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 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

20 February 1911

Walter Powell Clifford Eutzewitz
Olive Mary Best

Walter Powell Clifford Eutzewitz
Olive Mary Best
💍 1911/2154

Bachelor
Spinster

Moulder
Domestic

26
18

Beggar Street, Invercargill
Janes Street, Invercargill

25 years
3 years

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

11/1583

Charles Edward Best, father

20 February 1911

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	31
Date of Notice	20 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Powell Clifford Eutzewitz	Olive Mary Best
	💍 1911/2154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Moulder	Domestic
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Beggar Street, Invercargill	Janes Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	25 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	11/1583
Consent	Charles Edward Best, father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

21 February 1911

Albert Burdon
Elizabeth Rebecca Livingstone

Albert Burdon
Elizabeth Rebecca Livingstone
💍 1911/5337

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

32
31

Dee Street, Invercargill
Royal Bank, Invercargill

5 years
9 years

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/3955

21 February 1911

The Archdeacon Stocker

No	32
Date of Notice	21 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Burdon	Elizabeth Rebecca Livingstone
	💍 1911/5337
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Royal Bank, Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/3955
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1911
Officiating Minister	The Archdeacon Stocker

22 February 1911

James Albert Ferguson
Daisy Dickson

James Albert Ferguson
Daisy Dickson
💍 1911/2090

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

31
19

Rodney Street, Invercargill
Rodney Street, Invercargill

3 months
4 days

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/1642

Charles Dickson, father

22 February 1911

Rev. R. H. Hepburn

No	33
Date of Notice	22 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Ferguson	Daisy Dickson
	💍 1911/2090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Rodney Street, Invercargill	Rodney Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/1642
Consent	Charles Dickson, father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Hepburn

22 February 1911

Walter Jeffrey Tattenfield
Annie Inanson

Walter Jeffrey Stephen Tattersfield
Annie Manson
💍 1911/1964

Bachelor
Spinster

Gumsman
Domestic

30
27

Ritchie Street, Invercargill
George Road, Invercargill

3 days
27 years

Residence of Barbara Inanson, George Road

11/1492

Barbara Inanson, mother

22 February 1911

Rev. J. W. Shaw

No	34
Date of Notice	22 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Jeffrey Tattenfield	Annie Inanson
BDM Match (78%)	Walter Jeffrey Stephen Tattersfield	Annie Manson
	💍 1911/1964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gumsman	Domestic
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Ritchie Street, Invercargill	George Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Barbara Inanson, George Road
Folio	11/1492
Consent	Barbara Inanson, mother
Date of Certificate	22 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Shaw

25 February 1911

John Bonewell Sale
Lavender Gladys Irene Cross

John Bonwell Tale
Lavender Gladys Irene Cross
💍 1911/5338

Bachelor
Spinster

Invoice Clerk
Domestic

33
19

Dee Street, Invercargill
Gala Street, Invercargill

7 years
6 years

English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/3956

Alexander Cross, father

25 February 1911

The Archdeacon Stocker

No	35
Date of Notice	25 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bonewell Sale	Lavender Gladys Irene Cross
BDM Match (94%)	John Bonwell Tale	Lavender Gladys Irene Cross
	💍 1911/5338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Invoice Clerk	Domestic
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Dee Street, Invercargill	Gala Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/3956
Consent	Alexander Cross, father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1911
Officiating Minister	The Archdeacon Stocker

25 February 1911

William Francis Murphy
Annie Josephine Luggan

William Francis Murphy
Annie Josephine Duggan
💍 1911/2119

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
27

Roslyn Bush, Invercargill
Netz Street, Invercargill

5 years
6 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

11/1706

Very Rev. Father Coffey

25 February 1911

Very Rev. Father Coffey

No	36
Date of Notice	25 February 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Murphy	Annie Josephine Luggan
BDM Match (98%)	William Francis Murphy	Annie Josephine Duggan
	💍 1911/2119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Roslyn Bush, Invercargill	Netz Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	11/1706
Consent	Very Rev. Father Coffey
Date of Certificate	25 February 1911
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Father Coffey

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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).