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

25 January 1910

Edward Willison Warrew
Mamie Lillian Bundle

Edward Willison Warren
Mamie Lilian Bundle
💍 1910/1686

Widower
Spinster

Commercial traveller

33
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 days
14 days

In All Saints Church

10/1653

25 January 1910

R Bray

No	43
Date of Notice	25 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Willison Warrew	Mamie Lillian Bundle
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Willison Warren	Mamie Lilian Bundle
	💍 1910/1686
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Commercial traveller
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 days	14 days
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church
Folio	10/1653
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1910
Officiating Minister	R Bray

26 January 1910

Alexander Cooper
Jane Eliza Williams

Alexander Cooper
June Eliza Williams
💍 1910/1656

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

39
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days

In the Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin

10/1704

26 January 1910

G. R. Smith

No	44
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Cooper	Jane Eliza Williams
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Cooper	June Eliza Williams
	💍 1910/1656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	39	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/1704
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	G. R. Smith

26 January 1910

Frederick Gough
Mary McKinnon

Frederick Gough
Mary McKinnon
💍 1910/2001

Widower
Widow

Labourer

65
61

Mornington
Mornington

35 years
3 weeks

In the house of Frederick Gough, 10 Appold Street, Mornington

10/1726

26 January 1910

C Dallaston

No	45
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gough	Mary McKinnon
	💍 1910/2001
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	65	61
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	35 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Frederick Gough, 10 Appold Street, Mornington
Folio	10/1726
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	C Dallaston

26 January 1910

James Mann Jane
Jessie Ferguson

James Mann Jane
Jessie Ferguson
💍 1910/1599

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

32
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1686

26 January 1910

H Maxwell

No	46
Date of Notice	26 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mann Jane	Jessie Ferguson
	💍 1910/1599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1686
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

1 February 1910

James Aloysius Walls
Mary Eileen Devany

James Aloysins Walls
Mary Eileen Deoany
💍 1910/1664

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
21

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days

In St. Patrick's Basilica

10/1688

2 February 1910

J O'Malley

No	47
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Aloysius Walls	Mary Eileen Devany
BDM Match (95%)	James Aloysins Walls	Mary Eileen Deoany
	💍 1910/1664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	In St. Patrick's Basilica
Folio	10/1688
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	J O'Malley

1 February 1910

Robert Ernest Davidson
Ruth Carter

Robert Ernest Davidson
Ruth Carter
💍 1910/5576

Bachelor
Spinster

Analyst

31
28

Mornington
Mornington

3 years
8 years

In St. John's Church, Roslyn

10/1799

2 February 1910

H W L Snow

No	48
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Ernest Davidson	Ruth Carter
	💍 1910/5576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Analyst
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	In St. John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	10/1799
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H W L Snow

1 February 1910

Albert Schofield
Alice Ann Maguire

Albert Schofield
Alice Ann Maguire
💍 1910/1917

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
30

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

22 years
1 year

In Holy Innocents Church, Maori Hill

10/1936

John Maguire, father

2 February 1910

R A Woodthorpe

No	49
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Schofield	Alice Ann Maguire
	💍 1910/1917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	30
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	22 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In Holy Innocents Church, Maori Hill
Folio	10/1936
Consent	John Maguire, father
Date of Certificate	2 February 1910
Officiating Minister	R A Woodthorpe

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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).