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

109

17 July 1907

John Milne
Agnes Jane Kirkland

John Milne
Agnes Jane Kirkland
💍 1907/6027

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic

24
26

Bowmont Street, INVERCARGILL
East Road, INVERCARGILL

3 days
26 years

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

07/6084

17 July 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	109
Date of Notice	17 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Milne	Agnes Jane Kirkland
	💍 1907/6027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Bowmont Street, INVERCARGILL	East Road, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. R. Ferguson, Tay Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/6084
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

110

22 July 1907

Henry Little
Annie Robertson McCrostie

Henry Little
Annie Robertson McCrosbie
💍 1907/3941

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic

38
23

Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL
Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL

3 days
23 years

Residence of John McCrostie, Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL

07/5896

22 July 1907

Rev. J. M. Simpson

No	110
Date of Notice	22 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Little	Annie Robertson McCrostie
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Little	Annie Robertson McCrosbie
	💍 1907/3941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic
Age	38	23
Dwelling Place	Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL	Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John McCrostie, Spar Bush, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/5896
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Simpson

111

25 July 1907

Alexander Dingwall
Lizzie Ashley

Alexander Dingwall
Lizzie Ashley
💍 1907/5884

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

22
24

Tiviot Street, INVERCARGILL
Yarrow Street, INVERCARGILL

9 years
4 years

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

07/5914

25 July 1907

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	111
Date of Notice	25 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Dingwall	Lizzie Ashley
	💍 1907/5884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Tiviot Street, INVERCARGILL	Yarrow Street, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/5914
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

112

26 July 1907

Terence Hogan
Margaret Maloney

Terence Hogan
Margaret Maloney
💍 1907/3942

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

30
26

Makarewa, INVERCARGILL
Makarewa, INVERCARGILL

30 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL

07/5897

26 July 1907

Rev. James Delaney

No	112
Date of Notice	26 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Terence Hogan	Margaret Maloney
	💍 1907/3942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Makarewa, INVERCARGILL	Makarewa, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	30 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/5897
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Delaney

113

27 July 1907

Joseph William Murdoch
Minnie Spratt

Joseph William Murdoch
Minnie Spratt
💍 1907/3943

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

24
21

Elles Road, North INVERCARGILL
Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL

24 years
21 years

Residence of Harry Edginton, North Road, Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL

07/5898

27 July 1907

Rev. Frank Hales

No	113
Date of Notice	27 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Murdoch	Minnie Spratt
	💍 1907/3943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Elles Road, North INVERCARGILL	Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Harry Edginton, North Road, Waikiwi, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/5898
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Frank Hales

114

27 July 1907

John Lawrie
Agnes Horton

John Lawrie
Agnes Horton
💍 1907/3939

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic

26
20

Tussock Creek, INVERCARGILL
Grove Bush, INVERCARGILL

26 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. E. Bissett, Woodlands, INVERCARGILL

07/5894

Henrietta Horton, Mother

27 July 1907

Rev. E. Bissett

No	114
Date of Notice	27 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lawrie	Agnes Horton
	💍 1907/3939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Tussock Creek, INVERCARGILL	Grove Bush, INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	26 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. E. Bissett, Woodlands, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/5894
Consent	Henrietta Horton, Mother
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bissett

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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).