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 31 December 1910 Registrar Alex. J. Friss

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

2892

5 October 1910

Ernest William Cross
Mary Common

Ernest William Cross
Mary Cameron
💍 1910/7649

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Mechanic
Dressmaker

26
26

Oamaru
Oamaru

4 years
26 years

Wesley Church

10/6030

5 October 1910

Rev. Wm. Jas. Williams

No	2892
Date of Notice	5 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Cross	Mary Common
BDM Match (88%)	Ernest William Cross	Mary Cameron
	💍 1910/7649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Mechanic	Dressmaker
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church
Folio	10/6030
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Jas. Williams

2893

12 October 1910

Thomas Pile
Sarah Jane Mathias

Thomas Pile
Sarah Jane Mathias
💍 1910/7885

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard
Tailoress

28
24

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
4 years

In the residence of Henry Mathias, Lime Street, Oamaru

10/8149

12 October 1910

Rev. R. J. Porter

No	2893
Date of Notice	12 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Pile	Sarah Jane Mathias
	💍 1910/7885
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard	Tailoress
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Henry Mathias, Lime Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/8149
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Porter

2894

15 October 1910

John Henry Carrodus
Ann Love Whyte

John Henry Carrodus
Ann Gore Whyte
💍 1910/7669

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

34
20

Ngapara
Ngapara

5 years
20 years

In the residence of Robert Whyte

10/8027

Robert Whyte, Father

15 October 1910

Rev. Jas. Standring

No	2894
Date of Notice	15 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Carrodus	Ann Love Whyte
BDM Match (93%)	John Henry Carrodus	Ann Gore Whyte
	💍 1910/7669
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	34	20
Dwelling Place	Ngapara	Ngapara
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Robert Whyte
Folio	10/8027
Consent	Robert Whyte, Father
Date of Certificate	15 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Standring

2895

24 October 1910

Samuel Ross Robb
Helen Nicol Cooper

Samuel Ross Robb
Helen Nicol Cooper
💍 1910/7886

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper's Assistant

27
27

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 months

St. Paul's Manse, Oamaru

10/8150

24 October 1910

Rev. R. J. Porter

No	2895
Date of Notice	24 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ross Robb	Helen Nicol Cooper
	💍 1910/7886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper's Assistant
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Manse, Oamaru
Folio	10/8150
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Porter

2896

25 October 1910

Henry Arthur Turnbull
Mary Margaret O'Connor

Henry Arthur Turnbull
Mary Margaret O'Connor
💍 1910/7651

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

28
19

Kakanui
Enfield

5 years
2 years

The Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru

10/8032

John O'Connor, Father

25 October 1910

Rev. Alexander Farthing

No	2896
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Arthur Turnbull	Mary Margaret O'Connor
	💍 1910/7651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Kakanui	Enfield
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Basilica, Oamaru
Folio	10/8032
Consent	John O'Connor, Father
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Farthing

2897

28 October 1910

Donald McIntosh
Barbara Webb

Donald McIntosh
Barbara Webb
💍 1910/7887

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

34
24

Oamaru
Oamaru

34 years
24 years

In the residence of James Webb, South Oamaru

10/8151

28 October 1910

Rev. R. J. Porter

No	2897
Date of Notice	28 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McIntosh	Barbara Webb
	💍 1910/7887
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	34 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of James Webb, South Oamaru
Folio	10/8151
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Porter

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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).