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 425

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

280

10 June 1910

Ronald John McDonald
Catherine Mary Swanston

Ronald John McDonald
Catherine Mary Swanston
💍 1910/5825

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29 years
29 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

4 years
29 years

In the house of Mr. W. R. Swanston Kaihorai Valley Road Roslyn

10/6186

10 June 1910

R. R. M. Sutherland

No	280
Date of Notice	10 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald John McDonald	Catherine Mary Swanston
	💍 1910/5825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	4 years	29 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. W. R. Swanston Kaihorai Valley Road Roslyn
Folio	10/6186
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1910
Officiating Minister	R. R. M. Sutherland

281

10 June 1910

George Rothel
Tofeah Barbara

George Rothle
Tofeah Barbara
💍 1910/3353

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

25 years
22 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

2 weeks
22 years

In the house of Mr. N. Barbara 47 Oxford Street South Dunedin

10/3539

10 June 1910

N. Manowitch

No	281
Date of Notice	10 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Rothel	Tofeah Barbara
BDM Match (92%)	George Rothle	Tofeah Barbara
	💍 1910/3353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	25 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 weeks	22 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. N. Barbara 47 Oxford Street South Dunedin
Folio	10/3539
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 June 1910
Officiating Minister	N. Manowitch

282

11 June 1910

Edward James Robertson
Elizabeth Isabella Jane Cramond

Edward James Robertson
Elizabeth Isabella Jane Cramond
💍 1910/3336

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

24 years
19 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

7 years
2 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

10/3521

Alexander Cramond Father

11 June 1910

H. Maxwell

No	282
Date of Notice	11 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Robertson	Elizabeth Isabella Jane Cramond
	💍 1910/3336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	24 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	10/3521
Consent	Alexander Cramond Father
Date of Certificate	11 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

283

11 June 1910

Herbert Martin Skeels
Lilian May Andrew

Herbert Martin Skeels
Lilian May Andrew
💍 1910/3492

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Saleswoman

23 years
24 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 months
7 days

In St Paul's Cathedral Dunedin

10/3662

11 June 1910

H. G. Gould

No	283
Date of Notice	11 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Martin Skeels	Lilian May Andrew
	💍 1910/3492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Saleswoman
Age	23 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 months	7 days
Marriage Place	In St Paul's Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	10/3662
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. G. Gould

284

11 June 1910

Thomas John Payton
Eliza Moreland

Thomas John Payton
Eliza Moreland
💍 1910/3623

Bachelor
Spinster

Brassfinisher

33 years
26 years

Dunedin
Maori Hill

33 years
6 months

In St. Peter's Church Caversham

10/3606

11 June 1910

B. M. King

No	284
Date of Notice	11 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Payton	Eliza Moreland
	💍 1910/3623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brassfinisher
Age	33 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	33 years	6 months
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Church Caversham
Folio	10/3606
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1910
Officiating Minister	B. M. King

285

13 June 1910

Henry Roberts
Mary McVie

Henry Roberts
Mary McVie
💍 1910/3337

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

52 years
42 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

10/3522

13 June 1910

H. Maxwell

No	285
Date of Notice	13 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Roberts	Mary McVie
	💍 1910/3337
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	52 years	42 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	10/3522
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

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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).