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).

Page 428

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 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

299

21 June 1910

Albert Josiah Pollard
Sarah Rosetta Dodd

Albert Josiah Pollard
Sarah Rosetta Dodd
💍 1910/3478

Bachelor
Spinster

Assurance Agent
School Teacher

26 years
37 years

Dunedin
Roslyn

4 months
10 days

In the house of Mr. A. B. Stewart, 5 Charlotte Street, Roslyn

10/3647

21 June 1910

W. H. Hay

No	299
Date of Notice	21 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Josiah Pollard	Sarah Rosetta Dodd
	💍 1910/3478
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assurance Agent	School Teacher
Age	26 years	37 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Roslyn
Length of Residence	4 months	10 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. A. B. Stewart, 5 Charlotte Street, Roslyn
Folio	10/3647
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1910
Officiating Minister	W. H. Hay

300

21 June 1910

Edward McCarthy
Lucy Annie Mills

Edward McCarthy
Lucy Annie Mills
💍 1910/8165

Bachelor
Spinster

Springmaker

30 years
22 years

Dunedin
Woodhaugh

7 years
4 years

In Holy Innocents Church, Woodhaugh

10/3563

21 June 1910

S. T. Nevill

No	300
Date of Notice	21 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward McCarthy	Lucy Annie Mills
	💍 1910/8165
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Springmaker
Age	30 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Woodhaugh
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In Holy Innocents Church, Woodhaugh
Folio	10/3563
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1910
Officiating Minister	S. T. Nevill

301

22 June 1910

William Stephen Edward Moyle
Frances Matilda Fletcher

William Stephen Edward Moyle
Frances Matilda Fletcher
💍 1910/3680

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

31 years
27 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
3 weeks

In the house of Mrs. K. Fletcher, 8 Reid Road, South Dunedin

10/3850

22 June 1910

D. Dutton

No	301
Date of Notice	22 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stephen Edward Moyle	Frances Matilda Fletcher
	💍 1910/3680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	31 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. K. Fletcher, 8 Reid Road, South Dunedin
Folio	10/3850
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1910
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

302

22 June 1910

William Crawford Young
May Turnbull Allan

William Crawford Young
May Turnbull Allan
💍 1910/3384

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

27 years
26 years

Dunedin
Maori Hill

3 days
5 years

In the Presbyterian Church, Maori Hill

10/3540

22 June 1910

Wm. McDonald

No	302
Date of Notice	22 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Crawford Young	May Turnbull Allan
	💍 1910/3384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	27 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Maori Hill
Folio	10/3540
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. McDonald

303

22 June 1910

George Millar Gardiner
Louisa Edith Coburn

George Miller Gardiner
Louisa Edtih Cobwin
💍 1910/3268

Bachelor
Spinster

Vanman

26 years
25 years

Green Island
Dunedin

26 years
25 years

In the house of Douglas M. Watson, 69 Russell Street, Dunedin

10/3445

22 June 1910

D. Campbell

No	303
Date of Notice	22 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Millar Gardiner	Louisa Edith Coburn
BDM Match (87%)	George Miller Gardiner	Louisa Edtih Cobwin
	💍 1910/3268
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vanman
Age	26 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Green Island	Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Douglas M. Watson, 69 Russell Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/3445
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1910
Officiating Minister	D. Campbell

304

23 June 1910

David Mitchell
Nellie Gray

David Mitchell
Nellie Gray
💍 1910/3203

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27 years
24 years

Mornington
Mornington

6 days
4 months

In the house of Mrs. C. Hutton, 15 Gladstone Street, Mornington

10/3384

23 June 1910

J. W. Vealie

No	304
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Mitchell	Nellie Gray
	💍 1910/3203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	6 days	4 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. C. Hutton, 15 Gladstone Street, Mornington
Folio	10/3384
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	J. W. Vealie

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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).