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 442

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

269

3 May 1911

Herbert George Fitzgerald Scott
Iva May Bryan

Herbert George Fitzgerald Scott
Iva May Bryan
💍 1911/6329

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

22 years
21 years

In the house of the Rev G R Smith 52 Dundas Street Dunedin

11/6176

3 May 1911

G R Smith

No	269
Date of Notice	3 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert George Fitzgerald Scott	Iva May Bryan
	💍 1911/6329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev G R Smith 52 Dundas Street Dunedin
Folio	11/6176
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1911
Officiating Minister	G R Smith

270

3 May 1911

Norris Stephen Falla
Audrey Francis Stock

Norri Stephen Falla
Audrey Frances Stock
💍 1911/3624

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28 years
22 years

Dunedin
Mornington

10 years
13 years

In St Pauls Cathedral Dunedin

11/3328

3 May 1911

H G Gould

No	270
Date of Notice	3 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norris Stephen Falla	Audrey Francis Stock
BDM Match (95%)	Norri Stephen Falla	Audrey Frances Stock
	💍 1911/3624
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	10 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In St Pauls Cathedral Dunedin
Folio	11/3328
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1911
Officiating Minister	H G Gould

271

4 May 1911

William Alexander Bain
Maggie Waldie

William Alexander Bain
Maggie Waldie
💍 1911/4398

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27 years
20 years

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

27 years
20 years

In the house of the Rev D Dutton Marion Street Caversham

11/4165

John Waldie Father

4 May 1911

D. Dutton

No	271
Date of Notice	4 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Bain	Maggie Waldie
	💍 1911/4398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev D Dutton Marion Street Caversham
Folio	11/4165
Consent	John Waldie Father
Date of Certificate	4 May 1911
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

272

8 May 1911

Thomas Baker
Agnes Fyfe

Thomas Baker
Agnes Fyfe
💍 1911/4078

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

51 years
37 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

37 years
37 years

In the house of Mr Alexander Fyfe 47 Union Street Dunedin

11/3760

8 May 1911

J Dickie

No	272
Date of Notice	8 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Baker	Agnes Fyfe
	💍 1911/4078
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	51 years	37 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	37 years	37 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr Alexander Fyfe 47 Union Street Dunedin
Folio	11/3760
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1911
Officiating Minister	J Dickie

273

8 May 1911

Robert Napier
Mabel Allaw Crawford

Robert Napier
Mabel Allan Crawford
💍 1911/6237

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26 years
23 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

6 years
23 years

In the house of Mr J Crawford 2 Bruce Street Roslyn

11/6104

8 May 1911

A Hardie

No	273
Date of Notice	8 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Napier	Mabel Allaw Crawford
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Napier	Mabel Allan Crawford
	💍 1911/6237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr J Crawford 2 Bruce Street Roslyn
Folio	11/6104
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 May 1911
Officiating Minister	A Hardie

274

9 May 1911

Alfred Gadsby Johnson
Agnes Millicent Park

Alfred Gadsby Johnson
Agnes Millicent Pork
💍 1911/6193

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher

29 years
28 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
20 years

In the house of Mrs A Park 33 Manor Place Dunedin

11/6058

9 May 1911

R Waddell

No	274
Date of Notice	9 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gadsby Johnson	Agnes Millicent Park
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Gadsby Johnson	Agnes Millicent Pork
	💍 1911/6193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher
Age	29 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs A Park 33 Manor Place Dunedin
Folio	11/6058
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1911
Officiating Minister	R Waddell

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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).