Intentions to Marry, 1911 Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840447, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1911 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, (1911a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1911b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1911c).

Page 403

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

6 January 1911

Frederick John Garner
Matilda Elizabeth Burke Stanley

Frederick John Garner
Matilda Elizabeth Burke Stanley
💍 1911/1592

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
21

Mornington
Mornington

5 days
5 years

In the house of Mrs. M. A. W. Stanley, 5 Paterson Street, Mornington

11/1138

6 January 1911

J. W. Vealie

No	15
Date of Notice	6 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Garner	Matilda Elizabeth Burke Stanley
	💍 1911/1592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	5 days	5 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. M. A. W. Stanley, 5 Paterson Street, Mornington
Folio	11/1138
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1911
Officiating Minister	J. W. Vealie

7 January 1911

John Hoysins Campbell
Margaret Josephine Sweeney

John Aloysins Campbell
Margaret Josephine Sweeney
💍 1911/1574

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

32
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
4 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

11/1144

7 January 1911

J. Coffey

No	16
Date of Notice	7 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hoysins Campbell	Margaret Josephine Sweeney
BDM Match (95%)	John Aloysins Campbell	Margaret Josephine Sweeney
	💍 1911/1574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	11/1144
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 January 1911
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

9 January 1911

Paul Evans
Vivien Oakden

Paul Evans
Vivien Oakden
💍 1911/1717

Bachelor
Spinster

Cement Manufacturer

32
25

Dunedin
Anderson's Bay

3 days
2 years

In All Saints Church, Dunedin

11/1240

9 January 1911

A. B. Fitchett

No	17
Date of Notice	9 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Evans	Vivien Oakden
	💍 1911/1717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cement Manufacturer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Anderson's Bay
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	In All Saints Church, Dunedin
Folio	11/1240
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1911
Officiating Minister	A. B. Fitchett

10 January 1911

Albert Nielson
Ruby Keturah Reeves

Albert Nielson
Ruby Keturah Reeves
💍 1911/1793

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher

25
25

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
1 year

In the house of Mrs. E. Hards, Bungalow Tea Rooms, St. Kilda

11/1291

10 January 1911

Wm. Slade

No	18
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Nielson	Ruby Keturah Reeves
	💍 1911/1793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. E. Hards, Bungalow Tea Rooms, St. Kilda
Folio	11/1291
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Wm. Slade

10 January 1911

William Daniel Lunan
Mary Jane Milne

William Daniel Lunan
Mary Jane Milne
💍 1911/2007

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Saleswoman

28
28

Caversham
Roslyn

3 days
3 years

In the Presbyterian Church, High Street, Roslyn

11/1338

10 January 1911

W. G. Dixon

No	19
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Daniel Lunan	Mary Jane Milne
	💍 1911/2007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Saleswoman
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Caversham	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, High Street, Roslyn
Folio	11/1338
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	W. G. Dixon

10 January 1911

William James Cousins
Edith Westwood

William James Cousins
Edith Westwood
💍 1911/1815

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Tailoress

29
28

St. Kilda
Caversham

3 years
28 years

In the house of Mr. A. Prior, Walter Street, Mornington

11/1263

10 January 1911

D. I. Murray

No	20
Date of Notice	10 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Cousins	Edith Westwood
	💍 1911/1815
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Tailoress
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	Caversham
Length of Residence	3 years	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. A. Prior, Walter Street, Mornington
Folio	11/1263
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1911
Officiating Minister	D. I. Murray

11 January 1911

Arthur Heckler
Mary Young

Arthur Heckler
Mary Young
💍 1911/1807

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
28

Dunedin
Mornington

3 days
28 years

In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin

11/1279

11 January 1911

H. B. Jones

No	21
Date of Notice	11 January 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Heckler	Mary Young
	💍 1911/1807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	28
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	In St. Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	11/1279
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1911
Officiating Minister	H. B. Jones

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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).