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

28 February 1910

John William Tipene
Hannah KaiKai

John William Tipene
Hannah Kaikai
💍 1910/1608

Bachelor
Spinster

Light house Keeper

24
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

8 days
8 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1624

28 February 1910

H. Maxwell

No	84
Date of Notice	28 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Tipene	Hannah KaiKai
BDM Match (96%)	John William Tipene	Hannah Kaikai
	💍 1910/1608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Light house Keeper
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	8 days	8 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1624
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

28 February 1910

Albert Robinson
Maud Batten

Albert Robinson
Maud Batton
💍 1910/1609

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool classer

29
29

Caversham
Caversham

2 months
2 months

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/1625

28 February 1910

H. Maxwell

No	85
Date of Notice	28 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Robinson	Maud Batten
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Robinson	Maud Batton
	💍 1910/1609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool classer
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Caversham
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/1625
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

28 February 1910

Charles Ridge Bird Wilkinson
Janet Margaret Doull

Charles Ridge Bird Wilkinson
Janet Margaret Doull
💍 1910/1662

Bachelor
Spinster

Flour miller

29
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

13 years
7 years

In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin

10/1709

28 February 1910

G. K. Smith

No	86
Date of Notice	28 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ridge Bird Wilkinson	Janet Margaret Doull
	💍 1910/1662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flour miller
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	13 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/1709
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1910
Officiating Minister	G. K. Smith

1 March 1910

William Thomas Bandy
Elizabeth Mary Bowers

William Thomas Bandy
Elizabeth Mary Bowers
💍 1910/1665

Bachelor
Spinster

Constable

27
20

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 months
1 week

In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

10/1689

Michael Bowers, father

1 March 1910

Jas. Coffey

No	87
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Bandy	Elizabeth Mary Bowers
	💍 1910/1665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Constable
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 months	1 week
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	10/1689
Consent	Michael Bowers, father
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Jas. Coffey

1 March 1910

William Grant Hay
Jessie Margaret Kate Talboys

William Grant Hay
Jessie Margaret Kate Talboys
💍 1910/1675

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister

32
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
13 years

In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin

10/1643

1 March 1910

Wm. Curzon-Siggers

No	88
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Grant Hay	Jessie Margaret Kate Talboys
	💍 1910/1675
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/1643
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Curzon-Siggers

1 March 1910

William Simpson
Margarette Duncan

William Simpson
Margarette Duncan
💍 1910/2093

Widower
Widow

Mechanic

59
51

Dunedin
Dunedin

15 months
20 years

In the House of the Rev. H. B. Gray, St. James Street, North East Valley

10/1955

1 March 1910

H. B. Gray

No	89
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Simpson	Margarette Duncan
	💍 1910/2093
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Mechanic
Age	59	51
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	15 months	20 years
Marriage Place	In the House of the Rev. H. B. Gray, St. James Street, North East Valley
Folio	10/1955
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray

1 March 1910

Ernest Oswald Blamires
Annie Anderson

Ernest Oswald Blamires
Annie Anderson
💍 1910/2005

Bachelor
Spinster

Clergyman

28
31

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
2 years

In the Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin

10/1712

1 March 1910

W. L. Blamires

No	90
Date of Notice	1 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Oswald Blamires	Annie Anderson
	💍 1910/2005
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/1712
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1910
Officiating Minister	W. L. Blamires

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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).