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 Registrar John Gaunson Petrie

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

12 February 1910

James Robertson
Thomarcia Mary Wilson

James Robertson
Thomasena Mary Wilson
💍 1910/1712

James Watson
Jeannie Maria Wilson
💍 1910/1841

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Milliner

25
27

Loaikieri
Invercargill

25 years
11 years

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Dee St., Invercargill

10/1788

12 February 1910

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	25
Date of Notice	12 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robertson	Thomarcia Mary Wilson
BDM Match (93%)	James Robertson	Thomasena Mary Wilson
	💍 1910/1712
BDM Match (62%)	James Watson	Jeannie Maria Wilson
	💍 1910/1841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Milliner
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Loaikieri	Invercargill
Length of Residence	25 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Dee St., Invercargill
Folio	10/1788
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

17 February 1910

Robert Clinkscales
Selina de Joux
formerly Bandop

Robert Chuksalis Oswald
Selina De Joux
💍 1910/1713

Bachelor
Widow

Postman
Domestic

38
34

Invercargill
Invercargill

2 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs. de Joux, Elles Road, Invercargill

10/1789

17 February 1910

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	26
Date of Notice	17 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Clinkscales	Selina de Joux formerly Bandop
BDM Match (73%)	Robert Chuksalis Oswald	Selina De Joux
	💍 1910/1713
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Postman	Domestic
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. de Joux, Elles Road, Invercargill
Folio	10/1789
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

18 February 1910

Martin Henry Scully
Edith Allan

Martin Henry Scully
Edith Allan
💍 1910/1708

Bachelor
Spinster

Postman
Domestic

31
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

31 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St., Invercargill

10/1806

18 February 1910

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	27
Date of Notice	18 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Henry Scully	Edith Allan
	💍 1910/1708
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postman	Domestic
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	31 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St., Invercargill
Folio	10/1806
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

19 February 1910

Robert Harvey
Catherine Hurley

Robert Harvey
Catherine Hurley
💍 1910/1707

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Dressmaker

43
35

Invercargill
Invercargill

4 days
3 years

Residence of Mrs. Hurley, Leffey St., Invercargill

10/1805

19 February 1910

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	28
Date of Notice	19 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Harvey	Catherine Hurley
	💍 1910/1707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Dressmaker
Age	43	35
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Hurley, Leffey St., Invercargill
Folio	10/1805
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

21 February 1910

Henry Thompson Fairbairn
Florine Ada Freeman

Henry Thompson Fairbairn
Florence Ada Newman
💍 1910/1700

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

28
23

Enwood
Enwood

28 years
12 days

Primitive Church, Elles Road, Invercargill

10/1799

21 February 1910

Rev. G. W. Frybur

No	29
Date of Notice	21 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thompson Fairbairn	Florine Ada Freeman
BDM Match (87%)	Henry Thompson Fairbairn	Florence Ada Newman
	💍 1910/1700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Enwood	Enwood
Length of Residence	28 years	12 days
Marriage Place	Primitive Church, Elles Road, Invercargill
Folio	10/1799
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Frybur

23 February 1910

Wallace Murdoch
Annie McCarl

Wallace Murdoch
Annie McCash
💍 1910/2090

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber
Domestic

21
20

Elles Road, Invercargill
Ettwick St., Invercargill

21 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

10/1760

Alexander Mc Carl, Father

23 February 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	30
Date of Notice	23 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallace Murdoch	Annie McCarl
BDM Match (92%)	Wallace Murdoch	Annie McCash
	💍 1910/2090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Elles Road, Invercargill	Ettwick St., Invercargill
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	10/1760
Consent	Alexander Mc Carl, Father
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

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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).