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 June 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

29 April 1907

Robert Deacon
Annie Merrin Pettigrew

Robert Deacon
Annie Merrin Pettigrew
💍 1907/3254

Bachelor
Spinster

Store-keeper
Domestic

39
28

Esk Street INVERCARGILL
Gladstone INVERCARGILL

4 days
28 years

Presbyterian Church Tay Street INVERCARGILL

07/3733

29 April 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	75
Date of Notice	29 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Deacon	Annie Merrin Pettigrew
	💍 1907/3254
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store-keeper	Domestic
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Esk Street INVERCARGILL	Gladstone INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	4 days	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Tay Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3733
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

29 April 1907

Frederick Vallentine Andrews
Catherine Amos

Frederick Vallentine Andrews
Catherine Amos
💍 1907/3270

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

23
25

Teviot Street INVERCARGILL
Eye Street INVERCARGILL

3 years
4 years

Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay Kelvin Street INVERCARGILL

07/3725

29 April 1907

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	76
Date of Notice	29 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Vallentine Andrews	Catherine Amos
	💍 1907/3270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Teviot Street INVERCARGILL	Eye Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay Kelvin Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3725
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

3 May 1907

Ralph Johnston
Matilda Maria Burgen
Maiden Name Jones

Ralph Johnston
Matilda Maria Burgen
💍 1907/4432

Widower
Widow

Blacksmith
Domestic

49
43

Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Dee Street INVERCARGILL

4 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

07/3716

3 May 1907

Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

No	77
Date of Notice	3 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Johnston	Matilda Maria Burgen Maiden Name Jones
	💍 1907/4432
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	49	43
Dwelling Place	Dee Street INVERCARGILL	Dee Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3716
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages INVERCARGILL

4 May 1907

Henry Alexander Bain
Catherine McGregor McKenzie

Henry Alexander Bain
Catherine McGregor McKenzie
💍 1907/3262

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

24
24

Georgetown South INVERCARGILL
Georgetown South INVERCARGILL

24 years
5 years

Residence of Donald McKenzie Venus Street Georgetown INVERCARGILL

07/3740

4 May 1907

Rev. R. Raine

No	78
Date of Notice	4 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Alexander Bain	Catherine McGregor McKenzie
	💍 1907/3262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Georgetown South INVERCARGILL	Georgetown South INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	24 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Donald McKenzie Venus Street Georgetown INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3740
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Raine

8 May 1907

Frank Cassidy
Isabella Janet Mary Blood
Maiden Name Cogue

Frank Cassidy
Isabella Janet Mary Blood
💍 1907/4708

Bachelor
Widow

Railway Shunter
Domestic

23
22

Earn Street INVERCARGILL
Earn Street INVERCARGILL

3 days
6 months

Roman Catholic Church Tyne Street INVERCARGILL

07/4073

8 May 1907

Rev. J. Delaney

No	79
Date of Notice	8 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Cassidy	Isabella Janet Mary Blood Maiden Name Cogue
	💍 1907/4708
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Railway Shunter	Domestic
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Earn Street INVERCARGILL	Earn Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Tyne Street INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/4073
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Delaney

10 May 1907

Robert James Graham
Janet Melville Craies

Robert James Graham
Janet Melville Craies
💍 1907/4465

Bachelor
Spinster

Pastry-cook
Domestic

36
31

McMaster Street East INVERCARGILL
Clyde Street INVERCARGILL

7 years
31 years

Residence of William Dingwall, Craies, Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL

07/3750

10 May 1907

Rev. F. W. Dunlop

No	80
Date of Notice	10 May 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Graham	Janet Melville Craies
	💍 1907/4465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Pastry-cook	Domestic
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	McMaster Street East INVERCARGILL	Clyde Street INVERCARGILL
Length of Residence	7 years	31 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Dingwall, Craies, Clyde Street, INVERCARGILL
Folio	07/3750
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 May 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Dunlop

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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).