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).

Page 435

District of Dunedin 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

199

2 April 1907

Robert Barber
Amy Turner

Robert Barber
Amy Turner
💍 1907/3155

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
22 years

In the house of Mr R Turner, 302 Great King Street, Dunedin

07/3621

2 April 1907

W. Hewitson

No	199
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Barber	Amy Turner
	💍 1907/3155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr R Turner, 302 Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/3621
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	W. Hewitson

200

2 April 1907

Ernest John West
Amelia Mary Johanna Johnson

Ernest John West
Amelia Mary Johanna Johnson
💍 1907/6057

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman
Saleswoman

27 years
38 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
38 years

In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin

07/3653

2 April 1907

H. J. Edwards

No	200
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John West	Amelia Mary Johanna Johnson
	💍 1907/6057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman	Saleswoman
Age	27 years	38 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	38 years
Marriage Place	In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	07/3653
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	H. J. Edwards

201

2 April 1907

Gilbert Waldie
Annie Evelyn Broawn

Gilbert Waldie
Annie Evelyn Broawn
💍 1907/3236

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26 years
24 years

South Dunedin
Dunedin

7 years
24 years

In the Oddfellows Hall, Rattray Street, Dunedin

07/3678

2 April 1907

P. Commins

No	201
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Waldie	Annie Evelyn Broawn
	💍 1907/3236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Oddfellows Hall, Rattray Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/3678
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	P. Commins

202

2 April 1907

Charles Gray Douglas
Wilhelmina Margaret Chalmers

Charles Gray Douglas
Wilhelmina Margaret Chalmers
💍 1907/3151

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

25 years
26 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

11 years
18 years

In the house of Mr Jas Chalmers, 12 Maori Road, Dunedin

07/3617

2 April 1907

W. A. Sinclair

No	202
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gray Douglas	Wilhelmina Margaret Chalmers
	💍 1907/3151
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	25 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	11 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Jas Chalmers, 12 Maori Road, Dunedin
Folio	07/3617
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	W. A. Sinclair

203

2 April 1907

James Jamieson McLaren
Amelia Harrold

James Jamieson McLaren
Amelia Harrold
💍 1907/3237

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

35 years
34 years

Roslyn
St. Kilda

32 years
30 years

In the house of Mrs Lucy Lanham, Young Street, St. Kilda

07/3679

2 April 1907

R. Mackie

No	203
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jamieson McLaren	Amelia Harrold
	💍 1907/3237
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	35 years	34 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	St. Kilda
Length of Residence	32 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Lucy Lanham, Young Street, St. Kilda
Folio	07/3679
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Mackie

204

2 April 1907

John Whitton
Athol Daisy Kerr

John Whitton
Athol Daisy Kerr
💍 1907/3225

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Saleswoman

34 years
21 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

28 years
21 years

In St. Peter's Church, Caversham

07/3667

2 April 1907

B. M. King

No	204
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Whitton	Athol Daisy Kerr
	💍 1907/3225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Saleswoman
Age	34 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	28 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Church, Caversham
Folio	07/3667
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	B. M. King

205

2 April 1907

Arthur Ralph Armishaw
Emily Hilda Butchart

Arthur Ralph Armishaw
Emily Hilda Butchart
💍 1907/3241

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28 years
25 years

St. Kilda
Dunedin

12 months
5 years

In the house of Mrs Alice M. Butchart, 39 York Place, Dunedin

07/3661

2 April 1907

D. J. Murray

No	205
Date of Notice	2 April 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ralph Armishaw	Emily Hilda Butchart
	💍 1907/3241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 months	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Alice M. Butchart, 39 York Place, Dunedin
Folio	07/3661
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1907
Officiating Minister	D. J. Murray

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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).