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 Gore Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Chas Whelan

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

11 January 1910

William Glenn
Catherine Collins

William Glenn
Catherine Collins
💍 1910/1781

George William Woods
Catherine Collins
💍 1910/2318

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

24
25

Riversdale
Riversdale

18 months
4 years

Railway Hotel

10/1746

11 January 1910

Rev. M. Keenan, Roman Catholic

No	1
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Glenn	Catherine Collins
	💍 1910/1781
BDM Match (70%)	George William Woods	Catherine Collins
	💍 1910/2318
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Riversdale	Riversdale
Length of Residence	18 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Railway Hotel
Folio	10/1746
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Keenan, Roman Catholic

17 January 1910

Robert Allison
Martha Teresa Cooney

Robert Allison
Martha Teresa Cooney
💍 1910/1784

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
19

Brydone
Gore

5 years
3 days

Catholic Chapel, Gore

10/1749

17 January 1910

Rev. J. Delany, Roman Catholic

No	2
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Allison	Martha Teresa Cooney
	💍 1910/1784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Brydone	Gore
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Catholic Chapel, Gore
Folio	10/1749
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Delany, Roman Catholic

25 January 1910

William Leppard Henderson
Fannie Wingham

William Leppard Henderson
Fannie Wigham
💍 1910/1787

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

25
27

Gore
Gore

4 days
18 years

English Church, Gore

10/1752

25 January 1910

Rev. B. Wingfield, Anglican

No	3
Date of Notice	25 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Leppard Henderson	Fannie Wingham
BDM Match (96%)	William Leppard Henderson	Fannie Wigham
	💍 1910/1787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	4 days	18 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Gore
Folio	10/1752
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Wingfield, Anglican

1 February 1910

James O'Connor
Jessie Stephenson Coutts

James O'Connor
Jessie Stephenson Coutts
💍 1910/1785

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
20

Gore
Gore

4 months
2 months

Catholic Church

10/1750

1 February 1910

Rev. J. Delany, Roman Catholic

No	4
Date of Notice	1 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James O'Connor	Jessie Stephenson Coutts
	💍 1910/1785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	4 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Catholic Church
Folio	10/1750
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Delany, Roman Catholic

15 February 1910

Lawrence Percy Denton
Emily Hill

Lawrence Percy Denton
Emily Hill
💍 1910/1788

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
21

Gore
Gore

4 days
7 years

Mr. Hill's house, Gore

10/1753

15 February 1910

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Percy Denton	Emily Hill
	💍 1910/1788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	4 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Hill's house, Gore
Folio	10/1753
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

19 February 1910

Augustus Thomas Edward Frobarth
Ethel Jane Lakeman

August Thomas Edward Frobarth
Ethel Jane Takeman
💍 1910/1782

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

37
31

Gore
Gore

8 years
31 years

Wesleyan Church

10/1747

19 February 1910

Rev. W. Greenslade, Wesleyan

No	6
Date of Notice	19 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus Thomas Edward Frobarth	Ethel Jane Lakeman
BDM Match (94%)	August Thomas Edward Frobarth	Ethel Jane Takeman
	💍 1910/1782
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	8 years	31 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	10/1747
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Wesleyan

15 March 1910

Thomas Henry Nicholson
Laura Petersen

Thomas Henry Nicholson
Annie Laura Peterson
💍 1910/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
19

Gore
Croydon

16 years
19 years

Mr. Petersen's house

10/1755

Peter Petersen

15 March 1910

Rev. G. Hervey, Congregationalist

No	7
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Nicholson	Laura Petersen
BDM Match (83%)	Thomas Henry Nicholson	Annie Laura Peterson
	💍 1910/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Gore	Croydon
Length of Residence	16 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Petersen's house
Folio	10/1755
Consent	Peter Petersen
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Hervey, Congregationalist

19 March 1910

John Still Brass
Ethel Frances Marion Dewar

John Still Brass
Ethel Frances Marion Dewar
💍 1910/1783

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Music Teacher

29
24

Gore
Gore

3 years
24 years

Methodist Chapel, Gore

10/1748

19 March 1910

Rev. W. Greenslade, Wesleyan

No	8
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Still Brass	Ethel Frances Marion Dewar
	💍 1910/1783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Music Teacher
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Gore	Gore
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Chapel, Gore
Folio	10/1748
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Wesleyan

21 March 1910

Herbert Henry Voice
Agnes May Steel

Hubert Henry Voice
Agnes May Steel
💍 1910/1789

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Gore
McNab

23 years
20 years

Mr. G. Steel's house

10/1754

George Thornton Steel

21 March 1910

Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Voice	Agnes May Steel
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert Henry Voice	Agnes May Steel
	💍 1910/1789
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Gore	McNab
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mr. G. Steel's house
Folio	10/1754
Consent	George Thornton Steel
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Gray, Presbyterian

22 March 1910

Charles Craw
Betsy Dickson

Charles Crarr
Betsy Dickson
💍 1910/1786

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
26

Gore
Otama

3 days
26 years

Mr. Dickson's house

10/1757

22 March 1910

Rev. A. Wingfield, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Craw	Betsy Dickson
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Crarr	Betsy Dickson
	💍 1910/1786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Gore	Otama
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Dickson's house
Folio	10/1757
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Wingfield, Anglican

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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).