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 Dunedin 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

361

16 July 1907

Andrew Dunlop
Frances Cecilia Enright

Andrew Dunlop
Francis Cecilia Enright
💍 1907/5828

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheesemaker

23 years
20 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 days
11 days

In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

07/5831

Daniel Enright, father

16 July 1907

J. Coffey

No	361
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Dunlop	Frances Cecilia Enright
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew Dunlop	Francis Cecilia Enright
	💍 1907/5828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheesemaker
Age	23 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 days	11 days
Marriage Place	In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	07/5831
Consent	Daniel Enright, father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

362

16 July 1907

George Walter Lanham
Edith May Willis

George Walter Lanham
Edith May Willis
💍 1907/4005

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

31 years
28 years

Dunedin
Christchurch

4 years
20 years

In the Presbyterian Church, North Belt, Christchurch

07/5595

16 July 1907

R. Erwin

No	362
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Walter Lanham	Edith May Willis
	💍 1907/4005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	31 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Christchurch
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, North Belt, Christchurch
Folio	07/5595
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Erwin

363

17 July 1907

Kenneth McKenzie
Amelia Jane Clement

Kenneth McKenzie
Amelia Jane Clement
💍 1907/3884

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24 years
24 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/5761

17 July 1907

H. Maxwell

No	363
Date of Notice	17 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth McKenzie	Amelia Jane Clement
	💍 1907/3884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/5761
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

364

17 July 1907

John Hannan
Hellen Gray

John Hannan
Hellen Gray
💍 1907/5829

Bachelor
Spinster

Fishmonger

26 years
24 years

Dunedin
St Kilda

26 years
3 days

In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

07/5832

17 July 1907

M. Howard

No	364
Date of Notice	17 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hannan	Hellen Gray
	💍 1907/5829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fishmonger
Age	26 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St Kilda
Length of Residence	26 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	07/5832
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1907
Officiating Minister	M. Howard

365

17 July 1907

John Hansford Hardie
Williamina Graham

John Hansford Hardie
Williamina Graham
💍 1907/5790

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Tailoress

25 years
23 years

Mornington
South Dunedin

25 years
23 years

In the Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin

07/5794

17 July 1907

Wm. Hewitson

No	365
Date of Notice	17 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hansford Hardie	Williamina Graham
	💍 1907/5790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Tailoress
Age	25 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	07/5794
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

366

18 July 1907

Henry John Cummings
Isabella Hepburn McIntosh

Henry John Cummings
Isabella Hepburn McIntosh
💍 1907/5777

Bachelor
Spinster

Maltster

29 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

29 years
27 years

In All Saints Church, Dunedin

07/5781

18 July 1907

H. H. Bedford

No	366
Date of Notice	18 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Cummings	Isabella Hepburn McIntosh
	💍 1907/5777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maltster
Age	29 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	29 years	27 years
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/5781
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1907
Officiating Minister	H. H. Bedford

367

18 July 1907

Henry Sydney Bingham
Emma Annie Lawrence

Henry Sydney Bingham
Emma Annie Lawrence
💍 1907/3932

Bachelor
Spinster

Stonemason

26 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
22 years

In the house of Mr Geo Lawrence, 16 Hope Street, Dunedin

07/5863

18 July 1907

Chas. Watt

No	367
Date of Notice	18 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sydney Bingham	Emma Annie Lawrence
	💍 1907/3932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stonemason
Age	26 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Geo Lawrence, 16 Hope Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/5863
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Chas. Watt

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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).