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 Oamaru Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar Alexander Adam Mair

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

2842

4 April 1910

Percy Reginald Paris
Violet Rosetta Clark

Percy Reginald Paris
Violet Rosetta Clark
💍 1910/3483

Bachelor
Spinster

Wesleyan Minister

27
28

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
5 years

In the Wesleyan Church, Eden Street, Oamaru

10/3632

4 April 1910

Rev. W. Griffin

No	2842
Date of Notice	4 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Reginald Paris	Violet Rosetta Clark
	💍 1910/3483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wesleyan Minister
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Wesleyan Church, Eden Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/3632
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Griffin

2843

5 April 1910

Charles Robert Rooke
Gertrude Helen Gray

Charles Robert Rooke
Gertrude Helen Gray
💍 1910/3565

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
27

Pukeuri
Pukeuri

5 years
7 years

In the residence of David Gray, Pukeuri

10/3674

5 April 1910

Rev. John Steven

No	2843
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Rooke	Gertrude Helen Gray
	💍 1910/3565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Pukeuri	Pukeuri
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of David Gray, Pukeuri
Folio	10/3674
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Steven

2844

6 April 1910

Henry Thomas Warner
Catherine Mathews

Henry Thomas Warner
Catherine Matthews
💍 1910/3301

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

30
30

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
30 years

In Columba Church, Oamaru

10/3487

6 April 1910

Rev. Wm. Wright

No	2844
Date of Notice	6 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Warner	Catherine Mathews
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Thomas Warner	Catherine Matthews
	💍 1910/3301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	In Columba Church, Oamaru
Folio	10/3487
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Wright

2845

12 April 1910

Alexander Richard Brunton
Isabella Fridd

Alexander Richard Brunton
Isabella Fridd
💍 1910/3302

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

27
30

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
6 weeks

In the residence of George Fridd, Eden Street, Oamaru

10/3488

12 April 1910

Rev. R. J. Porter

No	2845
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Richard Brunton	Isabella Fridd
	💍 1910/3302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In the residence of George Fridd, Eden Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/3488
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Porter

2846

16 April 1910

John Mackay Mackenzie
Helen Livingstone Johnston

John Mackay Mackenzie
Helen Livingstone Johnston
💍 1910/3437

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand
Servant

26
19

Windsor
Windsor

4 years
19 years

In the residence of James Johnston, Windsor

10/3583

James Johnston, Father

16 April 1910

Rev. Jas. Standring

No	2846
Date of Notice	16 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mackay Mackenzie	Helen Livingstone Johnston
	💍 1910/3437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand	Servant
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Windsor	Windsor
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of James Johnston, Windsor
Folio	10/3583
Consent	James Johnston, Father
Date of Certificate	16 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Standring

2847

18 April 1910

Francis Doak
Mary Callaghan

Francis Doak
Mary Callaghan
💍 1910/3476

Bachelor
Spinster

Constable

28
26

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 years
6 years

In the Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru

10/3628

18 April 1910

Rev. Alexander Fanning

No	2847
Date of Notice	18 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Doak	Mary Callaghan
	💍 1910/3476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Constable
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	10/3628
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Fanning

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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).