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 Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1910

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

5 January 1910

Harry Pink
Jeanie McInerney
formerly Gorton

Harry Pink
Jane McInesney
💍 1910/2079

Bachelor
Divorced

Carter
Domestic

32
27

Waianiwa, Invercargill
Wallacetown, Invercargill

4 days
4 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/1762

5 January 1910

Registrar, Invercargill

No	1
Date of Notice	5 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Pink	Jeanie McInerney formerly Gorton
BDM Match (91%)	Harry Pink	Jane McInesney
	💍 1910/2079
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Carter	Domestic
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Waianiwa, Invercargill	Wallacetown, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/1762
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Invercargill

6 January 1910

John William Jeakin
Frances Mary Sherwood

John William Jenkins
Francis Mary Sherwood
💍 1910/1702

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine-driver
Domestic

43
35

Grey St, Invercargill
Grey St, Invercargill

10 days
7 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St

10/1801

6 January 1910

Very Rev. W. Burke, V.F.

No	2
Date of Notice	6 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Jeakin	Frances Mary Sherwood
BDM Match (93%)	John William Jenkins	Francis Mary Sherwood
	💍 1910/1702
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine-driver	Domestic
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Grey St, Invercargill	Grey St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	10 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St
Folio	10/1801
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W. Burke, V.F.

10 January 1910

John Sutherland Reid
Christina McGregor McInerney

John Sutherland
Christina McGregor McChesney
💍 1910/2083

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

39
35

Earn St, Invercargill
Earn St, Invercargill

3 days
7 years

Residence of Mrs. James McInerney, 66 Earn St

10/1783

10 January 1910

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	3
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sutherland Reid	Christina McGregor McInerney
BDM Match (82%)	John Sutherland	Christina McGregor McChesney
	💍 1910/2083
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	39	35
Dwelling Place	Earn St, Invercargill	Earn St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. James McInerney, 66 Earn St
Folio	10/1783
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

12 January 1910

Frank Stanley Gordon
Ruth Harvey

Frank Stanley Gofen
Ruth Harvey
💍 1910/2084

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

28
25

Conon St, Invercargill
Conon St, Invercargill

3 days
25 years

Residence of James Harvey, 181 Conon St

10/1784

12 January 1910

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	4
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Stanley Gordon	Ruth Harvey
BDM Match (93%)	Frank Stanley Gofen	Ruth Harvey
	💍 1910/2084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Conon St, Invercargill	Conon St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Harvey, 181 Conon St
Folio	10/1784
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

13 January 1910

Alfred Evelyn Arthur
Georgina Constance Jackson (Elizabeth Black)

Alfred Evelyn Arthur
Gemgina Constance Elizabeth Clarke
💍 1910/2085

Bachelor
Spinster

Hatchmaker
Tailoress

26
30

Tay St, Invercargill
Tweed St, Invercargill

26 years
7 years

Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin St

10/1785

13 January 1910

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	5
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Evelyn Arthur	Georgina Constance Jackson (Elizabeth Black)
BDM Match (84%)	Alfred Evelyn Arthur	Gemgina Constance Elizabeth Clarke
	💍 1910/2085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hatchmaker	Tailoress
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Tay St, Invercargill	Tweed St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	26 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Geo. Lindsay, Kelvin St
Folio	10/1785
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

13 January 1910

William Stone Sweetman
Catherine Valentine Sweetman

William Stone
Catherine Valentine Sweetman
💍 1910/1703

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

26
26

Esk St, Invercargill
Gladstone, Invercargill

3 years
3 years

Residence of Robert Sweetman, Gladstone

10/1802

13 January 1910

Very Rev. W. Burke, V.F.

No	6
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stone Sweetman	Catherine Valentine Sweetman
BDM Match (80%)	William Stone	Catherine Valentine Sweetman
	💍 1910/1703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Esk St, Invercargill	Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert Sweetman, Gladstone
Folio	10/1802
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W. Burke, V.F.

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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).