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 December 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

475

3 October 1910

Alexander Maxwell
Ann Willis

Alexander Maxwell
Ann Willis
💍 1910/7471

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

54
44

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
37 years

In St. Pauls Cathedral Dunedin

10/7874

3 October 1910

H. G. Gould

No	475
Date of Notice	3 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Maxwell	Ann Willis
	💍 1910/7471
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	54	44
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	37 years
Marriage Place	In St. Pauls Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	10/7874
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. G. Gould

476

3 October 1910

John Francis McDonald
Margaret Shierlaw

John Francis McDonald
Margaret Shierlaw
💍 1910/7545

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

25
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 months
6 months

In St. Josephs Cathedral Dunedin

10/4924

3 October 1910

Jas. Coffey

No	476
Date of Notice	3 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis McDonald	Margaret Shierlaw
	💍 1910/7545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 months	6 months
Marriage Place	In St. Josephs Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	10/4924
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Jas. Coffey

477

3 October 1910

Henry Blamires
Margaret Piercy Richardson

Henry Blamires
Margaret Percy Richardson
💍 1910/7251

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 months
2 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

10/7675

3 October 1910

H. Maxwell

No	477
Date of Notice	3 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Blamires	Margaret Piercy Richardson
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Blamires	Margaret Percy Richardson
	💍 1910/7251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	10/7675
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

478

3 October 1910

George Hamon Caddie
Mabel Annie Kippenberger

George Hamon Caddie
Mabel Annie Kippenberger
💍 1910/7775

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
22

St. Hilda
Caversham

9 years
2 years

In the house of Mr. M. Kippenberger, 98 Caversham Rise, Caversham

10/8188

3 October 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	478
Date of Notice	3 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hamon Caddie	Mabel Annie Kippenberger
	💍 1910/7775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	St. Hilda	Caversham
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. M. Kippenberger, 98 Caversham Rise, Caversham
Folio	10/8188
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

479

4 October 1910

Timaru Robert Rhodes Cargill
Doris Spottiswoode

Timaru Robert Rhodes
Doris Sporteswoode Cargill
💍 1910/7540

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
10 years

In St. Matthews Church Dunedin

10/4919

4 October 1910

W. Curzon-Siggers

No	479
Date of Notice	4 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timaru Robert Rhodes Cargill	Doris Spottiswoode
BDM Match (66%)	Timaru Robert Rhodes	Doris Sporteswoode Cargill
	💍 1910/7540
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	In St. Matthews Church Dunedin
Folio	10/4919
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon-Siggers

480

4 October 1910

Paul Miller Renton
Alice Isabel Scott

Paul Miller Renton
Alice Isabel Scott
💍 1910/7437

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Dressmaker

33
28

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
10 years

In the Methodist Church, Wesley Street, South Dunedin

10/7831

4 October 1910

D. S. Murray

No	480
Date of Notice	4 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Miller Renton	Alice Isabel Scott
	💍 1910/7437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Dressmaker
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Methodist Church, Wesley Street, South Dunedin
Folio	10/7831
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1910
Officiating Minister	D. S. Murray

481

4 October 1910

John Drew Todd
Grace Margaret Duncan

John Drew Todd
Grace Margaret Duncan
💍 1910/7776

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

26
27

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
10 years

In the Presbyterian Church South Dunedin

10/8189

4 October 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	481
Date of Notice	4 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Drew Todd	Grace Margaret Duncan
	💍 1910/7776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church South Dunedin
Folio	10/8189
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

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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).