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 Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

8 January 1910

Thomas John Hill
Mary Louisa Findlay

Thomas John Hill
Mary Louisa Findlay
💍 1910/1616

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

24 years
37 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

10/1609

8 January 1910

H. Maxwell

No	15
Date of Notice	8 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Hill	Mary Louisa Findlay
	💍 1910/1616
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	24 years	37 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	10/1609
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

10 January 1910

John Archibald Campbell
Lillian Medder

John Archibald Campbell
Lilian Medder
💍 1910/8055

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

27 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
7 years

In the house of the Rev. D.R. McIntyre 375 Cumberland Street Dunedin

10/1659

Henry Medder, father

10 January 1910

D.R. McIntyre

No	16
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archibald Campbell	Lillian Medder
BDM Match (96%)	John Archibald Campbell	Lilian Medder
	💍 1910/8055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	27 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. D.R. McIntyre 375 Cumberland Street Dunedin
Folio	10/1659
Consent	Henry Medder, father
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	D.R. McIntyre

11 January 1910

Robert Fleming McLean
Elsie Beatrice McLean

Robert Fleming
Elsie Beatrice McLean
💍 1910/8031

Bachelor
Spinster

Seed Merchant

29 years
23 years

Dunedin
St Kilda

29 years
3 days

In the house of Mr. W. Equilant 58 High Street St Kilda

10/1939

11 January 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	17
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Fleming McLean	Elsie Beatrice McLean
BDM Match (83%)	Robert Fleming	Elsie Beatrice McLean
	💍 1910/8031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seed Merchant
Age	29 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St Kilda
Length of Residence	29 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. W. Equilant 58 High Street St Kilda
Folio	10/1939
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

11 January 1910

Andrew Cowie Scoular
Eily Millford Smith

Andrew Cowie Scoular
Eily Milford Smith
💍 1910/5591

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

23 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

21 years
19 years

In the house of Mrs. Isabella Agnes Smith 68 Heriot Row Dunedin

10/1790

Isabella Agnes Smith, mother

11 January 1910

D. Dutton

No	18
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Cowie Scoular	Eily Millford Smith
BDM Match (97%)	Andrew Cowie Scoular	Eily Milford Smith
	💍 1910/5591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	23 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	21 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Isabella Agnes Smith 68 Heriot Row Dunedin
Folio	10/1790
Consent	Isabella Agnes Smith, mother
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

12 January 1910

John Lillie
Grace Margaret Crawfurd

John Lillie
Grace Margaret Crawford
💍 1910/1639

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

34 years
28 years

Maori Hill
Dunedin

13 years
13 years

In the house of Mr. James McLean Queens Drive St Kilda

10/1660

12 January 1910

R.E. Davies

No	19
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lillie	Grace Margaret Crawfurd
BDM Match (98%)	John Lillie	Grace Margaret Crawford
	💍 1910/1639
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	34 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Dunedin
Length of Residence	13 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. James McLean Queens Drive St Kilda
Folio	10/1660
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	R.E. Davies

12 January 1910

Archibald McGlashan
Georgina Sharp Booth

Archibald McGlashan
Georgina Sharp Booth
💍 1910/1655

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

27 years
21 years

North East Valley
North East Valley

6 months
5 years

In the Primitive Methodist Church North East Valley

10/1703

12 January 1910

J.B. Suckling

No	20
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McGlashan	Georgina Sharp Booth
	💍 1910/1655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	27 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Primitive Methodist Church North East Valley
Folio	10/1703
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	J.B. Suckling

13 January 1910

William Forbes Craig
Anna Elizabeth Adderley McEwan

William Forbes Gray
Anna Elizabeth Adderley McEwan
💍 1910/1640

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

35 years
21 years

North East Valley
West Harbour

35 years
14 years

In the house of Mr. D.R.M. McEwan West Harbour

10/1661

13 January 1910

Wm. Nicolson

No	21
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Forbes Craig	Anna Elizabeth Adderley McEwan
BDM Match (93%)	William Forbes Gray	Anna Elizabeth Adderley McEwan
	💍 1910/1640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	35 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	West Harbour
Length of Residence	35 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. D.R.M. McEwan West Harbour
Folio	10/1661
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Nicolson

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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).