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 431

District of Dunedin 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

182

27 March 1907

Percival John Turner
Adelaide Bell

Percival John Turner
Adelaide Bell
💍 1907/1855

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

19
18

Dunedin
Pine Hill

10 years
18 years

In the house of Mr. Robert Turner, 303 Great King Street, Dunedin

07/1974

Robert Turner Robert Bell, fathers

27 March 1907

Wm. Hewitson

No	182
Date of Notice	27 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival John Turner	Adelaide Bell
	💍 1907/1855
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Pine Hill
Length of Residence	10 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. Robert Turner, 303 Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1974
Consent	Robert Turner Robert Bell, fathers
Date of Certificate	27 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

183

28 March 1907

Alexander Auld
Helen Sutherland

Alexander Auld
Helen Sutherland
💍 1907/1399

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

38
29

Waitahuna
Dunedin

38 years
10 days

In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin

07/1506

28 March 1907

R. Mackie

No	183
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Auld	Helen Sutherland
	💍 1907/1399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Waitahuna	Dunedin
Length of Residence	38 years	10 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin
Folio	07/1506
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Mackie

184

28 March 1907

Hugh Anderson Dunsmore Boyland
Eileen Kirby

Hugh Anderson Dunsmore Boyland
Eileen Kirby
💍 1907/1397

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Waitress

29
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
6 weeks

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

07/1504

28 March 1907

H. H. Laxon

No	184
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Anderson Dunsmore Boyland	Eileen Kirby
	💍 1907/1397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Waitress
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	07/1504
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	H. H. Laxon

185

28 March 1907

Hubert Beebe
Hilda Annie Yates

Hubert Bube
Hilda Annie Yates
💍 1907/1466

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

23
23

North East Valley
North East Valley

2 years
14 years

In the house of Mr. H. Holmes, Clerk Street, North East Valley

07/1576

28 March 1907

W. J. Hastie

No	185
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Beebe	Hilda Annie Yates
BDM Match (92%)	Hubert Bube	Hilda Annie Yates
	💍 1907/1466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. H. Holmes, Clerk Street, North East Valley
Folio	07/1576
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hastie

186

28 March 1907

Reginald Hoad
Mary McGarry

Reginald Hoad
Mary McGarry
💍 1907/1484

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

21
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St. Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin

07/1570

28 March 1907

P. Hearne

No	186
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Hoad	Mary McGarry
	💍 1907/1484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	07/1570
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	P. Hearne

187

28 March 1907

Edwin Moon Cummings
Matilda Jane Osmond

Edwin Moon Cummings
Matilda Jane Osmond
💍 1907/1940

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
22

Dunedin
South Dunedin

17 years
22 years

In St. Peter's Church, Caversham

07/2055

28 March 1907

R. M. King

No	187
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Moon Cummings	Matilda Jane Osmond
	💍 1907/1940
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	17 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Church, Caversham
Folio	07/2055
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	R. M. King

188

28 March 1907

George Raymond Sherratt
Wilhelmina Boone Robertson

George Raymond Sherratt
Wilhelmina Boone Robertson
💍 1907/1522

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
29

Dunedin
Maori Hill

3 days
10 years

In the Presbyterian Church, Maori Hill

07/1634

28 March 1907

Wm. Hewitson

No	188
Date of Notice	28 March 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Raymond Sherratt	Wilhelmina Boone Robertson
	💍 1907/1522
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Maori Hill
Folio	07/1634
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1907
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hewitson

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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).