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 Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar John Gaunson Petrie

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

16 March 1910

Robert James Brown
Elsie Elizabeth Davies

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Domestic

29
22

Elles Road, Invercargill
Elles Road, Invercargill

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/1771

16 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	43
Date of Notice	16 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert James Brown	Elsie Elizabeth Davies
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Domestic
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Elles Road, Invercargill	Elles Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/1771
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

16 March 1910

Ernest John Bridgman
Jessie Weir

Ernest John Bridgman
Jessie Weir
💍 1910/2082

Bachelor
Spinster

Lawyer
Domestic

26
20

Inabel Street, Invercargill
Inabel Street, Invercargill

25 years
6 days

Presbyterian Church, Invercargill

10/1782

Euphemia Weir, Mother

16 March 1910

Rev. R. Rabbsholm

No	44
Date of Notice	16 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Bridgman	Jessie Weir
	💍 1910/2082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lawyer	Domestic
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Inabel Street, Invercargill	Inabel Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	25 years	6 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Invercargill
Folio	10/1782
Consent	Euphemia Weir, Mother
Date of Certificate	16 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Rabbsholm

19 March 1910

David Kilgour Anderson
Nellie May Black

David Kilgour Anderson
Nellie May Black
💍 1910/1715

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer, N.Z.R.
Dressmaker

25
25

220 Spey Street, Invercargill
15 Yetland House, Bluff Road, Invercargill

7 years
15 years

Residence of David Black

10/1791

19 March 1910

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	45
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Kilgour Anderson	Nellie May Black
	💍 1910/1715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer, N.Z.R.	Dressmaker
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	220 Spey Street, Invercargill	15 Yetland House, Bluff Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of David Black
Folio	10/1791
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

22 March 1910

William Jackson
Annette Thain Stamard

William Jackson
Annette Ihaia Hansard
💍 1910/2071

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic
Domestic

31
27

Appleby, Invercargill
27d Street, Invercargill

7 years
10 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/1792

22 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	46
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jackson	Annette Thain Stamard
BDM Match (86%)	William Jackson	Annette Ihaia Hansard
	💍 1910/2071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic	Domestic
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Appleby, Invercargill	27d Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	10 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/1792
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

25 March 1910

James McColgan
Elizabeth Agnes Telferon

James McColgan
Elizabeth Jessie Helena Ferguson
💍 1910/2072

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

53
34

300 St, Invercargill
300 St, Invercargill

3 days
6 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

10/1773

25 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	47
Date of Notice	25 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McColgan	Elizabeth Agnes Telferon
BDM Match (77%)	James McColgan	Elizabeth Jessie Helena Ferguson
	💍 1910/2072
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	53	34
Dwelling Place	300 St, Invercargill	300 St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	10/1773
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

24 March 1910

Alfred Frederick Leask
Edith Taylor

Alfred Frederick Leask
Edith Taylor
💍 1910/1697

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

22
21

Tay Street, Invercargill
Tay Street, Invercargill

7 years
7 years

Residence of John Taylor, Tay Street

10/1796

John Taylor, father of bride

24 March 1910

Rev. R. M. Hepburn

No	48
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Frederick Leask	Edith Taylor
	💍 1910/1697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Tay Street, Invercargill	Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Taylor, Tay Street
Folio	10/1796
Consent	John Taylor, father of bride
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. M. Hepburn

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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).