Intentions to Marry, 1908 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840438, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1908 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1908a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1908b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1908c).

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District of INVERCARGILL Quarter ending 30 September 1908

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

144

4 September 1908

Bernard Edward Jaquery
Charlotte Thorn

Bernard Edward Jaquiery
Charlotte Thorn
💍 1908/7388

Batchelor
Spinster

Gasworks Employee
domestic

35
24

Clyde Street, Invercargill
Hith Street, Invercargill

20 years
14 years

Residence of Mrs. Mary Thorn, 13 Hith St, Invercargill

08/6001

4 September 1908

Rev. George Lindsay

No	144
Date of Notice	4 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Edward Jaquery	Charlotte Thorn
BDM Match (98%)	Bernard Edward Jaquiery	Charlotte Thorn
	💍 1908/7388
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Gasworks Employee	domestic
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Clyde Street, Invercargill	Hith Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Mary Thorn, 13 Hith St, Invercargill
Folio	08/6001
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Lindsay

145

4 September 1908

Andrew Binson
Louisa Hamilton

Andrew Simson
Louisa Hamilton
💍 1908/7386

Batchelor
Widow

Farmer
domestic

46
43

Esk Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Manse, Tay Street, Invercargill

08/5999

4 September 1908

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	145
Date of Notice	4 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Binson	Louisa Hamilton
BDM Match (92%)	Andrew Simson	Louisa Hamilton
	💍 1908/7386
Condition	Batchelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer	domestic
Age	46	43
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	08/5999
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

146

4 September 1908

Colin Octavius Anderson
Jeannie Hastie

Colin Octavius Anderson
Jeanne Hastie
💍 1908/7387

Batchelor
Spinster

Farmer
domestic

30
24

Waikivi, Invercargill
North, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of David Scott, Chelmsford St, North, Invercargill

08/6000

4 September 1908

Rev. George Lindsay

No	146
Date of Notice	4 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Colin Octavius Anderson	Jeannie Hastie
BDM Match (96%)	Colin Octavius Anderson	Jeanne Hastie
	💍 1908/7387
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Waikivi, Invercargill	North, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of David Scott, Chelmsford St, North, Invercargill
Folio	08/6000
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Lindsay

148

4 September 1908

William Patrick Butler
Agnes Blair McLeod

William Patrick Butler
Agnes Blair McLeod
💍 1908/7378

Batchelor
Spinster

dredge hand
domestic

24
22

Bow Street, Invercargill
Bow Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

08/5982

4 September 1908

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	148
Date of Notice	4 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Patrick Butler	Agnes Blair McLeod
	💍 1908/7378
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	dredge hand	domestic
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Bow Street, Invercargill	Bow Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	08/5982
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

149

10 September 1908

Andrew Noble
Charlotte Eliza Wallace

Andrew Noble
Charlotte Eliza Wallace
💍 1908/7390

Batchelor
Spinster

Stationer
Domestic

24
25

Gladstone, Invercargill
Appleby, Invercargill

2 years 6 months
25 years

Residence of Mary Ann Wallace, Ythan Street, Invercargill

08/6002

10 September 1908

Rev. R. Ferguson

No	149
Date of Notice	10 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Noble	Charlotte Eliza Wallace
	💍 1908/7390
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Gladstone, Invercargill	Appleby, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years 6 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mary Ann Wallace, Ythan Street, Invercargill
Folio	08/6002
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson

150

12 September 1908

Claude Loraine Moreton
Margaret Isabella Glover

Claud Loraine Moreton
Margaret Ida Glover
💍 1908/3386

Batchelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

28
23

Gladstone, Invercargill
Gladstone, Invercargill

28 years
23 years

Residence of William George Glover, Fairview, Taramoa

See note 166

12 September 1908

Rev. James J. Burrows

No	150
Date of Notice	12 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Loraine Moreton	Margaret Isabella Glover
BDM Match (85%)	Claud Loraine Moreton	Margaret Ida Glover
	💍 1908/3386
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Gladstone, Invercargill	Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William George Glover, Fairview, Taramoa
Folio	See note 166
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. James J. Burrows

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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).