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).

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 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

610

25 October 1911

William Kincaid Scrymgeour
Agnes Ross Kerr

William Kincaid Serymgeour
Agnes Ross Kerr
💍 1911/7127

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

26
27

Mornington
Mornington

9 years
5 years

In the Presbyterian Church

11/7165

25 October 1911

W. Scorgie

No	610
Date of Notice	25 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kincaid Scrymgeour	Agnes Ross Kerr
BDM Match (98%)	William Kincaid Serymgeour	Agnes Ross Kerr
	💍 1911/7127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	9 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church
Folio	11/7165
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1911
Officiating Minister	W. Scorgie

611

26 October 1911

Henry Sinton Hammond
Lydia Rickard

Henry Sinton Hammond
Lydia Rickard
💍 1911/7154

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

33
35

St. Kilda
St. Kilda

2 years
12 years

In St. Peter's Church

11/7264

26 October 1911

E. W. Evans

No	611
Date of Notice	26 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sinton Hammond	Lydia Rickard
	💍 1911/7154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	33	35
Dwelling Place	St. Kilda	St. Kilda
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Church
Folio	11/7264
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1911
Officiating Minister	E. W. Evans

612

27 October 1911

Augustus George Leavey
Mary Elizabeth Campbell Robinson

Augustus George Leavey
Mary Elizabeth Campbell Robinson
💍 1911/8718

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Cashier

35
39

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 days
23 years

In the house of Mr. P. Robinson, 203 Leith Street, Dunedin

11/8707

27 October 1911

P. W. Fairclough

No	612
Date of Notice	27 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus George Leavey	Mary Elizabeth Campbell Robinson
	💍 1911/8718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Cashier
Age	35	39
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 days	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. P. Robinson, 203 Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	11/8707
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1911
Officiating Minister	P. W. Fairclough

613

27 October 1911

William Roderick McKenzie
Agnes McBride

William Roderick McKenzie
Agnes McBride
💍 1911/7148

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

26
25

Dunedin
St. Kilda

5 years
21 years

In the Presbyterian Church

11/7187

27 October 1911

R. Fairmaid

No	613
Date of Notice	27 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Roderick McKenzie	Agnes McBride
	💍 1911/7148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St. Kilda
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church
Folio	11/7187
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1911
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

614

30 October 1911

Norman Levi Woods
Jane Grace Wratten

Norman Levi Woods
Jane Grace Wratten
💍 1911/7082

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

33
25

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

21 months
1 month

In the house of W. Woods, 5 Woodhaugh Street, Maori Hill

11/7144

30 October 1911

J. G. McIntyre

No	614
Date of Notice	30 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Levi Woods	Jane Grace Wratten
	💍 1911/7082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	21 months	1 month
Marriage Place	In the house of W. Woods, 5 Woodhaugh Street, Maori Hill
Folio	11/7144
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1911
Officiating Minister	J. G. McIntyre

615

30 October 1911

William Douglas Taylor
Mary Elizabeth Todd

William Douglas Taylor
Mary Elizabeth Todd
💍 1911/9119

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Clerk

31
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
22 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

11/6487

30 October 1911

H. Maxwell

No	615
Date of Notice	30 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Douglas Taylor	Mary Elizabeth Todd
	💍 1911/9119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Clerk
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	11/6487
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1911
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

616

30 October 1911

Alexander James Hastie
Daisy Mary Isabella Brown

Alexander James Hastie
Daisy Mary Isabella Brown
💍 1911/7269

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

11 years
21 years

In Knox Church

11/7309

30 October 1911

R. E. Davies

No	616
Date of Notice	30 October 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander James Hastie	Daisy Mary Isabella Brown
	💍 1911/7269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	11 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In Knox Church
Folio	11/7309
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1911
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

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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).