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 435

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

342

12 July 1910

Algernon Bertie Thomas Wilson
Williamina Fiddes

Algernon Bertie Thomas Wilson
Williamina Fiddes
💍 1910/5028

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Carver
Tailoress

23 years
21 years

St Kilda
St Kilda

4 years
21 years

In the house of A. C. McDonald, 41 King Edward Street, South Dunedin

10/5230

12 July 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	342
Date of Notice	12 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Algernon Bertie Thomas Wilson	Williamina Fiddes
	💍 1910/5028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Carver	Tailoress
Age	23 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	St Kilda
Length of Residence	4 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of A. C. McDonald, 41 King Edward Street, South Dunedin
Folio	10/5230
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

343

13 July 1910

James Bennet
Agnes Miriam botterill

James Bennet
Agnes Miriam Cotterell
💍 1910/5061

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

46 years
25 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/5242

13 July 1910

H. Maxwell

No	343
Date of Notice	13 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bennet	Agnes Miriam botterill
BDM Match (95%)	James Bennet	Agnes Miriam Cotterell
	💍 1910/5061
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	46 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/5242
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

344

13 July 1910

Horace Attwood
Minnie Lister Wederell

Horace Attwood
Minnie Lister Wederell
💍 1910/8243

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

41 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St Matthews Church, Dunedin

10/5089

13 July 1910

Wm. Curzon-Siggers

No	344
Date of Notice	13 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Attwood	Minnie Lister Wederell
	💍 1910/8243
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	41 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Matthews Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/5089
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Curzon-Siggers

345

13 July 1910

Henry William Lambeth
Maud Thompson

Henry William Lambeth
Maud Thompson
💍 1910/5104

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

36 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

36 years
23 years

In All Saints Church, Dunedin

10/5317

13 July 1910

A. R. Fitchett

No	345
Date of Notice	13 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Lambeth	Maud Thompson
	💍 1910/5104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	36 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	36 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/5317
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1910
Officiating Minister	A. R. Fitchett

346

15 July 1910

Archibald McLaren
Florence Wood

Archibald McLaren
Florence Wood
💍 1910/5039

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21 years
21 years

North East Valley
South Dunedin

12 months
2 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages

10/5243

15 July 1910

H. Maxwell

No	346
Date of Notice	15 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald McLaren	Florence Wood
	💍 1910/5039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 months	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	10/5243
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

347

16 July 1910

David Strang
Isabella Muir Austin

David Strang
Isabella Muir Austin
💍 1910/5029

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Dressmaker

30 years
20 years

Caversham
St Kilda

30 years
2 weeks

In the house of Mrs J. W. Hartley, 41 King Edward Street, St Kilda

10/5231

Thomas Hume Austin, Father

16 July 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	347
Date of Notice	16 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Strang	Isabella Muir Austin
	💍 1910/5029
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Dressmaker
Age	30 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Caversham	St Kilda
Length of Residence	30 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs J. W. Hartley, 41 King Edward Street, St Kilda
Folio	10/5231
Consent	Thomas Hume Austin, Father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

348

19 July 1910

Peter Nielsen
Mary Dalrymple Laing

Peter Nielsen
Mary Dalrymple Laing
💍 1910/5135

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

30 years
34 years

Maori Hill
Dunedin

30 years
34 years

In the house of Mr John Laing, 3 Regent Road, Dunedin

10/5311

19 July 1910

Wm. Hay

No	348
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Nielsen	Mary Dalrymple Laing
	💍 1910/5135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	30 years	34 years
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr John Laing, 3 Regent Road, Dunedin
Folio	10/5311
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Hay

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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).