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 31 March 1907 Registrar C. G. Robinson

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

11 February 1907

George Gabriel Adess
Emily Ann Margaret Sims

George Gabriel Adess
Emily Ann Margaret Sims
💍 1907/1403

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

29 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

18 years
4 years

St Matthew's Church, Dunedin

07/1509

11 February 1907

W. Curzon Siggers

No	82
Date of Notice	11 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gabriel Adess	Emily Ann Margaret Sims
	💍 1907/1403
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	29 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	18 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Matthew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/1509
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1907
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon Siggers

12 February 1907

Archibald McMillan
Agnes Ewing

Archibald McMillan
Agnes Ewing
💍 1907/1418

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Fitter

25 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 months
27 years

In the house of Mrs Ewing, 68 Melville Street, Dunedin

07/1525

12 February 1907

R. Waddell

No	83
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McMillan	Agnes Ewing
	💍 1907/1418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter
Age	25 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 months	27 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Ewing, 68 Melville Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1525
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	R. Waddell

12 February 1907

Albert Ernest Foote
Ann Varey Hogg

Albert Earnest Footy
Ann Varey Hogg
💍 1907/1468

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

20 years
24 years

South Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
3 years

In the house of James Hogg, 27 Manor Place, Dunedin

07/1578

Jane Foote, mother

12 February 1907

W. J. Hastie

No	84
Date of Notice	12 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Foote	Ann Varey Hogg
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Earnest Footy	Ann Varey Hogg
	💍 1907/1468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	20 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of James Hogg, 27 Manor Place, Dunedin
Folio	07/1578
Consent	Jane Foote, mother
Date of Certificate	12 February 1907
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hastie

13 February 1907

Robert James Mitchell
Frances Elizabeth Brown

Robert James Mitchell
Frances Elizabeth Brown
💍 1907/1526

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Dressmaker

39 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
15 years

In the house of Mrs Elizabeth Brown, 8 Forth Street, Dunedin

07/1637

13 February 1907

D. Dutton

No	85
Date of Notice	13 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Mitchell	Frances Elizabeth Brown
	💍 1907/1526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Dressmaker
Age	39 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Elizabeth Brown, 8 Forth Street, Dunedin
Folio	07/1637
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1907
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

15 February 1907

William Walter Trewern
Catherine Quinn

Walter Trewern
Catherine Quinn
💍 1907/1482

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

20 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
3 years

In the Vestry of St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

07/1568

William Chas Trewern, father; Mary Quinn, mother

15 February 1907

James Coffey

No	86
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Walter Trewern	Catherine Quinn
BDM Match (82%)	Walter Trewern	Catherine Quinn
	💍 1907/1482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	20 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the Vestry of St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	07/1568
Consent	William Chas Trewern, father; Mary Quinn, mother
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	James Coffey

15 February 1907

Archibald Slinger
Emily Agnes Olive

Archibald Slinger
Emily Agnes Olive
💍 1907/1493

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Engineer

30 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
4 years

All Saints' Church, Dunedin

07/1604

15 February 1907

A. R. Fitchett

No	87
Date of Notice	15 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Slinger	Emily Agnes Olive
	💍 1907/1493
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	30 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Dunedin
Folio	07/1604
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1907
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fitchett

16 February 1907

John Grant
Emily Palmer

John Grant
Emily Palmer
💍 1907/1481

Widower
Widow

Farmer

70 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

St Joseph's Cathedral Vestry, Dunedin

07/1567

16 February 1907

James Coffey

No	88
Date of Notice	16 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Grant	Emily Palmer
	💍 1907/1481
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	70 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Cathedral Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	07/1567
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1907
Officiating Minister	James Coffey

16 February 1907

William Crawford
Amy Edith Lowe

William Crawford
Amy Edith Lowe
💍 1907/4863

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist
Machinist

30 years
25 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 years
25 years

St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin

07/4302

16 February 1907

C. G. Robinson

No	89
Date of Notice	16 February 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Crawford	Amy Edith Lowe
	💍 1907/4863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Machinist
Age	30 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	07/4302
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1907
Officiating Minister	C. G. Robinson

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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).