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 Tokomairiro Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar A. D. Maquire

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

136

6 April 1910

Thomas Milne
Jeannie Brookes Pearson

Thomas Milne
Jeannie Brookes Pearson
💍 1910/3481

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

31
25

Milton
Crichton Toko

51 years
23 years

House of Mr C Bowies

10/3630

6 April 1910

Rev W H Howes

No	136
Date of Notice	6 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Milne	Jeannie Brookes Pearson
	💍 1910/3481
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Milton	Crichton Toko
Length of Residence	51 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr C Bowies
Folio	10/3630
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W H Howes

137

6 April 1910

Walter Robert Carruthers
Jane Milne Bowie

Walter Robert Carruthers
Jane Milne Bowie
💍 1910/3473

Bachelor
Spinster

Planter
Schoolteacher

51
51

Milton
Crichton Milton

1 month
51 years

House of Mr C Bowie

10/3643

6 April 1910

Rev P B Fraser

No	137
Date of Notice	6 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Robert Carruthers	Jane Milne Bowie
	💍 1910/3473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Planter	Schoolteacher
Age	51	51
Dwelling Place	Milton	Crichton Milton
Length of Residence	1 month	51 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr C Bowie
Folio	10/3643
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev P B Fraser

138

8 April 1910

Alexander Barron
Mary Jane Paskell

Alexander Barron
Mary Jane Paskell
💍 1910/8036

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
18

Milton
Milton

4 years
18 years

House of Mr P Paskell

10/3404

Philip Paskell, Father

8 April 1910

Rev G Miller

No	138
Date of Notice	8 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Barron	Mary Jane Paskell
	💍 1910/8036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	4 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr P Paskell
Folio	10/3404
Consent	Philip Paskell, Father
Date of Certificate	8 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G Miller

139

12 April 1910

James Sinclair
Margaret Blyth Honeyman Peattie

James Sinclair
Margaret Blyth Honeyman Peattie
💍 1910/8037

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

43
37

Waihola
Milton

45 years
10 years

House of Mr R Peatties

10/3405

12 April 1910

Rev G Miller

No	139
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Sinclair	Margaret Blyth Honeyman Peattie
	💍 1910/8037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	43	37
Dwelling Place	Waihola	Milton
Length of Residence	45 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr R Peatties
Folio	10/3405
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G Miller

140

23 April 1910

Arthur Ingram
Mary Jane Wells

Arthur Ingram
Mary Jane Wells
💍 1910/3474

Bachelor
Spinster

Government Rabbiter
Domestic Duties

28
25

Mosgiel
Milton

28 years
23 years

Methodist Church

10/3644

23 April 1910

Rev A Reader

No	140
Date of Notice	23 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ingram	Mary Jane Wells
	💍 1910/3474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Government Rabbiter	Domestic Duties
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Mosgiel	Milton
Length of Residence	28 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church
Folio	10/3644
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev A Reader

141

21 May 1910

Andrew Anthony Patterson
Ada Purves

Andrew Anthony Patterson
Ada Purves
💍 1910/3262

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
32

Milton
Akatore

15 years
32 years

House of Mr J Purves Akatore

10/3422

21 May 1910

Rev W H Howes

No	141
Date of Notice	21 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Anthony Patterson	Ada Purves
	💍 1910/3262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	32
Dwelling Place	Milton	Akatore
Length of Residence	15 years	32 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr J Purves Akatore
Folio	10/3422
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W H Howes

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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).