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 447

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 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

302

23 May 1911

John Meade
Annie Land

John Meade
Annie Lane
💍 1911/3546

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28 years
26 years

South Dunedin
Dunedin

6 years
3 years

In the First Church Manse, Moray Place, Dunedin

11/3301

23 May 1911

G. H. Balfour

No	302
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Meade	Annie Land
BDM Match (95%)	John Meade	Annie Lane
	💍 1911/3546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church Manse, Moray Place, Dunedin
Folio	11/3301
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
Officiating Minister	G. H. Balfour

303

23 May 1911

Peter Guenole
Jessie Camerow

Peter Guenole
Jessie Cameron
💍 1911/4153

Bachelor
Widow

Seaman

42 years
37 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
37 years

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

11/3903

23 May 1911

E. A. Axelsen

No	303
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Guenole	Jessie Camerow
BDM Match (96%)	Peter Guenole	Jessie Cameron
	💍 1911/4153
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Seaman
Age	42 years	37 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	37 years
Marriage Place	On the house of the Rev. E. A. Axelsen, 41 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Folio	11/3903
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

304

23 May 1911

John Barrowman
Minnie Isabella Gwen Patillo

John Barromman
Minnie Isabella Erren Pattill
💍 1911/3554

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

37 years
39 years

North East Valley
Dunedin

20 months
39 years

In the house of Mrs. Patillo, 551 Castle Street, Dunedin

11/3285

23 May 1911

W. Hay

No	304
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Barrowman	Minnie Isabella Gwen Patillo
BDM Match (88%)	John Barromman	Minnie Isabella Erren Pattill
	💍 1911/3554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	37 years	39 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 months	39 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Patillo, 551 Castle Street, Dunedin
Folio	11/3285
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
Officiating Minister	W. Hay

305

23 May 1911

Duncan Albert McFarlane
Marion Julia Sutherland

Duncan Albert McFarlane
Marion Julia Sutherland
💍 1911/4130

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
10 years

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

11/3904

23 May 1911

E. A. Axelsen

No	305
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Albert McFarlane	Marion Julia Sutherland
	💍 1911/4130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. E. A. Axelsen, 41 Clyde Street, Dunedin
Folio	11/3904
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

306

23 May 1911

William Thomas Henry
Elizabeth Marr

William Thomas Henry
Elizabeth Marr
💍 1911/6194

Bachelor
Widow

Boilermaker

25 years
36 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

1 year
18 months

In the house of Mr. E. Marr, School Street, Roslyn

11/6059

23 May 1911

C. H. Holday

No	306
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Henry	Elizabeth Marr
	💍 1911/6194
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	25 years	36 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	1 year	18 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. E. Marr, School Street, Roslyn
Folio	11/6059
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
Officiating Minister	C. H. Holday

307

23 May 1911

James Davies
Ellen Amy Loader

James Davies
Ellen Amy Loader
💍 1911/2415

Bachelor
Spinster

Modeller

47 years
43 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
4 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

11/2094

23 May 1911

H. Maxwell

No	307
Date of Notice	23 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Davies	Ellen Amy Loader
	💍 1911/2415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Modeller
Age	47 years	43 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	11/2094
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1911
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).