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 522

District of Gabriels Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar Alexander M. Eyes

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

234

19 April 1910

Daniel McCorkindale
Mary Isabella Dunnett

Daniel McCorkindale
Mary Isabella Dunnett
💍 1910/3316

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Shop assistant

25
20

Lawrence
Lawrence

12 years
4 years

House of George Dunnett, Evans Flat

10/3478

George Dunnett (Father)

18 April 1910

Rev. R. Scott Allan (Presbyterian)

No	234
Date of Notice	19 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel McCorkindale	Mary Isabella Dunnett
	💍 1910/3316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Shop assistant
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	12 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of George Dunnett, Evans Flat
Folio	10/3478
Consent	George Dunnett (Father)
Date of Certificate	18 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott Allan (Presbyterian)

235

26 April 1910

James Thomas Riordan
Mary Ann Hunt

James Thomas Riorden
Mary Ann Hunt
💍 1910/3608

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Servant

34 years
29 years

Evans Flat
Evans Flat

5 years
29 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lawrence

10/3615

26 April 1910

Rev. P. O'Leary (Roman Catholic)

No	235
Date of Notice	26 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Riordan	Mary Ann Hunt
BDM Match (98%)	James Thomas Riorden	Mary Ann Hunt
	💍 1910/3608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Servant
Age	34 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Evans Flat	Evans Flat
Length of Residence	5 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lawrence
Folio	10/3615
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Leary (Roman Catholic)

236

30 April 1910

John Beaumont Thompson
Esther Sutherland

John Beaumont Thompson
Esther Sutherland
💍 1910/3269

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission agent
Servant

29 years
25 years

Lawrence
Dunedin

29 years
3 days

The First Church, Presbyterian, Dunedin

10/3454

30 April 1910

Rev. Robert Revan Davies (Presbyterian)

No	236
Date of Notice	30 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Beaumont Thompson	Esther Sutherland
	💍 1910/3269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission agent	Servant
Age	29 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Dunedin
Length of Residence	29 years	3 days
Marriage Place	The First Church, Presbyterian, Dunedin
Folio	10/3454
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Revan Davies (Presbyterian)

237

1 June 1910

William Hestever Saxton
Elizabeth Ann Matthews

William Kesteven Saxton
Elizabeth Ann Matthews
💍 1910/3472

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Servant

33 years
22 years

Lawrence
Blue Spur

3 days
22 years

Church of England, Lawrence

10/3642

1 June 1910

Rev. J. Richards (Church of England)

No	237
Date of Notice	1 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hestever Saxton	Elizabeth Ann Matthews
BDM Match (96%)	William Kesteven Saxton	Elizabeth Ann Matthews
	💍 1910/3472
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Servant
Age	33 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Blue Spur
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Lawrence
Folio	10/3642
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Richards (Church of England)

238

22 June 1910

William Arnold Dimmock
Annie Margaret Dimmock

William Arnold
Annie Margaret Dimmock
💍 1910/3466

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

24 years
18 years

Lawrence
Lawrence

24 years
18 years

House of John Arnold, Colonsay St, Lawrence

10/3636

William Dimmock (Father)

17 June 1910

Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

No	238
Date of Notice	22 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arnold Dimmock	Annie Margaret Dimmock
BDM Match (82%)	William Arnold	Annie Margaret Dimmock
	💍 1910/3466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	24 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	24 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of John Arnold, Colonsay St, Lawrence
Folio	10/3636
Consent	William Dimmock (Father)
Date of Certificate	17 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

239

24 June 1910

William Blackwood Simpson
Agnes Cousins

William Blackwood Simpson
Agnes Cousins
💍 1910/3468

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Servant

29 years
24 years

Blue Spur
Blue Spur

18 years
2 years

House of Mrs. Mary Mills, Blue Spur

10/3638

24 June 1910

Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

No	239
Date of Notice	24 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Blackwood Simpson	Agnes Cousins
	💍 1910/3468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Servant
Age	29 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Blue Spur	Blue Spur
Length of Residence	18 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Mary Mills, Blue Spur
Folio	10/3638
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

240

27 June 1910

Henry Arthur Moyle
Margaret Georgina Rainham

Henry Arthur Moyle
Margaret Georgina Rauham
💍 1910/3467

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25 years
20 years

Lawrence
Lawrence

25 years
3 years

House of Mr. Walter Cook, near Wetherstones

10/3637

Georgina Sharple Cook (Mother)

27 June 1910

Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

No	240
Date of Notice	27 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Arthur Moyle	Margaret Georgina Rainham
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Arthur Moyle	Margaret Georgina Rauham
	💍 1910/3467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Lawrence	Lawrence
Length of Residence	25 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Walter Cook, near Wetherstones
Folio	10/3637
Consent	Georgina Sharple Cook (Mother)
Date of Certificate	27 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Oxbrow (Methodist)

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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).