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 March 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

13 March 1907

Forester Maitland Mackley
Jessie Spence

Forester Maitland Mackley
Jessie Spence
💍 1907/1595

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Domestic

27
21

Ritchie Street, East Invercargill
Leet Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 years

Residence of John Charles Mackley, Ritchie Street, East Invercargill

07/1685

13 March 1907

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	31
Date of Notice	13 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Forester Maitland Mackley	Jessie Spence
	💍 1907/1595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Ritchie Street, East Invercargill	Leet Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Charles Mackley, Ritchie Street, East Invercargill
Folio	07/1685
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

16 March 1907

Arthur George Duthie
May Olive Barlow

Arthur George Duthie
May Olive Barlow
💍 1907/1597

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic

24
22

Enwood, Invercargill
Dee Street, Invercargill

24 years
22 years

Methodist Church, Leet Street, Invercargill

07/1687

16 March 1907

Rev. A. Mitchell

No	32
Date of Notice	16 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Duthie	May Olive Barlow
	💍 1907/1597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Enwood, Invercargill	Dee Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Leet Street, Invercargill
Folio	07/1687
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell

16 March 1907

Andrew Kennedy
Elizabeth Dryburgh Mundle

Andrew Kennedy
Elizabeth Dryburgh Mundie
💍 1907/1893

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Housekeeper

26
27

Spey Street, Invercargill
No. 10 Fitzroy Street, Caversham, Dunedin

5 months
27 years

Residence of John Mundle, No. 10 Fitzroy Street, Caversham, Dunedin

07/2014

16 March 1907

Rev. D. Dutton

No	33
Date of Notice	16 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Kennedy	Elizabeth Dryburgh Mundle
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew Kennedy	Elizabeth Dryburgh Mundie
	💍 1907/1893
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Housekeeper
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Spey Street, Invercargill	No. 10 Fitzroy Street, Caversham, Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 months	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Mundle, No. 10 Fitzroy Street, Caversham, Dunedin
Folio	07/2014
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Dutton

18 March 1907

Joseph Newton
Maria Fife

Joseph Newton
Maria Fife
💍 1907/1619

Widower
Spinster

Fisherman
Domestic

37
21

Dee Street, Invercargill
Dee Street, Invercargill

3 days
7 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

07/1710

18 March 1907

Registrar of Marriage, Invercargill

No	34
Date of Notice	18 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Newton	Maria Fife
	💍 1907/1619
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Dee Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	07/1710
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriage, Invercargill

18 March 1907

William Froomes Maguire
Martha Jane Dougherty

William Froomes Maguire
Martha Jane Dougherty
💍 1907/1596

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

27
21

Esk Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, Invercargill

07/1686

18 March 1907

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	35
Date of Notice	18 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Froomes Maguire	Martha Jane Dougherty
	💍 1907/1596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin Street, Invercargill
Folio	07/1686
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

18 March 1907

Robert James Michie
Margaret Meiklejohn Hay Wishart

Robert James Michie
Margaret Meiklejohn Hay Wishart
💍 1907/1582

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

30
30

Forth Street, Invercargill
Appleby, Invercargill

3 days
30 years

Residence of John Wishart, Dalrymple Road, Appleby, Invercargill

07/1696

18 March 1907

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	36
Date of Notice	18 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Michie	Margaret Meiklejohn Hay Wishart
	💍 1907/1582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Forth Street, Invercargill	Appleby, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Wishart, Dalrymple Road, Appleby, Invercargill
Folio	07/1696
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

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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).