Intentions to Marry, 1912 Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840450, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1912 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne (1912a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1912b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1912c).

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District of Christchurch Quarter ending 30 September 1912 Registrar Frank Evans

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

558

29 July 1912

Edward Stanley Logie
Georgina Brown

Edward Stanley Logie
Georgina Brown
💍 1912/5703

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman

32
32

Christchurch
R. Riccarton

2 years
6 years

House of Mr. J. Brown, 49 Hagley St, R. Riccarton

12/4847

29 July 1912

Rev. H. McCallum

No	558
Date of Notice	29 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Stanley Logie	Georgina Brown
	💍 1912/5703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	R. Riccarton
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Brown, 49 Hagley St, R. Riccarton
Folio	12/4847
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. McCallum

559

30 July 1912

Herbert Leslie Baylies
Mary Ellen Parker

Herbert Leslie Bayliss
Mary Ellen Parker
💍 1912/8756

Bachelor
Widow

Gasman

34
33

Christchurch
Halswell

11 years
Life

House of Mr. H.L. Bayliss, 360 Cashel St, Christchurch

12/4852

30 July 1912

Rev. T. Tait

No	559
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Leslie Baylies	Mary Ellen Parker
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Leslie Bayliss	Mary Ellen Parker
	💍 1912/8756
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gasman
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Halswell
Length of Residence	11 years	Life
Marriage Place	House of Mr. H.L. Bayliss, 360 Cashel St, Christchurch
Folio	12/4852
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Tait

560

30 July 1912

Sydney Henry Borough
Ellen Hoad

Sydney Henry Borough
Ellen Hoad
💍 1912/5013

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
29

Christchurch
Christchurch

18 years
2 years

Durham St. Methodist Church, Christchurch

12/4913

30 July 1912

Rev. C.H. Laws

No	560
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Henry Borough	Ellen Hoad
	💍 1912/5013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	18 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Durham St. Methodist Church, Christchurch
Folio	12/4913
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.H. Laws

561

30 July 1912

Daniel Noonan
Lilian Edna Clark

Daniel Noonan
Lilian Edna Clark
💍 1912/8749

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Islington
Christchurch

23 years
8 months

Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch

12/4863

30 July 1912

Rev. T.W. Price

No	561
Date of Notice	30 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Noonan	Lilian Edna Clark
	💍 1912/8749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Islington	Christchurch
Length of Residence	23 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Catholic Cathedral, Christchurch
Folio	12/4863
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. T.W. Price

562

31 July 1912

George Hirst Hutton
Cecilia Bertha Suckling

George Hirst Hulton
Cecilia Bertha Suckling
💍 1912/7779

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Manager

40
35

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
2 months

Knox Church, Bealey Ave., Christchurch

12/5912

31 July 1912

Rev. R. Erwin

No	562
Date of Notice	31 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hirst Hutton	Cecilia Bertha Suckling
BDM Match (97%)	George Hirst Hulton	Cecilia Bertha Suckling
	💍 1912/7779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Manager
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Bealey Ave., Christchurch
Folio	12/5912
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Erwin

563

31 July 1912

David Davidson
Isabella Lattimore

David Davidson
Isabella Lattimore
💍 1912/7780

Widower
Spinster

Printer

43
30

Merivale
St. Albans

43 years
30 years

House of Mr. Lattimore, 65 Aikmans Rd, St. Albans

12/5913

31 July 1912

Rev. R. Erwin

No	563
Date of Notice	31 July 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Davidson	Isabella Lattimore
	💍 1912/7780
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	43	30
Dwelling Place	Merivale	St. Albans
Length of Residence	43 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Lattimore, 65 Aikmans Rd, St. Albans
Folio	12/5913
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Erwin

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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).