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

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

152

14 October 1907

Frederick Simpson Deany
Mary Crawford

Fredrick Simpson Deany
Mary Crawford
💍 1907/6782

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

25
24

Earn Street INVERCARGILL
Earn Street INVERCARGILL

5 years
23 years

Residence of Harry Crawford, Earn Street INVERCARGILL

07/7965

14 October 1907

Rev. Jas. Delaney

No	152
Date of Notice	14 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Simpson Deany	Mary Crawford
BDM Match (98%)	Fredrick Simpson Deany	Mary Crawford
	💍 1907/6782
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Earn Street INVERCARGILL	Earn Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Harry Crawford, Earn Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7965
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Delaney

153

15 October 1907

William Graham Penny
Lilian Louisa Frampton

William Graham Penny
Lilian Lousia Frampton
💍 1907/6777

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool-classer
Domestic

31
24

Tiviot Street INVERCARGILL
Tyne Street INVERCARGILL

3 years
18 years

Residence of George Frampton, Tyne Street INVERCARGILL

07/7983

15 October 1907

Rev. R. Raine

No	153
Date of Notice	15 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Graham Penny	Lilian Louisa Frampton
BDM Match (95%)	William Graham Penny	Lilian Lousia Frampton
	💍 1907/6777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool-classer	Domestic
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Tiviot Street INVERCARGILL	Tyne Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Frampton, Tyne Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7983
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

154

16 October 1907

Frances Worthington Corkhill
Annie Maria Philpott

Francis Worthyington Corkhill
Annie Maria Philpott
💍 1907/6778

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

26
25

Woodend INVERCARGILL
Woodend INVERCARGILL

3 days
12 years

Residence of Mrs. Mercer, Woodend INVERCARGILL

07/7984

16 October 1907

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	154
Date of Notice	16 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frances Worthington Corkhill	Annie Maria Philpott
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Worthyington Corkhill	Annie Maria Philpott
	💍 1907/6778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Woodend INVERCARGILL	Woodend INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Mercer, Woodend INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7984
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

155

18 October 1907

William Henry Long
Annie Goodsir

William Henry Long
Annie Goodsir
💍 1907/7931

Widower
Widow

Sawmill-hand
Domestic

48
33

East INVERCARGILL
North INVERCARGILL

3 months
21 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

07/7925

18 October 1907

Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

No	155
Date of Notice	18 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Long	Annie Goodsir
	💍 1907/7931
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Sawmill-hand	Domestic
Age	48	33
Dwelling Place	East INVERCARGILL	North INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7925
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

156

23 October 1907

James Phillips
Margaret Bennett

under Sect Sec 3 of Sec 24 not yet issued

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmill-hand
Domestic

19
19

Dee Street INVERCARGILL
George Street North INVERCARGILL

3 days
1 month

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

Thomas James Bennett, father

No	156
Date of Notice	23 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Phillips	Margaret Bennett
	💍 under Sect Sec 3 of Sec 24 not yet issued
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmill-hand	Domestic
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Dee Street INVERCARGILL	George Street North INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio
Consent	Thomas James Bennett, father
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister

157

24 October 1907

Frank Ross Brown
Mary Hunter Ferguson

Frank Ross Brown
Mary Hunter Ferguson
💍 1907/7932

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker
Domestic

22
19

Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Dee Street INVERCARGILL

7 days
7 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

07/7926

Peter Ferguson, father

24 October 1907

Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

No	157
Date of Notice	24 October 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ross Brown	Mary Hunter Ferguson
	💍 1907/7932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker	Domestic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Dee Street INVERCARGILL	Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	7 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/7926
Consent	Peter Ferguson, father
Date of Certificate	24 October 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).