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

2861

24 May 1910

Robert Fairbairn Johnston
Agnes Campbell

Robert Fairbairn Johnston
Agnes Campbell
💍 1910/3321

Widower
Spinster

Grocer

48
46

Dunedin
Oamaru

1 months
3 days

Residence of Mr. T. White

10/3484

24 May 1910

Rev. Wm. Wright

No	2861
Date of Notice	24 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Fairbairn Johnston	Agnes Campbell
	💍 1910/3321
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	48	46
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Oamaru
Length of Residence	1 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. T. White
Folio	10/3484
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Wright

2862

31 May 1910

John Dulligan
Johanna Dunne

John Mullighan
Johanna Dunne
💍 1910/3391

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
21

South Oamaru
Totara

21 years
4 years

In the Roman Catholic Basilica

10/3557

31 May 1910

Rev. Alexr. Farthing

No	2862
Date of Notice	31 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dulligan	Johanna Dunne
BDM Match (93%)	John Mullighan	Johanna Dunne
	💍 1910/3391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	South Oamaru	Totara
Length of Residence	21 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Basilica
Folio	10/3557
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexr. Farthing

2863

31 May 1910

Henry Davis
Margaret Byers

Henry Davis
Margaret Byers
💍 1910/8187

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

24
18

Reidston
Reidston

3 days
18 years

In the residence of Richard Byers

10/6070

Richard Byers, Father

31 May 1910

Rev. H. J. Davis

No	2863
Date of Notice	31 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Davis	Margaret Byers
	💍 1910/8187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Reidston	Reidston
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Richard Byers
Folio	10/6070
Consent	Richard Byers, Father
Date of Certificate	31 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Davis

2864

9 June 1910

Robert James Scott
Louisa Patterson

Robert James Scott
Louisa Patterson
💍 1910/3432

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
23

Ardgowan
Ardgowan

about 10 years
about 5 months

In the residence of Jane Patterson, Trent Street, Oamaru

10/3604

9 June 1910

Rev. I. H. Roseveare

No	2864
Date of Notice	9 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Scott	Louisa Patterson
	💍 1910/3432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Ardgowan	Ardgowan
Length of Residence	about 10 years	about 5 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Jane Patterson, Trent Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/3604
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. H. Roseveare

2865

16 June 1910

David Alexander Bee
Mary Neilson Thomson

David Alexander Bee
Mary Neilsan Thomson
💍 1910/3299

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Turner

37
42

Oamaru
Oamaru

37 years
42 years

In the residence of John Thomson, Reed Street, Oamaru

10/3485

16 June 1910

Rev. Wm. Wright

No	2865
Date of Notice	16 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Bee	Mary Neilson Thomson
BDM Match (98%)	David Alexander Bee	Mary Neilsan Thomson
	💍 1910/3299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Turner
Age	37	42
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	37 years	42 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of John Thomson, Reed Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/3485
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Wright

2866

18 June 1910

Michael O'Brien
Margaret Mary Doyle

Michael OBrien
Margaret Mary Doyle
💍 1910/3319

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

27
20

Enfield
Enfield

4 years
about 20 years

In the Roman Catholic Basilica

10/3481

Patrick Doyle, Father, Enfield

18 June 1910

Rev. Alexr. Farthing

No	2866
Date of Notice	18 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael O'Brien	Margaret Mary Doyle
BDM Match (97%)	Michael OBrien	Margaret Mary Doyle
	💍 1910/3319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Enfield	Enfield
Length of Residence	4 years	about 20 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Basilica
Folio	10/3481
Consent	Patrick Doyle, Father, Enfield
Date of Certificate	18 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexr. Farthing

2869

24 June 1910

John Webb
Ann Graham Irvine Bell

John Webb
Ann Grahame Irvrine Bell
💍 1910/5884

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
22

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 years
17 years

In the residence of Robert Bell, Ouse Street, Oamaru

10/5948

24 June 1910

Rev. R. J. Porter

No	2869
Date of Notice	24 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Webb	Ann Graham Irvine Bell
BDM Match (96%)	John Webb	Ann Grahame Irvrine Bell
	💍 1910/5884
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Robert Bell, Ouse Street, Oamaru
Folio	10/5948
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 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).