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 437

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

356

25 July 1910

Samuel Haves
Margaret Fairley

Samuel Hawes
Margaret Fairley
💍 1910/4925

Widower
Spinster

Labourer
Shop assistant

37
34

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of Mr A Sullivan, 132 Stafford Street, Dunedin

10/5098

25 July 1910

A. Whyte

No	356
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Haves	Margaret Fairley
BDM Match (96%)	Samuel Hawes	Margaret Fairley
	💍 1910/4925
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Shop assistant
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr A Sullivan, 132 Stafford Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/5098
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	A. Whyte

357

25 July 1910

William Lamberton
Helen Hunter

William Lamberton
Hellen Hunter
💍 1910/4922

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 months
14 years

In the house of Miss E. Bower, 49 George Street, Dunedin

10/5095

25 July 1910

A. Thurkettle

No	357
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lamberton	Helen Hunter
BDM Match (96%)	William Lamberton	Hellen Hunter
	💍 1910/4922
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 months	14 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Miss E. Bower, 49 George Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/5095
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	A. Thurkettle

358

25 July 1910

John Charles Henry Colyer
Mabel Warwood Stirton

John Charles Henry Colyer
Mabel Warwood
💍 1910/5198

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram conductor
Dressmaker

22
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

18 months
9 years

In the house of Mr John Warwood, 3 Bishop's Road, Dunedin

10/5106

25 July 1910

A. Thurkettle

No	358
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Henry Colyer	Mabel Warwood Stirton
BDM Match (81%)	John Charles Henry Colyer	Mabel Warwood
	💍 1910/5198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram conductor	Dressmaker
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	18 months	9 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr John Warwood, 3 Bishop's Road, Dunedin
Folio	10/5106
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	A. Thurkettle

359

25 July 1910

John Cunningham Thomson
Jessie Stewart McIntosh

John Cunningham Thomson
Jessie Stewart McIntosh
💍 1910/5113

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

20
17

Roslyn
Roslyn

20 years
17 years

In the house of the Rev. E. H. Hobday, School Street, Roslyn

10/5297

Agnes McIntosh, mother of bride

25 July 1910

E. H. Hobday

No	359
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cunningham Thomson	Jessie Stewart McIntosh
	💍 1910/5113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	20 years	17 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. E. H. Hobday, School Street, Roslyn
Folio	10/5297
Consent	Agnes McIntosh, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	E. H. Hobday

360

25 July 1910

Henry Thomas Richdale
Hannah Overend Newton

Henry Thomas Richdale
Hannah Overend Hewton
💍 1910/4943

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

25
24

Dunedin
Mornington

11 years
13 years

In the house of Mr J. W. Newton, Patrick Street, Mornington

10/5193

25 July 1910

W. Scorgie

No	360
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Richdale	Hannah Overend Newton
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Thomas Richdale	Hannah Overend Hewton
	💍 1910/4943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	11 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr J. W. Newton, Patrick Street, Mornington
Folio	10/5193
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Scorgie

361

26 July 1910

Edmund Percy Tomkins
Elizabeth Theresa Crosswell

Edmund Percy Tomkins
Elizabeth Theresa Crosswell
💍 1910/4983

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Nurse

22
21

Dunedin
Caversham

3 days
18 years

In the house of the Rev. D. J. Murray, Wesley Street, South Dunedin

10/5133

26 July 1910

D. J. Murray

No	361
Date of Notice	26 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Percy Tomkins	Elizabeth Theresa Crosswell
	💍 1910/4983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Nurse
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Caversham
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. D. J. Murray, Wesley Street, South Dunedin
Folio	10/5133
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1910
Officiating Minister	D. J. Murray

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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).