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 30 June 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

1 April 1910

Denis Corthery
Grace Poole

Denis Corkery
Grace Poole Arthur
💍 1910/3211

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

21
20

Waikivi
Waikivi

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/3391

Arthur

1 April 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	55
Date of Notice	1 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis Corthery	Grace Poole
BDM Match (73%)	Denis Corkery	Grace Poole Arthur
	💍 1910/3211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Waikivi	Waikivi
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/3391
Consent	Arthur
Date of Certificate	1 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

4 April 1910

Martin Patrick Royle
Esther Kaveney

Martin Patrick Boyle
Esther Kaveney
💍 1910/3556

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

38 years
20 years

Waikivi
North Invercargill

20 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill

10/3683

Bartholomew Kaveney, Father

4 April 1910

Very Rev. T. O'Burke

No	56
Date of Notice	4 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Patrick Royle	Esther Kaveney
BDM Match (98%)	Martin Patrick Boyle	Esther Kaveney
	💍 1910/3556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	38 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Waikivi	North Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	10/3683
Consent	Bartholomew Kaveney, Father
Date of Certificate	4 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. T. O'Burke

4 April 1910

John Robert Murdoch
Matilda Monteith

John Robert Murdoch
Matilda Monteith McAra
💍 1910/3626

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

30
24

Woodend, Invercargill
Woodend, Invercargill

30 years
15 years

Residence of Matilda Monteith, In & around Woodend

10/3609

4 April 1910

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	57
Date of Notice	4 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Murdoch	Matilda Monteith
BDM Match (86%)	John Robert Murdoch	Matilda Monteith McAra
	💍 1910/3626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Woodend, Invercargill	Woodend, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Matilda Monteith, In & around Woodend
Folio	10/3609
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

7 April 1910

Albert Alfred Hilary Austin
Matilda Fraser Calder

Albert Alfred Hilary Austin
Matilda Fraser Calder
💍 1910/3439

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Domestic

19
25

Leith Street, Invercargill
Leith Street, Invercargill

2 years
20 years

Residence of Alexander Calder, Leith Street, Invercargill

10/3584

None having authority in Dominion

22 April 1910

Rev. J. Hales

No	58
Date of Notice	7 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Alfred Hilary Austin	Matilda Fraser Calder
	💍 1910/3439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Domestic
Age	19	25
Dwelling Place	Leith Street, Invercargill	Leith Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alexander Calder, Leith Street, Invercargill
Folio	10/3584
Consent	None having authority in Dominion
Date of Certificate	22 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hales

8 April 1910

Samuel C. Lime
Olivia Reeley

Samuel Climo
Olivia Burley
💍 1910/3255

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic

27
28

Don Street, Invercargill
28 Elle Road, North Invercargill

3 years
28 years

Residence of George Reeley, 19 Elle Road, Invercargill

10/3439

9 April 1910

Rev. C. Laycock

No	59
Date of Notice	8 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel C. Lime	Olivia Reeley
BDM Match (74%)	Samuel Climo	Olivia Burley
	💍 1910/3255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Don Street, Invercargill	28 Elle Road, North Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Reeley, 19 Elle Road, Invercargill
Folio	10/3439
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Laycock

11 April 1910

Daniel Ferguson McEwan
Jane Fisher

Daniel Ferguson McEwan
Jane Fisher
💍 1910/3604

Bachelor
Spinster

Flourmiller
Domestic

26
19

Leith Street, Invercargill
Mabel Bush, Invercargill

4 years
19 years

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

10/3611

John Moore, Father

11 April 1910

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	60
Date of Notice	11 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Ferguson McEwan	Jane Fisher
	💍 1910/3604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flourmiller	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Leith Street, Invercargill	Mabel Bush, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	10/3611
Consent	John Moore, Father
Date of Certificate	11 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

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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).