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 611

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1911 Registrar John Gaunson Petrie

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

25 February 1911

Joseph Partridge
Louisa Hoag

Joseph Pertridge
Louisa Hodges
💍 1911/5336

Bachelor
Spinster

Primary
Domestic

28
23

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Ettrock Street, Invercargill

3 years
23 years

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/3954

25 February 1911

Rev. Arthur Stocker

No	37
Date of Notice	25 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Partridge	Louisa Hoag
BDM Match (85%)	Joseph Pertridge	Louisa Hodges
	💍 1911/5336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Primary	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Ettrock Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/3954
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Stocker

3 March 1911

George Froggatt
Robina May Wallace

George Froggatt
Robina May Wallace
💍 1911/2157

Widower
Spinster

Commission Agent
Domestic

70
26

Tyne Street, Invercargill
Tyne Street, Invercargill

46 years
3 years

Residence of George [illegible]

11/1586

3 March 1911

Rev. W. Laycock

No	38
Date of Notice	3 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Froggatt	Robina May Wallace
	💍 1911/2157
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent	Domestic
Age	70	26
Dwelling Place	Tyne Street, Invercargill	Tyne Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	46 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George [illegible]
Folio	11/1586
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock

5 March 1911

William Henry Braumann
Dorothy Deane Walker

William Henry Braumann
Dorothy Deans Walker
💍 1911/2089

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Milliner

23
18

Leven Street, Invercargill
Leven Street, Invercargill

4 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/1641

Jane Smith, Mother

5 March 1911

Rev. R. H. Ryburn

No	39
Date of Notice	5 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Braumann	Dorothy Deane Walker
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Braumann	Dorothy Deans Walker
	💍 1911/2089
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Milliner
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Leven Street, Invercargill	Leven Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/1641
Consent	Jane Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Ryburn

4 March 1911

William Lockhart
Agnes Susannah McKnight

William Lockhart
Agnes Susannah McKnight
💍 1911/420

Widower
Spinster

Government Rabbiter
Domestic

36
32

Maitland Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

7 years
13 years

Presbyterian Church, Esk Street, Invercargill

11/1617

4 March 1911

Rev. Hugh Beggs

No	40
Date of Notice	4 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lockhart	Agnes Susannah McKnight
	💍 1911/420
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Government Rabbiter	Domestic
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Maitland Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Esk Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/1617
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. Hugh Beggs

9 March 1911

William James Galbraith
Jessie McKinley Galbraith

William James Mann
Jessie McKinlay Galbraith
💍 1911/2088

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

28
33

Newton Street, Invercargill
James Street, Invercargill

2 years
33 years

Residence of John Galbraith, James Street, Invercargill

11/1640

9 March 1911

Rev. R. H. Ryburn

No	41
Date of Notice	9 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Galbraith	Jessie McKinley Galbraith
BDM Match (81%)	William James Mann	Jessie McKinlay Galbraith
	💍 1911/2088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Newton Street, Invercargill	James Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	33 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Galbraith, James Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/1640
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Ryburn

10 March 1911

Frederick James Raines
Eleanor Constance Tannock

Frederic James Raines
Eleanor Constance Tannock
💍 1911/4407

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic

26
28

Tweed Street, Invercargill
Tweed Street, Invercargill

26 years
25 years

Wesleyan Church, Esk Street, Invercargill

11/4174

10 March 1911

Rev. W. Grigg

No	42
Date of Notice	10 March 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Raines	Eleanor Constance Tannock
BDM Match (98%)	Frederic James Raines	Eleanor Constance Tannock
	💍 1911/4407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Tweed Street, Invercargill	Tweed Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	26 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Esk Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/4174
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Grigg

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).