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 459

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 1910

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

496

11 October 1910

William Hope Whitfield
Janet Mary Stevenson

William Hope Whitfield
Janet Mary Stevenson
💍 1910/7287

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
24

Roslyn
Roslyn

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/7679

11 October 1910

H. Maxwell

No	496
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hope Whitfield	Janet Mary Stevenson
	💍 1910/7287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/7679
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

497

11 October 1910

Louis Joseph Hoel Miller
Emma Elizabeth Miller

Louis Joseph Joel
Emma Elizabeth Miller
💍 1910/7298

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller
Photographer Manager

47
28

Dunedin
Caversham

47 years
10 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/7680

11 October 1910

H. Maxwell

No	497
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Joseph Hoel Miller	Emma Elizabeth Miller
BDM Match (83%)	Louis Joseph Joel	Emma Elizabeth Miller
	💍 1910/7298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller	Photographer Manager
Age	47	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Caversham
Length of Residence	47 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/7680
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

498

11 October 1910

Duncan Bell
Harriet Brayzer

Duncan Bell
Harriet Bragyer
💍 1910/7456

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

23
18

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
4 years

In the house of Mrs Henrietta Williams, 9 Albany Street, Dunedin

10/7834

Mrs Henrietta Williams, Mother

11 October 1910

R. E. Davies

No	498
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Bell	Harriet Brayzer
BDM Match (93%)	Duncan Bell	Harriet Bragyer
	💍 1910/7456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Henrietta Williams, 9 Albany Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7834
Consent	Mrs Henrietta Williams, Mother
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

499

11 October 1910

William Haddon Pettit
Letitia Grace Campbell

William Haddow Pettit
Letitia Graecen Campbell
💍 1910/7544

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical practitioner
Nurse

34
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 years
7 years

In the Baptist Church, Main South Road, Caversham

10/7923

11 October 1910

W. Mallis

No	499
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Haddon Pettit	Letitia Grace Campbell
BDM Match (93%)	William Haddow Pettit	Letitia Graecen Campbell
	💍 1910/7544
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical practitioner	Nurse
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the Baptist Church, Main South Road, Caversham
Folio	10/7923
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Mallis

500

11 October 1910

Rudolph Julius Edward Wark
Margaret Jane Simon

Rudolph Julius Edwark Wark
Margaret Jane Simon
💍 1910/7579

Widower
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

57
32

Opawa
Mornington

6 years
31 years

In the house of Christchurch, Chapel Street, Mornington

10/7935

11 October 1910

I. W. Vealie

No	500
Date of Notice	11 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph Julius Edward Wark	Margaret Jane Simon
BDM Match (98%)	Rudolph Julius Edwark Wark	Margaret Jane Simon
	💍 1910/7579
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	57	32
Dwelling Place	Opawa	Mornington
Length of Residence	6 years	31 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Christchurch, Chapel Street, Mornington
Folio	10/7935
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 October 1910
Officiating Minister	I. W. Vealie

501

13 October 1910

William Bell
Esther Malcolm

William Bell
Esther Malcolm
💍 1910/7451

Widower
Widow

Blacksmith

66
50

South Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
35 years

In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin

10/7852

13 October 1910

W. Hastie

No	501
Date of Notice	13 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bell	Esther Malcolm
	💍 1910/7451
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	66	50
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	35 years
Marriage Place	In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/7852
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Hastie

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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).