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 423

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

267

1 June 1910

George Ernest Marston
Annie Mary Jane Smith

George Ernest Marston
Annie Mary Jane Smith
💍 1910/3621

Bachelor
Spinster

Wireworker

27 years
25 years

Dunedin
South Dunedin

16 years
25 years

In St. Peters Church, Caversham

10/3604

1 June 1910

B. M. King

No	267
Date of Notice	1 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Marston	Annie Mary Jane Smith
	💍 1910/3621
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wireworker
Age	27 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	16 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peters Church, Caversham
Folio	10/3604
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1910
Officiating Minister	B. M. King

268

1 June 1910

Henry Robertson
Jessie Macdonald

Henry Robertson
Jessie MacDonald
💍 1910/3332

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

63 years
36 years

Roslyn
Dunedin

38 years
9 months

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/3518

1 June 1910

H. Maxwell

No	268
Date of Notice	1 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Robertson	Jessie Macdonald
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Robertson	Jessie MacDonald
	💍 1910/3332
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	63 years	36 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Dunedin
Length of Residence	38 years	9 months
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/3518
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

269

2 June 1910

Marmaduke Dove
Harriet Louisa Wates

Marmaduke Dore
Harriet Louisa Wates
💍 1910/3555

Widower
Widow

Labourer

64 years
60 years

North East Valley
North East Valley

7 months
2 years

In the house of Mrs H. L. Wates, Sixth Avenue, North East Valley

10/3682

2 June 1910

H. B. Gray

No	269
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Marmaduke Dove	Harriet Louisa Wates
BDM Match (96%)	Marmaduke Dore	Harriet Louisa Wates
	💍 1910/3555
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	64 years	60 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	North East Valley
Length of Residence	7 months	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs H. L. Wates, Sixth Avenue, North East Valley
Folio	10/3682
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray

270

4 June 1910

Neil McGilvery
Emma McKinley

Neil McGilvery
Emma McKinley
💍 1910/3748

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

34 years
46 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 months
6 months

In the house of the Rev. E. A. Axelsen, 41 Clyde Street, Dunedin

10/3869

4 June 1910

E. A. Axelsen

No	270
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil McGilvery	Emma McKinley
	💍 1910/3748
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	34 years	46 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. E. A. Axelsen, 41 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/3869
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

271

4 June 1910

William Herbert Organ
Agnes Mitchell Carnahan

William Herbert Organ
Agnes Mitchell Carnahan
💍 1910/3200

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

33 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
10 days

In the Presbyterian Church, Mornington

10/3381

4 June 1910

Wm. Scorgie

No	271
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Organ	Agnes Mitchell Carnahan
	💍 1910/3200
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	33 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Mornington
Folio	10/3381
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Scorgie

272

4 June 1910

William Allison Brown
Kate Marina Waldie

William Allison Brown
Kate Marina Waldie
💍 1910/3729

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

21 years
18 years

South Dunedin
Dunedin

19 months
13 months

In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, Young Street, St. Kilda

10/3874

Naomi Waldie, Mother

4 June 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	272
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Allison Brown	Kate Marina Waldie
	💍 1910/3729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	21 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	19 months	13 months
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, Young Street, St. Kilda
Folio	10/3874
Consent	Naomi Waldie, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

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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).