Intentions to Marry, 1910 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840444, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1910 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1910a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1910b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1910c).

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District of Ashburton Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar William Winsbury White

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

482

6 June 1910

Edward Waller
Florence Book

Edward Mallowes
Florence Wilson
💍 1910/6559

Edward Starkey
Florence Nelson
💍 1910/5402

Edward Warren
Florence Mabel Bloxham
💍 1911/1790

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist
domestic duties

21
20

Ashburton
Ashburton

2 years
20 years

St Stephens Church of England

10/863

Frederick Book, father of minor

6 June 1910

Rev E Whitehouse

No	482
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Waller	Florence Book
BDM Match (70%)	Edward Mallowes	Florence Wilson
	💍 1910/6559
BDM Match (66%)	Edward Starkey	Florence Nelson
	💍 1910/5402
BDM Match (63%)	Edward Warren	Florence Mabel Bloxham
	💍 1911/1790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist	domestic duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Ashburton
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Stephens Church of England
Folio	10/863
Consent	Frederick Book, father of minor
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev E Whitehouse

483

14 June 1910

William Henry Blackburn
Grace Elizabeth Solway

William Henry Blackburn
Grace Elizabeth Solway
💍 1910/3027

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
domestic duties

27
18

Dromore
Hampstead

15 years
2 years

Office of the Registrar

10/3185

Lucy McMillan, mother of minor

14 June 1910

W. W. White, Registrar

No	483
Date of Notice	14 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Blackburn	Grace Elizabeth Solway
	💍 1910/3027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	domestic duties
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Dromore	Hampstead
Length of Residence	15 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar
Folio	10/3185
Consent	Lucy McMillan, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	14 June 1910
Officiating Minister	W. W. White, Registrar

484

14 June 1910

Arthur Bainbridge
Mary Hogg Campbell

Arthur Cambridge
Mary Hogg Campbell
💍 1910/5538

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
domestic duties

27
26

Allenton
Allenton Ashburton

24 years
26 years

St Stephens Church of England

10/586

14 June 1910

Rev E Whitehouse

No	484
Date of Notice	14 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Bainbridge	Mary Hogg Campbell
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur Cambridge	Mary Hogg Campbell
	💍 1910/5538
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	domestic duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Allenton	Allenton Ashburton
Length of Residence	24 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St Stephens Church of England
Folio	10/586
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev E Whitehouse

485

15 June 1910

James Joseph O'Regan
Hanorah Matilda Daly

James Joseph O'Regan
Hanorah Matiloda Daly
💍 1910/5838

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
domestic duties

57
26

Ashburton
Hinds

8 years
13 years

at the Roman Catholic Church Ashburton

10/6175

15 June 1910

Very Rev Dean O'Donnell

No	485
Date of Notice	15 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Joseph O'Regan	Hanorah Matilda Daly
BDM Match (98%)	James Joseph O'Regan	Hanorah Matiloda Daly
	💍 1910/5838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	domestic duties
Age	57	26
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Hinds
Length of Residence	8 years	13 years
Marriage Place	at the Roman Catholic Church Ashburton
Folio	10/6175
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev Dean O'Donnell

486

15 June 1910

Theodore Schneider
Mary Drummond

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
domestic duties

26
23

Tinwald
Winchmore

26 years
3 days

Office of the Registrar Ashburton

Not solemnized

15 June 1910

W. W. White, Registrar

No	486
Date of Notice	15 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Theodore Schneider	Mary Drummond
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	domestic duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Tinwald	Winchmore
Length of Residence	26 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar Ashburton
Folio	Not solemnized
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1910
Officiating Minister	W. W. White, Registrar

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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).