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

25 April 1910

Thomas Hyndman
Maggie Dawson Smith

Thomas Hyndman
Maggie Dawson Smith
💍 1910/3605

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Typist

31
21

Maheno, Otepopo
Coromandel Street, Invercargill

2 months
20 years

Presbyterian Church

10/3612

25 April 1910

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	67
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hyndman	Maggie Dawson Smith
	💍 1910/3605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Typist
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Maheno, Otepopo	Coromandel Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 months	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/3612
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

25 April 1910

Adam Wilkinson
Florence Ling

Adam Wilkinson
Florence Ling
💍 1910/3606

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

39
27

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Tweed Street, Invercargill

8 months
29 years

Residence of R. M. Ryburn

10/3613

25 April 1910

Rev. R. M. Ryburn

No	68
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Wilkinson	Florence Ling
	💍 1910/3606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	39	27
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Tweed Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	8 months	29 years
Marriage Place	Residence of R. M. Ryburn
Folio	10/3613
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Ryburn

29 April 1910

Thomas Webb Tickery
Emily May Deiley

Thomas Webb Vickey
Emily May Deiley
💍 1910/3265

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Domestic

24
27

Nith Street, Invercargill
Jackson Street, Invercargill

7 years
27 years

English Church

10/3426

29 April 1910

Rev. Stocker

No	69
Date of Notice	29 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Webb Tickery	Emily May Deiley
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Webb Vickey	Emily May Deiley
	💍 1910/3265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Domestic
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Nith Street, Invercargill	Jackson Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	27 years
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	10/3426
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Stocker

3 May 1910

Malcolm Tatterson
Sibella Uren Mitchell

Malcolm Patterson
Sibella Uren Mitchell
💍 1910/3245

Bachelor
Spinster

Ship Manager
Domestic

37
28

Earnslaw Street, Invercargill
South, Invercargill

3 days
2 weeks

Residence of Rev. Lindsay

10/3430

3 May 1910

Rev. Lindsay

No	70
Date of Notice	3 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Malcolm Tatterson	Sibella Uren Mitchell
BDM Match (97%)	Malcolm Patterson	Sibella Uren Mitchell
	💍 1910/3245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ship Manager	Domestic
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Earnslaw Street, Invercargill	South, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Lindsay
Folio	10/3430
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Lindsay

4 May 1910

Richard Henry Vincent
Ethel Isabella Williamson

Richard Hunt Vincent
Ethel Isabelle Williamson
💍 1910/3264

Bachelor
Spinster

Oysterman
Domestic

22
27

Elles Road, Invercargill
Elles Road, Invercargill

3 days
2 days

English Church

10/3425

4 May 1910

Rev. Stocker

No	70
Date of Notice	4 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Vincent	Ethel Isabella Williamson
BDM Match (91%)	Richard Hunt Vincent	Ethel Isabelle Williamson
	💍 1910/3264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Oysterman	Domestic
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Elles Road, Invercargill	Elles Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	2 days
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	10/3425
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Stocker

9 May 1910

Thomas Spencer
Elizabeth Theyer

Thomas Spencer
Elizabeth Hyde
💍 1910/3429

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

29
27

Wallarewa, Invercargill
Tweed Street, Invercargill

30 years
2 weeks

Victoria Hall

10/3598

9 May 1910

Rev. J. A. Baird

No	72
Date of Notice	9 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Spencer	Elizabeth Theyer
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Spencer	Elizabeth Hyde
	💍 1910/3429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Wallarewa, Invercargill	Tweed Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Victoria Hall
Folio	10/3598
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Baird

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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).