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 December 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

174

4 November 1910

Alfred Henry Stocker
Kathleen Montague Manning

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Music Teacher

30
29

Wellington
4 Adelaide Road, Invercargill

6 months
5 years

English Church, Wellington

10/8048

4 November 1910

Rev. W. Ardon Stocker

No	174
Date of Notice	4 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Stocker	Kathleen Montague Manning
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Music Teacher
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	4 Adelaide Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Wellington
Folio	10/8048
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ardon Stocker

175

7 November 1910

Robert Fuller Southwick
Ruby Alice Jane McGill

Robert Jukes
Ruby Alice Jane McGill
💍 1910/7682

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic

23
36

Edendale, Southland
3 Gladstone, Invercargill

18 months
3 days

English Church, Wyndham

10/8046

7 November 1910

Rev. W. Ardon Stocker

No	175
Date of Notice	7 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Fuller Southwick	Ruby Alice Jane McGill
BDM Match (70%)	Robert Jukes	Ruby Alice Jane McGill
	💍 1910/7682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic
Age	23	36
Dwelling Place	Edendale, Southland	3 Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	18 months	3 days
Marriage Place	English Church, Wyndham
Folio	10/8046
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ardon Stocker

176

9 November 1910

Robert McFarlane Lochhead
Sarah Alice McLean

Robert McFarlane Lochhead
Sarah Blick
💍 1910/7684

Bachelor
Widow

Railway Employee
Domestic

48
48

6 Clifton Street, Invercargill
6 Clifton Street, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Residence of W. Grigg, 198 Dee Street

10/8065

9 November 1910

Rev. W. Grigg

No	176
Date of Notice	9 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McFarlane Lochhead	Sarah Alice McLean
BDM Match (75%)	Robert McFarlane Lochhead	Sarah Blick
	💍 1910/7684
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	48	48
Dwelling Place	6 Clifton Street, Invercargill	6 Clifton Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Grigg, 198 Dee Street
Folio	10/8065
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Grigg

177

10 November 1910

William Couper Shaw
Alice Dale

William Couper
Alice Dale
💍 1910/7697

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

30
32

Spar Bush, Invercargill
Dunedin, Otago

2 months
1 month

Residence of J.W. Shaw, Gairn Street

10/8079

10 November 1910

Rev. J.W. Shaw

No	177
Date of Notice	10 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Couper Shaw	Alice Dale
BDM Match (87%)	William Couper	Alice Dale
	💍 1910/7697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Spar Bush, Invercargill	Dunedin, Otago
Length of Residence	2 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of J.W. Shaw, Gairn Street
Folio	10/8079
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.W. Shaw

178

10 November 1910

Charles Henderson
Martha Jane Teffery

Charles Henderson
Martha Jane Tuffery
💍 1910/7694

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
25

Myross Bush, Invercargill
120 Tweed Street, Kensington, Invercargill

24 years
25 years

Residence of George Teffery, Kensington

10/8052

10 November 1910

Rev. W. Laycock

No	178
Date of Notice	10 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henderson	Martha Jane Teffery
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Henderson	Martha Jane Tuffery
	💍 1910/7694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Myross Bush, Invercargill	120 Tweed Street, Kensington, Invercargill
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Teffery, Kensington
Folio	10/8052
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock

179

11 November 1910

Hector Allan Fraser
Jessie Elizabeth Young Fraser

Hector Allan McLachlan
Jessie Elizabeth Young Fraser
💍 1910/7720

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic

32
24

Grey Street, Invercargill
Grey Street, Invercargill

8 years
10 years

Residence of William Fraser, 138 Grey Street

10/8078

11 November 1910

Rev. J.W. Shaw

No	179
Date of Notice	11 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Allan Fraser	Jessie Elizabeth Young Fraser
BDM Match (82%)	Hector Allan McLachlan	Jessie Elizabeth Young Fraser
	💍 1910/7720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Grey Street, Invercargill	Grey Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	8 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Fraser, 138 Grey Street
Folio	10/8078
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.W. Shaw

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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).