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

9 February 1910

Dominic Harawood
Lascelles Corrigan Florence Lucy Leary

Bachelor
Widow

Bank Officer

35
40

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 weeks
3 weeks

In St. Matthews Church

10/1640

9 February 1910

Wm. Curzon-Siggers

No	57
Date of Notice	9 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dominic Harawood	Lascelles Corrigan Florence Lucy Leary
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	35	40
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In St. Matthews Church
Folio	10/1640
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Curzon-Siggers

10 February 1910

Alfred Beadle
Alice Bassett Hughes

Alfred Beadle
Alice Bassett Hughes
💍 1910/1918

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

33
30

Dunedin
19 Grove Street, St. Kilda

31 years
10 years

In the house of Mr. John Ritchie, 19 Grove Street, St. Kilda

10/1938

10 February 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	58
Date of Notice	10 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Beadle	Alice Bassett Hughes
	💍 1910/1918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	19 Grove Street, St. Kilda
Length of Residence	31 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. John Ritchie, 19 Grove Street, St. Kilda
Folio	10/1938
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

11 February 1910

Henry Frederick Still
Christina Ferguson

Henry Frederick Still
Christina Ferguson
💍 1910/1680

Charles Alexander McDonald
Christina Ferguson
💍 1910/1899

Bachelor
Spinster

Tinsmith

27
23

Dunedin
North East Valley

16 years
23 years

In St. Martins Church North

10/1648

11 February 1910

H. H. Bedford

No	59
Date of Notice	11 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Frederick Still	Christina Ferguson
	💍 1910/1680
BDM Match (63%)	Charles Alexander McDonald	Christina Ferguson
	💍 1910/1899
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tinsmith
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	North East Valley
Length of Residence	16 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In St. Martins Church North
Folio	10/1648
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H. H. Bedford

12 February 1910

Henry Edward Cantley
Elsie Teresa Sweeney

Henry Edward Gantley
Elsie Teresa Sweeney
💍 1910/1604

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 month
1 week

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1621

12 February 1910

H. Maxwell

No	60
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Cantley	Elsie Teresa Sweeney
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Edward Gantley	Elsie Teresa Sweeney
	💍 1910/1604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 month	1 week
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1621
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

12 February 1910

John Brown
Ellenora Veronica Coralotta Hook

John Brown
Ellenora Veronica Coralotta Hook
💍 1910/1603

Widower
Widow

Miner

38
38

Caversham
Caversham

3 years
1 year

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1620

12 February 1910

H. Maxwell

No	61
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Brown	Ellenora Veronica Coralotta Hook
	💍 1910/1603
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Caversham
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1620
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

12 February 1910

Edward Griffin
Ann Isabella Livingstone

Edward Griffin
Anne Isabella Livingstone
💍 1910/1622

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
30 years

In the house of Miss A. O. Livingstone, 244 Leith Street, Dunedin

10/1666

12 February 1910

D. D. McIntyre

No	62
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Griffin	Ann Isabella Livingstone
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Griffin	Anne Isabella Livingstone
	💍 1910/1622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Miss A. O. Livingstone, 244 Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/1666
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	D. D. McIntyre

12 February 1910

David Gilbert Lawson
Lilian Edith Parker

David Gilbert Lawson
Lilian Edith Parker
💍 1910/1673

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
24

St. Kilda
Dunedin

9 years
14 years

In St. Matthews Church

10/1641

12 February 1910

Wm. Curzon-Siggers

No	63
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Gilbert Lawson	Lilian Edith Parker
	💍 1910/1673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthews Church
Folio	10/1641
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Curzon-Siggers

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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).