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 J. Cumming

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

23 February 1910

William Hay
Margaret Ellen Mc. Cherney

William Hay
Margaret Ellen McChesney
💍 1910/1714

William Hay
Mary Isobel Kirkness
💍 1910/1610

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic

29
22

Leet St, Invercargill
Sydney St, Invercargill

3 days
22 years

Presbyterian Church

10/1790

23 February 1910

Rev. Geo. Lindsay

No	31
Date of Notice	23 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hay	Margaret Ellen Mc. Cherney
BDM Match (94%)	William Hay	Margaret Ellen McChesney
	💍 1910/1714
BDM Match (62%)	William Hay	Mary Isobel Kirkness
	💍 1910/1610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Leet St, Invercargill	Sydney St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/1790
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lindsay

25 February 1910

Terence Edward Shea
Isabella Harriet Stevens

Terence Edward Shea
Isabella Harriet Stevens
💍 1910/2091

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier
Domestic

21
20

Teviot St, Invercargill
Don St, Invercargill

17 years
6 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages

10/1768

John Robert Stevens, Father

25 February 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	32
Date of Notice	25 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Terence Edward Shea	Isabella Harriet Stevens
	💍 1910/2091
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier	Domestic
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Teviot St, Invercargill	Don St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	17 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages
Folio	10/1768
Consent	John Robert Stevens, Father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

28 February 1910

David Arthur Kirklands
Norah Agnes Mellrose (Late Thomson)

David Arthur Kirkland
Norah Agnes Mulhare
💍 1910/2092

Divorced
Divorced

Blacksmith
Domestic

46
32

Spey St, Invercargill
Spey St, Invercargill

3 years
13 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages

10/1769

28 February 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	33
Date of Notice	28 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Arthur Kirklands	Norah Agnes Mellrose (Late Thomson)
BDM Match (71%)	David Arthur Kirkland	Norah Agnes Mulhare
	💍 1910/2092
Condition	Divorced	Divorced
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	46	32
Dwelling Place	Spey St, Invercargill	Spey St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages
Folio	10/1769
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

7 March 1910

Herman Joseph Tietjens
Annie Maude Logie (Late Thompson)

Bachelor
Divorced

Factory Manager
Domestic

27
27

Dee St, Invercargill
Spey St, Invercargill

1 year
2 months

Office of Registrar of Marriages

10/1770

7 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	34
Date of Notice	7 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herman Joseph Tietjens	Annie Maude Logie (Late Thompson)
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Factory Manager	Domestic
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Dee St, Invercargill	Spey St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	1 year	2 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages
Folio	10/1770
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

7 March 1910

Joseph Ratt
Jessie Dallar

Joseph Pratt
Jessie Dallas
💍 1910/2078

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

26
23

Gladstone, Invercargill
Gladstone, Invercargill

7 years
23 years

English Church

10/1779

7 March 1910

Rev. W. Levinburn

No	35
Date of Notice	7 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ratt	Jessie Dallar
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph Pratt	Jessie Dallas
	💍 1910/2078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Gladstone, Invercargill	Gladstone, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	23 years
Marriage Place	English Church
Folio	10/1779
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Levinburn

8 March 1910

John Holloway (Halliday)
Isabella In Herge

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Domestic

22
15

Roslyn Bush, Invercargill
Long Bush, Invercargill

22 years
15 years

Residence of J. Cumming, Registrar

Not too young, See continued on page 7

John Holloway, Father

8 March 1910

J. Cumming, Registrar

No	36
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Holloway (Halliday)	Isabella In Herge
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Domestic
Age	22	15
Dwelling Place	Roslyn Bush, Invercargill	Long Bush, Invercargill
Length of Residence	22 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Cumming, Registrar
Folio	Not too young, See continued on page 7
Consent	John Holloway, Father
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Cumming, Registrar

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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).