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 Ellesmere Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar J. C. Carter

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

1/10

24 January 1910

Charles Chetmar
Gertrude Croat

Charles Chesmar
Gertrude Croat
💍 1910/1525

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

22
25

Prebbleton
Leeston

16 years
5 years

Wesleyan Church, Christchurch

10/1517

24 January 1910

Rev. J. A. Loughnan

No	1/10
Date of Notice	24 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Chetmar	Gertrude Croat
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Chesmar	Gertrude Croat
	💍 1910/1525
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Prebbleton	Leeston
Length of Residence	16 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Christchurch
Folio	10/1517
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Loughnan

2/10

2 February 1910

George Henry McCrie
Millicent Stubbs

George Henry McNie
Millicent Stubbs
💍 1910/1526

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
19

Mangawhare
Killinchy

6 years
5 years

Anglican Church, Wellington

10/1572

Mother

2 February 1910

Rev. H. G. Hawthorn

No	2/10
Date of Notice	2 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry McCrie	Millicent Stubbs
BDM Match (95%)	George Henry McNie	Millicent Stubbs
	💍 1910/1526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Mangawhare	Killinchy
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Wellington
Folio	10/1572
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Hawthorn

3/10

1 March 1910

Ernest Edward Wilson
Elizabeth Mary Connelly

Ernest Edward Wilson
Elizabeth Mary Connelly
💍 1910/1547

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
29

Southbridge
Leeston

18 months
9 months

The residence of Mr. Lochhead

10/1509

1 March 1910

Rev. Jackson

No	3/10
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Edward Wilson	Elizabeth Mary Connelly
	💍 1910/1547
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Southbridge	Leeston
Length of Residence	18 months	9 months
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. Lochhead
Folio	10/1509
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jackson

4/10

15 March 1910

Arthur William Kemp
Elizabeth Emma Lowhie

Arthur William Kemp
Elizabeth Armour Lambie
💍 1910/1546

Arthur William Kemp
Eveleen Goodin
💍 1911/4143

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman
Domestic Duties

30
28

Wellington
Lakeside

4 years
28 years

In the residence of James Lowhie, Wellington

10/1508

15 March 1910

Rev. P. C. Durward

No	4/10
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Kemp	Elizabeth Emma Lowhie
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur William Kemp	Elizabeth Armour Lambie
	💍 1910/1546
BDM Match (62%)	Arthur William Kemp	Eveleen Goodin
	💍 1911/4143
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman	Domestic Duties
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Lakeside
Length of Residence	4 years	28 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of James Lowhie, Wellington
Folio	10/1508
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. C. Durward

5/10

21 March 1910

Nathaniel Thompson
Mary Green

Nathaniel Thompson
Mary Grieve
💍 1910/8361

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

34
41

Southbridge
Southbridge

34 years
34 years

In the residence of Mary Green

10/1510

21 March 1910

Rev. R. W. Jackson

No	5/10
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nathaniel Thompson	Mary Green
BDM Match (86%)	Nathaniel Thompson	Mary Grieve
	💍 1910/8361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	34	41
Dwelling Place	Southbridge	Southbridge
Length of Residence	34 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mary Green
Folio	10/1510
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. W. Jackson

6/10

28 March 1910

Frank Harold Barnell
Fanny Elizabeth Turner

Frank Harold Barnett
Fannie Elizabeth Turner
💍 1910/1535

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Music Teacher

25
26

Leeston
Christchurch

25 years
12 years

Wesleyan Church, Sydenham, Christchurch

10/1502

28 March 1910

Rev. Samuel Lawry

No	6/10
Date of Notice	28 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Harold Barnell	Fanny Elizabeth Turner
BDM Match (91%)	Frank Harold Barnett	Fannie Elizabeth Turner
	💍 1910/1535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Music Teacher
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Leeston	Christchurch
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Sydenham, Christchurch
Folio	10/1502
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Samuel Lawry

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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).