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

18 January 1910

Osyth Vercod Augwin
Gwendolyn Emma Darkes

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

27
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 months
3 days

St. Matthews Church, Dunedin

10/1638

18 January 1910

W. Curzon-Siggers

No	29
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Osyth Vercod Augwin	Gwendolyn Emma Darkes
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/1638
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon-Siggers

18 January 1910

Albert Anderson
Mary Wilson Crawford

Albert Anderson
Mary Wilson Crawford
💍 1910/1620

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

48
32

Caversham
Caversham

9 years
6 months

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1613

18 January 1910

H. Maxwell

No	30
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Anderson	Mary Wilson Crawford
	💍 1910/1620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	48	32
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Caversham
Length of Residence	9 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1613
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

18 January 1910

Constant Ludwig Schloubach
Isabella Findlay

Constant Ludwig Schlonbush
Isabella Findlay
💍 1910/8125

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
28

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
28 years

House of Miss Jessie Findlay, 18 Dundas Street, Dunedin

10/1662

18 January 1910

J. R. McIntyre

No	31
Date of Notice	18 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Constant Ludwig Schloubach	Isabella Findlay
BDM Match (94%)	Constant Ludwig Schlonbush	Isabella Findlay
	💍 1910/8125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	28 years
Marriage Place	House of Miss Jessie Findlay, 18 Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/1662
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1910
Officiating Minister	J. R. McIntyre

19 January 1910

William Kinder
Annie Rendall Fea

William Kinder
Annie Rendall Fea
💍 1910/1912

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

27
23

North East Valley
North East Valley

5 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, North East Valley

10/1954

19 January 1910

H. B. Gray

No	32
Date of Notice	19 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kinder	Annie Rendall Fea
	💍 1910/1912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, North East Valley
Folio	10/1954
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1910
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray

20 January 1910

Alexander Kerr Wilson
Mary Bradley Band

Alexander Kerr Wilson
Mary Bradley Band
💍 1910/1641

Bachelor
Spinster

Nurseryman

29
32

North East Valley
North East Valley

3 days
2 weeks

House of Mr. H. Sanders, 43 Arthur Street, North East Valley

10/1663

20 January 1910

E. A. Axelsen

No	33
Date of Notice	20 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Kerr Wilson	Mary Bradley Band
	💍 1910/1641
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Nurseryman
Age	29	32
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Mr. H. Sanders, 43 Arthur Street, North East Valley
Folio	10/1663
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1910
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

21 January 1910

George Hescott
Ada Pearse

George Hescott
Ada Pearse
💍 1910/5575

Bachelor
Widow

Journalist

58
42

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

St. John's Church, Roslyn

10/5798

21 January 1910

J. W. L. Snow

No	34
Date of Notice	21 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hescott	Ada Pearse
	💍 1910/5575
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Journalist
Age	58	42
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	10/5798
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1910
Officiating Minister	J. W. L. Snow

21 January 1910

John William Stables
Margaretta May Finlay

John William Stables
Margaretta May Finlay
💍 1910/1597

Bachelor
Divorced

Stationer

42
36

Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
10 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1614

21 January 1910

H. Maxwell

No	35
Date of Notice	21 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Stables	Margaretta May Finlay
	💍 1910/1597
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Stationer
Age	42	36
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1614
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

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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).