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

184

11 April 1910

Thomas Wallace Hollands
Sabina Marguerite Watson

Thomas Wallace Hollands
Sabina Marguerite Watson
💍 1910/3610

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

14 days
2 months

In the house of Mr A. Burk, 12 Eden Street, Dunedin

10/3617

11 April 1910

G. Heighway

No	184
Date of Notice	11 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Wallace Hollands	Sabina Marguerite Watson
	💍 1910/3610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	14 days	2 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr A. Burk, 12 Eden Street, Dunedin
Folio	10/3617
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1910
Officiating Minister	G. Heighway

185

11 April 1910

Henry Beighton
Jane Lindsay Bennet

Henry Beighton
Jane Lindsay Bennet
💍 1910/3749

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist

30
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
1 year

In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, 33 Young Street, St. Kilda

10/3890

11 April 1910

R. Fairmaid

No	185
Date of Notice	11 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Beighton	Jane Lindsay Bennet
	💍 1910/3749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, 33 Young Street, St. Kilda
Folio	10/3890
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1910
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

186

12 April 1910

George Ezekiel William Beattie Campbell
Florence Moulin

George Ezekiel William Beattie Campbell
Florence Moulin
💍 1910/3320

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway employee

27
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
10 months

In the Congregational Church, Moray Place, Dunedin

10/3482

12 April 1910

W. Saunders

No	186
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ezekiel William Beattie Campbell	Florence Moulin
	💍 1910/3320
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway employee
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	10 months
Marriage Place	In the Congregational Church, Moray Place, Dunedin
Folio	10/3482
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	W. Saunders

187

12 April 1910

William Vivian
Olive Blanche Quan

William Vivian
Olive Blanche Zuan
💍 1910/3312

Widower
Spinster

Presser

32
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 months
17 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/3497

Mary Ann Prescott, mother

12 April 1910

J. Taylor

No	187
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Vivian	Olive Blanche Quan
BDM Match (97%)	William Vivian	Olive Blanche Zuan
	💍 1910/3312
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Presser
Age	32	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 months	17 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/3497
Consent	Mary Ann Prescott, mother
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Taylor

188

12 April 1910

Alexander Rocard
Margaret Dunlop

Alexander Rocard
Margaret Dunlop
💍 1910/3333

Widower
Widow

Engine driver

57
53

Dunedin
South Dunedin

34 years
1 week

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

10/3501

12 April 1910

J. Taylor

No	188
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Rocard	Margaret Dunlop
	💍 1910/3333
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engine driver
Age	57	53
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	34 years	1 week
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	10/3501
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Taylor

189

12 April 1910

John Leonard Taylor
Marion Magdalene Remhardt

John Leonard Taylor
Marion Magdalene Kemshardt
💍 1910/3554

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

28
29

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

3 days
29 years

In St. Johns Church, Roslyn

10/3673

12 April 1910

H. W. L. Snow

No	189
Date of Notice	12 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leonard Taylor	Marion Magdalene Remhardt
BDM Match (96%)	John Leonard Taylor	Marion Magdalene Kemshardt
	💍 1910/3554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	In St. Johns Church, Roslyn
Folio	10/3673
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1910
Officiating Minister	H. W. L. Snow

190

15 April 1910

David Brown
Mary Ann Penman

David Brown
Mary Ann Penman
💍 1910/3219

Widower
Widow

Retired

62
55

North East Valley
Roslyn

3 months
4 weeks

In the house of Mr C. S. Adam, 45 John Street, Mornington

10/3377

15 April 1910

Wm. Scorgie

No	190
Date of Notice	15 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Brown	Mary Ann Penman
	💍 1910/3219
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Retired
Age	62	55
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 months	4 weeks
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr C. S. Adam, 45 John Street, Mornington
Folio	10/3377
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm. Scorgie

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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).