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

121

10 August 1907

William Thomas Rizzi
Christina McLeod

William Thomas Rizzi
Christina McLeod
💍 1907/3953

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
26

Lochiel, INVERCARGILL
Waianiwa, INVERCARGILL

6 months
25 years

Residence of George McLeod, Waianiwa Invercargill

07/5907

10 August 1907

Rev. J. T. Burrows

No	121
Date of Notice	10 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Rizzi	Christina McLeod
	💍 1907/3953
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Lochiel, INVERCARGILL	Waianiwa, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	6 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George McLeod, Waianiwa Invercargill
Folio	07/5907
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Burrows

122

12 August 1907

Bain Challis
Charlotte Jane Andrews

Bain Challis
Charlotte Jane Andrews
💍 1907/5885

Bachelor
Spinster

Striker, Government Workshops
Domestic

27
27

Avenal, INVERCARGILL
Avenal, INVERCARGILL

27 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs. Kate Wilton Andrews, Kelvin Road, Avenal Invercargill

07/5915

12 August 1907

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	122
Date of Notice	12 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bain Challis	Charlotte Jane Andrews
	💍 1907/5885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Striker, Government Workshops	Domestic
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Avenal, INVERCARGILL	Avenal, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	27 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Kate Wilton Andrews, Kelvin Road, Avenal Invercargill
Folio	07/5915
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

123

12 August 1907

Michael Dooley
Margaret Isabella Murdoch

Michael Dooley
Margaret Isabella Murdoch
💍 1907/3949

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
19

Kapuka, INVERCARGILL
Woodend, INVERCARGILL

20 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street Invercargill

07/5903

Charles Murdoch, Father

12 August 1907

Rev. James Delaney

No	123
Date of Notice	12 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Dooley	Margaret Isabella Murdoch
	💍 1907/3949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Kapuka, INVERCARGILL	Woodend, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street Invercargill
Folio	07/5903
Consent	Charles Murdoch, Father
Date of Certificate	12 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Delaney

124

17 August 1907

James Augustus Mayze Fredric
Ellen Eliza Frampton

James Agustus Inayze Fredric
Ellen Eliza Frampton
💍 1907/6773

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic

24
28

Bowmont Street, INVERCARGILL
Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

24 years
23 years

Residence of George Alfred Frampton, Tyne Street Invercargill

07/7980

17 August 1907

Rev. A. Mitchell

No	124
Date of Notice	17 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Augustus Mayze Fredric	Ellen Eliza Frampton
BDM Match (95%)	James Agustus Inayze Fredric	Ellen Eliza Frampton
	💍 1907/6773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Bowmont Street, INVERCARGILL	Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Alfred Frampton, Tyne Street Invercargill
Folio	07/7980
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell

125

20 August 1907

Fred Hinde
Leith Rodgers
Maiden Name Emerson

Fred Hinde
Leith Rodgers
💍 1907/5882

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic

30
34

Tisbury, INVERCARGILL
Tisbury, INVERCARGILL

30 years
9 years

Residence of Mrs. Leith Rodgers, Tisbury Invercargill

07/5912

20 August 1907

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	125
Date of Notice	20 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Hinde	Leith Rodgers Maiden Name Emerson
	💍 1907/5882
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Tisbury, INVERCARGILL	Tisbury, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	30 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Leith Rodgers, Tisbury Invercargill
Folio	07/5912
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

126

21 August 1907

John Millar
Charlotte Hollands

John Millar
Charlotte Hollands
💍 1907/5937

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic

32
17

Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Edendale

2 months
9 years

Residence of Walter Hollands, Edendale

07/5993

Walter Hollands, Father

21 August 1907

Rev. Geo. C. Blathwayt

No	126
Date of Notice	21 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Millar	Charlotte Hollands
	💍 1907/5937
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic
Age	32	17
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL	Edendale
Length of Residence	2 months	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Walter Hollands, Edendale
Folio	07/5993
Consent	Walter Hollands, Father
Date of Certificate	21 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. C. Blathwayt

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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).