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).

Page 461

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar [illegible]

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

509

18 October 1910

Gilbert James Dunwoodie
Mary Wilhelmina Williamson

Gilbert James Dunwoodie
Mary Wilhelmina Williamson
💍 1910/7306

Bachelor
Spinster

Chairmaker

28 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 year
20 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/7682

18 October 1910

H. Maxwell

No	509
Date of Notice	18 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert James Dunwoodie	Mary Wilhelmina Williamson
	💍 1910/7306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chairmaker
Age	28 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 year	20 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/7682
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

510

18 October 1910

Samuel George Wallace
Alice Elizabeth Halliday

Samuel George Wallace
Alice Elizabeth Halliday
💍 1910/7307

Bachelor
Spinster

Dredgehand

21 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 months
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/7683

Elizabeth Amelia Asher, Mother

18 October 1910

H. Maxwell

No	510
Date of Notice	18 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel George Wallace	Alice Elizabeth Halliday
	💍 1910/7307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dredgehand
Age	21 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 months	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/7683
Consent	Elizabeth Amelia Asher, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

511

18 October 1910

George William Archibald McLean
Emily Barber

George William Archibald McLean
Emily Barber
💍 1910/7449

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24 years
26 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
5 years

In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin

10/7850

Elizabeth Amelia Asher, Mother

18 October 1910

W. H. Hastie

No	511
Date of Notice	18 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Archibald McLean	Emily Barber
	💍 1910/7449
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7850
Consent	Elizabeth Amelia Asher, Mother
Date of Certificate	18 October 1910
Officiating Minister	W. H. Hastie

512

19 October 1910

Samuel Craig Brown
Alice Margaret Brown

Samuel Craig
Alice Margaret Brown
💍 1910/7460

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

35 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
29 years

In the house of Mrs Ann Brown, 72 London Street, Dunedin

10/7838

19 October 1910

R. E. Davies

No	512
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Craig Brown	Alice Margaret Brown
BDM Match (83%)	Samuel Craig	Alice Margaret Brown
	💍 1910/7460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	35 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Ann Brown, 72 London Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7838
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

513

19 October 1910

William Tremere Foster
Frances Amy Park

William Tremere Foster
Frances Amy Park
💍 1910/7461

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

23 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
4 years

In the house of Professor Park, 77 St David Street, Dunedin

10/7839

19 October 1910

R. E. Davies

No	513
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Tremere Foster	Frances Amy Park
	💍 1910/7461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	23 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Professor Park, 77 St David Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7839
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

514

19 October 1910

William Alexander Steele
Flora Selina Grant

William Alexander Steele
Flora Colina Grant
💍 1910/7450

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

26 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
1 month

In the Waratah Tea Rooms, George Street, Dunedin

10/7851

19 October 1910

W. H. Hastie

No	514
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Steele	Flora Selina Grant
BDM Match (94%)	William Alexander Steele	Flora Colina Grant
	💍 1910/7450
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	26 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	In the Waratah Tea Rooms, George Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7851
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	W. H. Hastie

515

20 October 1910

James Francis Prendergast
Clara Bridget Walsh

James Francis Prandergast
Clara Bridget Walsh
💍 1910/7466

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

39 years
35 years

Dunedin
St Kilda

10 years
35 years

In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

10/7869

20 October 1910

I. O'Malley

No	515
Date of Notice	20 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Prendergast	Clara Bridget Walsh
BDM Match (98%)	James Francis Prandergast	Clara Bridget Walsh
	💍 1910/7466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39 years	35 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St Kilda
Length of Residence	10 years	35 years
Marriage Place	In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	10/7869
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1910
Officiating Minister	I. O'Malley

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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).