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 31 December 1910 Registrar P D Maguire

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

150

6 October 1910

Clement Gregory
Annie Clark

Clement Gregory
Annie Clark
💍 1910/7835

John Ernest Arthur Frost
Annie Clark
💍 1910/2406

Bachelor
Spinster

Woollen Spinner
Domestic Duties

24
21

Milton
Milton

6 Years
21 Years

House of Mr T Clark, Milton

10/8225

6 October 1910

Rev A Reader

No	150
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Gregory	Annie Clark
	💍 1910/7835
BDM Match (60%)	John Ernest Arthur Frost	Annie Clark
	💍 1910/2406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woollen Spinner	Domestic Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	6 Years	21 Years
Marriage Place	House of Mr T Clark, Milton
Folio	10/8225
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev A Reader

151

10 October 1910

James Mitchell Park
Ellen Bridget Brady

James Mitchell Park
Ellen Brady
💍 1910/7721

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic Duties

26
30

Milton
Milton

26 Years
30 Years

Anglican Church, Milton

10/8095

10 October 1910

Rev J C Small

No	151
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Mitchell Park	Ellen Bridget Brady
BDM Match (79%)	James Mitchell Park	Ellen Brady
	💍 1910/7721
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic Duties
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	26 Years	30 Years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Milton
Folio	10/8095
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J C Small

152

20 October 1910

John McCann
Elizabeth Spencer White

John McCann
Elizabeth Spencer White
💍 1910/7713

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

54
51

Ashburton
Milton

50 Years
51 Years

Anglican Church, Milton

10/8094

20 October 1910

Rev J C Small

No	152
Date of Notice	20 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McCann	Elizabeth Spencer White
	💍 1910/7713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	54	51
Dwelling Place	Ashburton	Milton
Length of Residence	50 Years	51 Years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Milton
Folio	10/8094
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J C Small

153

2 November 1910

John Allison Cameron
Ann McDiarmid

John Allison
Ann McDiarmid Cameron
💍 1910/7712

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29
25

Moneymore
Glenore

29 Years
25 Years

House of Mr W Camerons, Glenore

10/8093

2 November 1910

Rev G Miller

No	153
Date of Notice	2 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Allison Cameron	Ann McDiarmid
BDM Match (61%)	John Allison	Ann McDiarmid Cameron
	💍 1910/7712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Moneymore	Glenore
Length of Residence	29 Years	25 Years
Marriage Place	House of Mr W Camerons, Glenore
Folio	10/8093
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G Miller

154

22 December 1910

John Henry Stechman
Jessie Chisholm

John Henry Stechman
Jessie Chisholm
💍 1910/7711

Bachelor
Spinster

Loom Tuner
Domestic Duties

27
33

Milton
Milton

7 Years
33 Years

House of Mr D E Chisholm, Milton

10/8092

22 December 1910

Rev G Miller

No	154
Date of Notice	22 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Stechman	Jessie Chisholm
	💍 1910/7711
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Loom Tuner	Domestic Duties
Age	27	33
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	7 Years	33 Years
Marriage Place	House of Mr D E Chisholm, Milton
Folio	10/8092
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G Miller

155

29 December 1910

James McLeod
Isabella Burn

James McLeod
Isabella Burn
💍 1911/2150

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
33

Milton
Milton

36 Years
33 Years

House of Mrs A Burn, Milton

11/1603

29 December 1910

Rev G Miller

No	155
Date of Notice	29 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McLeod	Isabella Burn
	💍 1911/2150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Milton	Milton
Length of Residence	36 Years	33 Years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs A Burn, Milton
Folio	11/1603
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G Miller

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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).