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 December 1907 Registrar Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

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

146

1 October 1907

James Ryan
Mary Minogue

James Ryan
Mary Minogue
💍 1907/6775

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

29
21

Don Street, INVERCARGILL
Seaward Bush, INVERCARGILL

3 days
5 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/7964

1 October 1907

Rev. J. Delaney

No	146
Date of Notice	1 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ryan	Mary Minogue
	💍 1907/6775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Don Street, INVERCARGILL	Seaward Bush, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7964
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Delaney

147

4 October 1907

Garnet Bruce Mackie
Edith Jane Harrison

Garnet Bruce Mackie
Edith Jane Harrison
💍 1907/7933

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

24
18

Makarewa, INVERCARGILL
Makarewa, INVERCARGILL

2 weeks
1 week

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/7927

Joseph Harrison, Father

4 October 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	147
Date of Notice	4 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Garnet Bruce Mackie	Edith Jane Harrison
	💍 1907/7933
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Makarewa, INVERCARGILL	Makarewa, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7927
Consent	Joseph Harrison, Father
Date of Certificate	4 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

148

12 October 1907

John Robert Brown
Robina Mayze

John Robert Brown
Robina Mayze
💍 1907/7929

Bachelor
Spinster

Fell-monger
Tailoress

30
34

Don Street, INVERCARGILL
Jackson Street East, INVERCARGILL

10 years
1 month

Residence of Rev. R. Ferguson, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL

07/7946

12 October 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	148
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Brown	Robina Mayze
	💍 1907/7929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fell-monger	Tailoress
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Don Street, INVERCARGILL	Jackson Street East, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	10 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. Ferguson, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7946
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

149

12 October 1907

James Harvey
Mary Mayze

James Harvey
Mary Mayze
💍 1907/7930

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Tailoress

29
30

Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Jackson Street East, INVERCARGILL

20 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. R. Ferguson, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL

07/7947

12 October 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	149
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Harvey	Mary Mayze
	💍 1907/7930
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Tailoress
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL	Jackson Street East, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. Ferguson, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7947
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

150

12 October 1907

Samuel Levy
Sarah Mary Hargreaves

Samuel Levy
Sarah Mary Hargreaves
💍 1907/7934

Widower
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

68
40

Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL

1 month
20 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

07/7928

12 October 1907

Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

No	150
Date of Notice	12 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Levy	Sarah Mary Hargreaves
	💍 1907/7934
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	68	40
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	1 month	20 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7928
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, INVERCARGILL

151

14 October 1907

Ronald James Reynold Stuck
Violet Mary Ann Iggo

Ronald James Reynold Stuck
Violet Mary Ann Iggo
💍 1907/7915

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
22

Nith Street, INVERCARGILL
Nith Street, INVERCARGILL

1 week
3 weeks

English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL

07/7933

14 October 1907

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	151
Date of Notice	14 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald James Reynold Stuck	Violet Mary Ann Iggo
	💍 1907/7915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Nith Street, INVERCARGILL	Nith Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	1 week	3 weeks
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7933
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

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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).