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

103

17 June 1910

William Shepherd
Evelyn Northcombe

William Shepherd
Evelyn Northcombe
💍 1910/3413

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
School Teacher

30
24

Armagh, Invercargill
Annan at Hellgate, Invercargill

2 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/3401

17 June 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	103
Date of Notice	17 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shepherd	Evelyn Northcombe
	💍 1910/3413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	School Teacher
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Armagh, Invercargill	Annan at Hellgate, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/3401
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

104

20 June 1910

Thomas Hastings
Mercy Maria Brown (late Mercer)

Thomas Hastings
Mercy Maria Brown
💍 1910/3414

Widower
Divorced

Fisherman
Domestic

53
49

Chelmsford Street, Invercargill
Woodend, Invercargill

30 years
9 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/3407

20 June 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	104
Date of Notice	20 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hastings	Mercy Maria Brown (late Mercer)
BDM Match (77%)	Thomas Hastings	Mercy Maria Brown
	💍 1910/3414
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Fisherman	Domestic
Age	53	49
Dwelling Place	Chelmsford Street, Invercargill	Woodend, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/3407
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

105

24 June 1910

William Richard Runnells
Mary Reaney Kirby

William Bichan
Mary Russell Kirby
💍 1910/3253

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmiller
Domestic

28
19

Esk Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Helmont, Invercargill

10/3438

George Kirby, Father

24 June 1910

Rev. G. Lindsay

No	105
Date of Notice	24 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Richard Runnells	Mary Reaney Kirby
BDM Match (63%)	William Bichan	Mary Russell Kirby
	💍 1910/3253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmiller	Domestic
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Esk Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. G. Lindsay, Helmont, Invercargill
Folio	10/3438
Consent	George Kirby, Father
Date of Certificate	24 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lindsay

106

25 June 1910

John Charles Cook
Sarah Ann Garaby

John Charles Wekers
Sarah Ann Gadsby
💍 1910/3267

John Charles Fountaine
Sarah Ann Kelly
💍 1910/7328

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
25

Waikawa, Invercargill
Waikawa, Invercargill

7 years
3 years

English Church, Invercargill

10/3428

25 June 1910

Rev. A. Stocker

No	106
Date of Notice	25 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Cook	Sarah Ann Garaby
BDM Match (78%)	John Charles Wekers	Sarah Ann Gadsby
	💍 1910/3267
BDM Match (66%)	John Charles Fountaine	Sarah Ann Kelly
	💍 1910/7328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Waikawa, Invercargill	Waikawa, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Invercargill
Folio	10/3428
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Stocker

107

25 June 1910

Charles John Day
Isabella Sarah Waters

Charles John Dey
Isabella Sarah Waters
💍 1910/3603

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

22
20

Makarewa, Invercargill
Collingwood, Invercargill

7 years
5 years

Residence of Samuel Waters, Collingwood, Invercargill

10/3602

25 June 1910

J. Fleeman

No	107
Date of Notice	25 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Day	Isabella Sarah Waters
BDM Match (97%)	Charles John Dey	Isabella Sarah Waters
	💍 1910/3603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Makarewa, Invercargill	Collingwood, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Samuel Waters, Collingwood, Invercargill
Folio	10/3602
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Fleeman

108

25 June 1910

Paul Innes Shackleton
Agnes Holding

Paul Marius Schacke Andersen
Agnes Kolding
💍 1910/8158

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic

37
30

Geeroma Road, Invercargill
Pomona Road, Invercargill

1 year
3 weeks

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/5263

2 July 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	108
Date of Notice	25 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Innes Shackleton	Agnes Holding
BDM Match (71%)	Paul Marius Schacke Andersen	Agnes Kolding
	💍 1910/8158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic
Age	37	30
Dwelling Place	Geeroma Road, Invercargill	Pomona Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	1 year	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/5263
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

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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).