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).

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 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

305

23 June 1910

Francis Anderson
Mary Ann Emily Robinson

Francis Anderson
May Ann Emily Robinson
💍 1910/3733

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
18

South Dunedin
Dunedin

10 years
18 years

In the house of Mr John Angus, 190 King Edward Street, South Dunedin

10/3848

Milly McLaren, Mother

23 June 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	305
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Anderson	Mary Ann Emily Robinson
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Anderson	May Ann Emily Robinson
	💍 1910/3733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr John Angus, 190 King Edward Street, South Dunedin
Folio	10/3848
Consent	Milly McLaren, Mother
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

306

23 June 1910

James Andrew McLedowney
Ellen Mary Quirk

James Andrew McLedowney
Ellen Mary Quirk
💍 1910/3402

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

30
33

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

14 years
6 weeks

In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin

10/3414

23 June 1910

S. O'Malley

No	306
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Andrew McLedowney	Ellen Mary Quirk
	💍 1910/3402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In St Patrick's Basilica, South Dunedin
Folio	10/3414
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	S. O'Malley

307

23 June 1910

Peter Bell
Isabella Maud Grawn

Peter Bell
Isabella Maud Treurn
💍 1910/5003

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
21

West Harbour
West Harbour

2 years
4 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/3310

23 June 1910

H. Maxwell

No	307
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Bell	Isabella Maud Grawn
BDM Match (90%)	Peter Bell	Isabella Maud Treurn
	💍 1910/5003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	West Harbour	West Harbour
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/3310
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

308

23 June 1910

Alexander Campbell Goodlet
Sarah Robins

Alexander Campbell Goodlet
Sarah Robins
💍 1910/5826

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Employee

20
31

Roslyn
Roslyn

20 years
12 years

In the house of Mr W. Robins, Anderson Road, Roslyn

10/6187

23 June 1910

R. G. M. Sutherland

No	308
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Campbell Goodlet	Sarah Robins
	💍 1910/5826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Employee
Age	20	31
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	20 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr W. Robins, Anderson Road, Roslyn
Folio	10/6187
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	R. G. M. Sutherland

309

25 June 1910

William Ernest Parks
Jane Adelaide Ingram

William Ernest Parks
Jane Adelaide Ingram
💍 1910/3423

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
18

North East Valley, Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
4 years

In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin

10/3593

William Parks, Andrew Ingram, Fathers

25 June 1910

G. H. Smith

No	309
Date of Notice	25 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Parks	Jane Adelaide Ingram
	💍 1910/3423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	North East Valley, Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Primitive Methodist Church, Dundas Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/3593
Consent	William Parks, Andrew Ingram, Fathers
Date of Certificate	25 June 1910
Officiating Minister	G. H. Smith

310

27 June 1910

Henry Joseph Boardman
Annie Evans

Henry Joseph Boardman
Annie Evans
💍 1910/3347

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

41
34

Dunedin
North East Valley

3 days
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/3525

27 June 1910

H. Maxwell

No	310
Date of Notice	27 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joseph Boardman	Annie Evans
	💍 1910/3347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	41	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	North East Valley
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/3525
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

311

27 June 1910

Thomas Pickup
Mary Ellen Rodgers

Thomas Pickup
Mary Ellen Rodgers
💍 1910/3217

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruitgrower

34
39

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
2 years

In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

10/3375

27 June 1910

J. Coffey

No	311
Date of Notice	27 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Pickup	Mary Ellen Rodgers
	💍 1910/3217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruitgrower
Age	34	39
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	10/3375
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

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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).