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 447

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 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

421

30 August 1910

Charles Hollis
Sarah Jane Hutton

Charles Hollis
Sarah Jane Hutton
💍 1910/4936

Bachelor
Widow

Retired

56
52

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
12 years

In the house of Mr. R. D. Thomson, 276 Castle Street, Dunedin

10/5084

30 August 1910

S. H. McIntyre

No	421
Date of Notice	30 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hollis	Sarah Jane Hutton
	💍 1910/4936
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Retired
Age	56	52
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. R. D. Thomson, 276 Castle Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/5084
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1910
Officiating Minister	S. H. McIntyre

422

30 August 1910

Alexander Watt
Isabella Liddell

Alexander Watt
Isabella Liddell
💍 1910/5051

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironworker

23
24

Green Island
Dunedin

23 years
24 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/5254

30 August 1910

H. Maxwell

No	422
Date of Notice	30 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Watt	Isabella Liddell
	💍 1910/5051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironworker
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Green Island	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/5254
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

423

31 August 1910

Charles Russell
Margaret Adams Reid

Charles Russell
Margaret Adams Reid
💍 1910/5752

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Schoolteacher

35
39

Dunedin
Roslyn

3 days
6 weeks

In the house of Mr. I. Reid, Michie Street, Roslyn

10/5935

31 August 1910

R. Waddell

No	423
Date of Notice	31 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Russell	Margaret Adams Reid
	💍 1910/5752
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Schoolteacher
Age	35	39
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. I. Reid, Michie Street, Roslyn
Folio	10/5935
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Waddell

424

31 August 1910

George Alexander McGregor
Delilah Barbara McBeath

George Alexander McGregor
Delilah Barbara McBeath
💍 1910/5338

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

30
23

Dunedin
Mornington

30 years
12 months

In Knox Church Manse, Dunedin

10/5631

31 August 1910

R. E. Davies

No	424
Date of Notice	31 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alexander McGregor	Delilah Barbara McBeath
	💍 1910/5338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	30 years	12 months
Marriage Place	In Knox Church Manse, Dunedin
Folio	10/5631
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

425

31 August 1910

William Evans
Annie Seymour

William Evans
Annie Seymour
💍 1910/5256

Bachelor
Divorced

Carpenter

24
35

Green Island
Green Island

4 months
2 years

In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin

10/5488

31 August 1910

W. I. Hastie

No	425
Date of Notice	31 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Evans	Annie Seymour
	💍 1910/5256
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	35
Dwelling Place	Green Island	Green Island
Length of Residence	4 months	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Tabernacle, Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/5488
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1910
Officiating Minister	W. I. Hastie

426

31 August 1910

George Thomas Maunder
Mary Stewart

George Thomas Maunder
Mary Stewart
💍 1910/5339

Bachelor
Spinster

School-teacher

25
29

St. Kilda
St. Kilda

3 days
12 months

In the house of Mr. I. A. Spence, 16 High Street, St. Kilda

10/5632

31 August 1910

R. E. Davies

No	426
Date of Notice	31 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Maunder	Mary Stewart
	💍 1910/5339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School-teacher
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	St. Kilda
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. I. A. Spence, 16 High Street, St. Kilda
Folio	10/5632
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

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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).