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 September 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

115

31 July 1907

Arthur Joseph Lowden
Angela Wills

Arthur Joseph Lowden
Angela Wills
💍 1907/3944

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Mechanic
Domestic

23
25

Clyde Street, Invercargill
Conon Street, Invercargill

3 days
25 years

Residence of Mrs. C. Raines, Conon Street Invercargill

07/5899

31 July 1907

Rev. James Delany

No	115
Date of Notice	31 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Joseph Lowden	Angela Wills
	💍 1907/3944
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Mechanic	Domestic
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, Invercargill	Conon Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. C. Raines, Conon Street Invercargill
Folio	07/5899
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Delany

116

31 July 1907

John Augustan Moloney
Elizabeth Agnes Glover

John Augustan Moloney
Elizabeth Agnes Glover
💍 1907/3959

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
18

Otautara, Invercargill
Otautara, Invercargill

3 years
18 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

07/5890

James Smith Glover, Father

31 July 1907

Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

No	116
Date of Notice	31 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Augustan Moloney	Elizabeth Agnes Glover
	💍 1907/3959
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Otautara, Invercargill	Otautara, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	07/5890
Consent	James Smith Glover, Father
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages Invercargill

117

5 August 1907

Duncan St. Clair Macgregor
May Eva Lambert

Duncan St Clair McGregor
May Eva Lambert
💍 1907/3938

Bachelor
Spinster

Furniture Manufacturer
Domestic

26
22

Mary Street East, Invercargill
Dacre, Woodlands, Invercargill

5 years
6 months

Residence of Rev. F. W. Dunlop, Crinan Street, Invercargill

07/5893

5 August 1907

Rev. F. W. Dunlop

No	117
Date of Notice	5 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan St. Clair Macgregor	May Eva Lambert
BDM Match (94%)	Duncan St Clair McGregor	May Eva Lambert
	💍 1907/3938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furniture Manufacturer	Domestic
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Mary Street East, Invercargill	Dacre, Woodlands, Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. F. W. Dunlop, Crinan Street, Invercargill
Folio	07/5893
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Dunlop

118

8 August 1907

Norman James Moffett
Ada Grace Macdonald

Norman James Moffett
Ada Grace Macdonald
💍 1907/3891

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

26
28

Esk Street, Invercargill
Campbelltown, Invercargill

3 days
28 years

Residence of Mrs. Mary Ann Macdonald, Burrows Street, Campbelltown

07/5745

8 August 1907

Rev. W. Swinburn

No	118
Date of Notice	8 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman James Moffett	Ada Grace Macdonald
	💍 1907/3891
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, Invercargill	Campbelltown, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Mary Ann Macdonald, Burrows Street, Campbelltown
Folio	07/5745
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Swinburn

119

10 August 1907

William Cartwright
Catherine Bissett

William Cartwright
Catherine Bissett
💍 1907/5862

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

26
21

Waianiwa, Southland
Waianiwa, Southland

25 years
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Waianiwa, Southland

07/5908

10 August 1907

Rev. A. D. Kirkland

No	119
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cartwright	Catherine Bissett
	💍 1907/5862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Waianiwa, Southland	Waianiwa, Southland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waianiwa, Southland
Folio	07/5908
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. D. Kirkland

120

10 August 1907

George Harry Ashley
Margaret Keady

George Harry Ashley
Margaret Keady
💍 1907/3945

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic

24
23

Esk Street, Invercargill
West Plains, Invercargill

24 years
23 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill

07/5900

10 August 1907

Rev. James O'Malley

No	120
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harry Ashley	Margaret Keady
	💍 1907/3945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, Invercargill	West Plains, Invercargill
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	07/5900
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James O'Malley

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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).