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 433

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

329

4 July 1910

Edward Boraman
Sarah Hudson

Edward Boraman
Sarah Hudson
💍 1910/4982

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruiterer

26 years
23 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

18 years
4 months

In the house of the Rev D J Murray, Macandrew Road, South Dunedin

10/5132

4 July 1910

D J Murray

No	329
Date of Notice	4 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Boraman	Sarah Hudson
	💍 1910/4982
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruiterer
Age	26 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	18 years	4 months
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev D J Murray, Macandrew Road, South Dunedin
Folio	10/5132
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1910
Officiating Minister	D J Murray

330

5 July 1910

Thomas McNeilly
Jessie Janet Dimmock

Thomas McNeilly
Jessie Janet Dimmoch
💍 1910/6156

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

36 years
21 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Presbyterian Church, Anderson's Bay

10/6006

5 July 1910

A. Cameron

No	330
Date of Notice	5 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas McNeilly	Jessie Janet Dimmock
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas McNeilly	Jessie Janet Dimmoch
	💍 1910/6156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	36 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Anderson's Bay
Folio	10/6006
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1910
Officiating Minister	A. Cameron

331

6 July 1910

Louis Edward Spedding
Helen Saywell

Louis Edward Spedding
Helena Saywell
💍 1910/5330

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

39 years
34 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

17 years
34 years

In the house of Mr L. E. Spedding, 9 Lambeth Road, Dunedin

10/5624

6 July 1910

R. E. Davies

No	331
Date of Notice	6 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Edward Spedding	Helen Saywell
BDM Match (96%)	Louis Edward Spedding	Helena Saywell
	💍 1910/5330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39 years	34 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	17 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr L. E. Spedding, 9 Lambeth Road, Dunedin
Folio	10/5624
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1910
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

332

6 July 1910

Henry Thomas Andrews
Mary Anne Daly

Henry Thomas Andrews
Mary Anne Daly
💍 1910/5058

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

33 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
1 month

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/5739

6 July 1910

H. Maxwell

No	332
Date of Notice	6 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Andrews	Mary Anne Daly
	💍 1910/5058
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	33 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/5739
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

333

6 July 1910

Leslie Arthur Hillsdon Hutton
Florisse Millicent Stevenson

Leslie Arthur Hillsdon Hutton
Florisse Millicent Stevenson
💍 1910/5112

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk

24 years
22 years

Roslyn
Dunedin

20 years
7 years

In the house of Mrs J. Stevenson, 128 Stafford Street, Dunedin

10/5796

6 July 1910

E. H. Hobday

No	333
Date of Notice	6 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Arthur Hillsdon Hutton	Florisse Millicent Stevenson
	💍 1910/5112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk
Age	24 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs J. Stevenson, 128 Stafford Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/5796
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1910
Officiating Minister	E. H. Hobday

334

8 July 1910

John McHendry
Bina Eva Counihan

John McKendry
Bena Eva Counihan
💍 1910/5391

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Trainer

32 years
18 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin

10/6637

John Counihan, Father

8 July 1910

J. Coffey

No	334
Date of Notice	8 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McHendry	Bina Eva Counihan
BDM Match (93%)	John McKendry	Bena Eva Counihan
	💍 1910/5391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Trainer
Age	32 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	10/6637
Consent	John Counihan, Father
Date of Certificate	8 July 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

335

8 July 1910

Arthur Blowers
Caroline Mary Sullivan

Arthur Blowers
Caroline Mary Sullivan
💍 1910/5613

Bachelor
Spinster

Leather Cutter

25 years
18 years

North East Valley
Dunedin

2 weeks
8 years

In the First Church, Dunedin

10/5891

Francis Joseph Sullivan, Father

8 July 1910

D. Dutton

No	335
Date of Notice	8 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Blowers	Caroline Mary Sullivan
	💍 1910/5613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Leather Cutter
Age	25 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 weeks	8 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church, Dunedin
Folio	10/5891
Consent	Francis Joseph Sullivan, Father
Date of Certificate	8 July 1910
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

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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).