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 450

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 1911

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

322

31 May 1911

Charles Budge
Madge Northey

Charles Budge
Madge Northey
💍 1911/2417

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

29 years
31 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 years
3 months

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

11/2096

31 May 1911

H Maxwell

No	322
Date of Notice	31 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Budge	Madge Northey
	💍 1911/2417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	29 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 years	3 months
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	11/2096
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1911
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

323

31 May 1911

Robert Bagnell
Ada Jamieson

Robert Bagnell
Ada Jamieson
💍 1911/3653

Widower
Widow

Clerk

44 years
37 years

North East Valley
Mornington

9 years
30 years

In the Church of England North East Valley

11/3357

31 May 1911

H H Bedford

No	323
Date of Notice	31 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Bagnell	Ada Jamieson
	💍 1911/3653
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	44 years	37 years
Dwelling Place	North East Valley	Mornington
Length of Residence	9 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England North East Valley
Folio	11/3357
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1911
Officiating Minister	H H Bedford

324

31 May 1911

John Harved Gibson
Mary Lawson

John Harold Gibson
Mary Lawson
💍 1911/4326

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

5 years
27 years

In St Josephs Cathedral Vestry Dunedin

11/4094

31 May 1911

W Corcoran

No	324
Date of Notice	31 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Harved Gibson	Mary Lawson
BDM Match (94%)	John Harold Gibson	Mary Lawson
	💍 1911/4326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	27 years
Marriage Place	In St Josephs Cathedral Vestry Dunedin
Folio	11/4094
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1911
Officiating Minister	W Corcoran

325

31 May 1911

Robert Riddle
Minnie Grafton

Robert Riddle
Minnie Grafton
💍 1911/2418

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21 years
21 years

St Kilda
Caversham

3 years
2 months

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin

11/2097

31 May 1911

H Maxwell

No	325
Date of Notice	31 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Riddle	Minnie Grafton
	💍 1911/2418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	Caversham
Length of Residence	3 years	2 months
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages Dunedin
Folio	11/2097
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1911
Officiating Minister	H Maxwell

326

1 June 1911

John Catchpole
Eliza Caroline Bone

John Catchpole
Eliza Caroline Bone
💍 1911/3909

Bachelor
Spinster

Stoker

36 years
30 years

St Kilda
Anderson's Bay

5 years
30 years

In the house of Mrs Mary Bone Shiel Hill Andersons Bay

11/3640

1 June 1911

A Cameron

No	326
Date of Notice	1 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Catchpole	Eliza Caroline Bone
	💍 1911/3909
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stoker
Age	36 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	Anderson's Bay
Length of Residence	5 years	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Mary Bone Shiel Hill Andersons Bay
Folio	11/3640
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1911
Officiating Minister	A Cameron

327

1 June 1911

John Swan Loydall
Elsie Mary Wood

John Swan Loydall
Elsie Mary Wood
💍 1911/3658

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

25 years
24 years

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

2 weeks
2 weeks

In the Congregational Church Moray Place Dunedin

11/3339

1 June 1911

W Saunders

No	327
Date of Notice	1 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Swan Loydall	Elsie Mary Wood
	💍 1911/3658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	25 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	In the Congregational Church Moray Place Dunedin
Folio	11/3339
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1911
Officiating Minister	W Saunders

328

1 June 1911

James George Grant
Roseina Maud Isabella Hall

James George Grant
Roseina Maud Isabella Hall
💍 1911/3634

Bachelor
Spinster

Currier

35 years
24 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

14 years
3 years

In the First Church Dunedin

11/3315

1 June 1911

G H Balfour

No	328
Date of Notice	1 June 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James George Grant	Roseina Maud Isabella Hall
	💍 1911/3634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Currier
Age	35 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	14 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church Dunedin
Folio	11/3315
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1911
Officiating Minister	G H Balfour

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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).