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 Geraldine Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar A. Andrews

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

838

3 November 1910

Leonard Percy Scott
Clarice Fanny Smith

Leonard Percy Scott
Clarissa Fanny Smith
💍 1910/7346

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic Duties

32
27

Arundel
Geraldine

2 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Geraldine

10/1773

3 November 1910

Rev. A. Bruce Todd (Presbyterian)

No	838
Date of Notice	3 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Percy Scott	Clarice Fanny Smith
BDM Match (93%)	Leonard Percy Scott	Clarissa Fanny Smith
	💍 1910/7346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic Duties
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Arundel	Geraldine
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Geraldine
Folio	10/1773
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Bruce Todd (Presbyterian)

839

8 November 1910

John Scannell
Catherine Leary

John Scannell
Catherine Leary
💍 1910/7345

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
30

Nelson
Nelson

2 weeks
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Geraldine

10/1772

8 November 1910

Very Rev. Henry G. Bowers (Roman Catholic)

No	839
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Scannell	Catherine Leary
	💍 1910/7345
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	2 weeks	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Geraldine
Folio	10/1772
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Henry G. Bowers (Roman Catholic)

840

9 November 1910

Edwin Hall
Gertrude Mabel Hammond

Edwin Hall
Gertrude Mabel Hammond
💍 1910/7625

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

33
24

Le Moana
Le Moana

3 days
11 years

The Home of Mr. Robert Hammond, Le Moana

10/1769

9 November 1910

Rev. George A. Mann (Primitive Methodist)

No	840
Date of Notice	9 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Hall	Gertrude Mabel Hammond
	💍 1910/7625
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Le Moana	Le Moana
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	The Home of Mr. Robert Hammond, Le Moana
Folio	10/1769
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. George A. Mann (Primitive Methodist)

841

2 December 1910

John Henry Priddle
Elizabeth Baten

John Henry Priddle
Elizabeth Bates
💍 1910/7414

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

23
27

Belfield, Orari
Orari

23 years
19 years

Church of Holy Trinity, Orari

10/1791

2 December 1910

Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

No	841
Date of Notice	2 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Priddle	Elizabeth Baten
BDM Match (97%)	John Henry Priddle	Elizabeth Bates
	💍 1910/7414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Belfield, Orari	Orari
Length of Residence	23 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Church of Holy Trinity, Orari
Folio	10/1791
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

842

12 December 1910

Douglas Russell
Hiram Elsie Jefferies

Douglas Russell
Miriam Elsie Jeffries
💍 1910/7415

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Rangitata
Rangitata

1 year
3 years

St. Mary's Church, Geraldine

10/1792

12 December 1910

Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

No	842
Date of Notice	12 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Russell	Hiram Elsie Jefferies
BDM Match (93%)	Douglas Russell	Miriam Elsie Jeffries
	💍 1910/7415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Rangitata	Rangitata
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Geraldine
Folio	10/1792
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

843

14 December 1910

John Mowbray Howard Tripp
Mary Herbert Williams

John Mowbray Howard Tripp
Mary Herbert Williams
💍 1911/1864

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

40
31

Ashburton, Woodbury
Geraldine

3 years
3 years

St. Mary's Church, Geraldine

11/1617

14 December 1910

Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

No	843
Date of Notice	14 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mowbray Howard Tripp	Mary Herbert Williams
	💍 1911/1864
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	40	31
Dwelling Place	Ashburton, Woodbury	Geraldine
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Geraldine
Folio	11/1617
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Staples Hamilton (Church of England)

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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).