father

24 April 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	71
Date of Notice	24 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Campbell	Myra Agnes Goode
	💍 1907/4439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill-hand	Domestic
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Mary Street East, INVERCARGILL	Mary Street East, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3713
Consent	Charles Goode, Father
Date of Certificate	24 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

24 April 1907

Richard Fowler
Margaret Eva Dryden

Richard Fowler
Margaret Eva Dryden
💍 1907/3269

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Dressmaker

22
21

Leven Street, INVERCARGILL
Leven Street, INVERCARGILL

5 days
21 years

Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL

07/3724

24 April 1907

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	72
Date of Notice	24 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Fowler	Margaret Eva Dryden
	💍 1907/3269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Dressmaker
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Leven Street, INVERCARGILL	Leven Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	5 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3724
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

24 April 1907

William Vincent
Catherine McIntosh

William Vincent
Catherine McIntosh
💍 1907/4440

Divorced
Spinster

Labourer
School-teacher

38
21

Woodlands, INVERCARGILL
Woodlands, INVERCARGILL

1 week
1 week

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/3714

27 April 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	73
Date of Notice	24 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Vincent	Catherine McIntosh
	💍 1907/4440
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	School-teacher
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Woodlands, INVERCARGILL	Woodlands, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3714
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

24 April 1907

William Frances Wilson
Ethel Amelia Copeland

William Frances Wilson
Ethel Amelia Copeland
💍 1907/4441

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

31
24

O'Hara Street South, INVERCARGILL
Tramway Road South, INVERCARGILL

31 years
15 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/3715

27 April 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	74
Date of Notice	24 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frances Wilson	Ethel Amelia Copeland
	💍 1907/4441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	O'Hara Street South, INVERCARGILL	Tramway Road South, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	31 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3715
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

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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).