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 Timaru Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar Alex. Montgomery

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

104

14 October 1910

William John Dick
Margaret Hare

William John Dick
Margaret Hare
💍 1910/7945

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
30

Fairlie
Timaru

10 years
12 months

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

10/8303

14 October 1910

Rev. J. Lubman, Roman Catholic Priest

No	104
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Dick	Margaret Hare
	💍 1910/7945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Fairlie	Timaru
Length of Residence	10 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	10/8303
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lubman, Roman Catholic Priest

108

19 October 1910

Frederick Henry Gobbe
Sarah Holmes

Frederick Henry Gobbe
Sarah Holmes
💍 1910/7391

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Tailoress

26
29

Timaru
Normanby

3 days
18 months

St. Mary's English Church, Timaru

10/1742

19 October 1910

Rev. S. J. Adams, Church of England Clergyman

No	108
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry Gobbe	Sarah Holmes
	💍 1910/7391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Tailoress
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Normanby
Length of Residence	3 days	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's English Church, Timaru
Folio	10/1742
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Adams, Church of England Clergyman

109

19 October 1910

William Walterdroing
Marion Williamson

William Walter Irving
Marion Williamson
💍 1910/7398

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic Duties

32
34

Waimataitai
Timaru

9 days
3 days

Dwellinghouse of Rev. J. Stinson, Timaru

10/17731

19 October 1910

Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian Minister

No	109
Date of Notice	19 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Walterdroing	Marion Williamson
BDM Match (93%)	William Walter Irving	Marion Williamson
	💍 1910/7398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic Duties
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Waimataitai	Timaru
Length of Residence	9 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Dwellinghouse of Rev. J. Stinson, Timaru
Folio	10/17731
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Stinson, Presbyterian Minister

110

20 October 1910

Frank Edward Price
Margaret Dunlop Shanks

Frank Edward Price
Margaret Dunlop Shanks
💍 1910/7393

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

24
21

Washdyke
Claremont

6 years
18 months

St. Mary's English Church, Timaru

10/17744

20 October 1910

Rev. S. J. Adams, Church of England Clergyman

No	110
Date of Notice	20 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Edward Price	Margaret Dunlop Shanks
	💍 1910/7393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Washdyke	Claremont
Length of Residence	6 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's English Church, Timaru
Folio	10/17744
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Adams, Church of England Clergyman

111

25 October 1910

Peter Norman McLeod
Mary Ross

Peter Norman McLeod
Mary Ross
💍 1910/7884

John Frederick Crawford
Mary Ross
💍 1910/2560

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

25
26

Timaru
Washdyke

3 days
9 months

Residence of Mr. Donald Ross, Washdyke

10/8148

25 October 1910

Rev. Robert Dickie, Presbyterian Minister

No	111
Date of Notice	25 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Norman McLeod	Mary Ross
	💍 1910/7884
BDM Match (61%)	John Frederick Crawford	Mary Ross
	💍 1910/2560
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Washdyke
Length of Residence	3 days	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Donald Ross, Washdyke
Folio	10/8148
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Dickie, Presbyterian Minister

112

29 October 1910

John Stuart Macphail
Laura Zellew Ida Elizabeth Munro

John Stuart MacPhail
Laura Nellie Lela Elizabeth Munro
💍 1910/7337

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

30
23

Pareora East
Springsdown

4 years
23 years

Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru

10/17755

29 October 1910

Rev. A. Macaulay Caldwell, Presbyterian Minister

No	112
Date of Notice	29 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Stuart Macphail	Laura Zellew Ida Elizabeth Munro
BDM Match (88%)	John Stuart MacPhail	Laura Nellie Lela Elizabeth Munro
	💍 1910/7337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Pareora East	Springsdown
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Chalmers Presbyterian Church, Timaru
Folio	10/17755
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Macaulay Caldwell, Presbyterian Minister

113

1 November 1910

Martin William Ford
Ellen Roche

Martin William Ford
Ellen Roche
💍 1910/7966

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housekeeper

30
26

Chatton
Timaru

30 years
4 years

Catholic Church, Timaru

10/8302

1 November 1910

Rev. J. Lubman, Roman Catholic Priest

No	113
Date of Notice	1 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin William Ford	Ellen Roche
	💍 1910/7966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housekeeper
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Chatton	Timaru
Length of Residence	30 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	10/8302
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lubman, Roman Catholic Priest

114

3 November 1910

James Fearow
Lurline Maud Morrison

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

24
14

Timaru
Timaru

9 years
10 months

Roman Catholic Church, Timaru

10/8304

Roseanna Morrison (Mother)

3 November 1910

Rev. P. J. Smith, Roman Catholic Priest

No	114
Date of Notice	3 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Fearow	Lurline Maud Morrison
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	24	14
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Timaru
Length of Residence	9 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Timaru
Folio	10/8304
Consent	Roseanna Morrison (Mother)
Date of Certificate	3 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smith, Roman Catholic Priest

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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).