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 Invercargill Quarter ending 30 June 1912 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

104

19 June 1912

John McKenzie
Annie Beatrice Falconer

John McKenzie
Annie Beatrice Falconer
💍 1912/3919

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer Driver
Domestic

32
27

4th Street, Invercargill
27 Erin Street, Invercargill

3 years
27 years

Residence of James Falconer

12/3757

19 June 1912

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	104
Date of Notice	19 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McKenzie	Annie Beatrice Falconer
	💍 1912/3919
	💍 1912/3919
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer Driver	Domestic
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	4th Street, Invercargill	27 Erin Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Falconer
Folio	12/3757
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

105

19 June 1912

John Munro
Christina Innes Love

John Munro
Christina McLeod
💍 1912/2296

John Munro
Charlotte Adamena Anil
💍 1912/2810

John Munro
Beatrice Rubina Maud White
💍 1912/6330

John Munro
Sarah Ann Taylor
💍 1913/830

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

36
25

Longbush, Invercargill
Longbush, Invercargill

6 months
6 months

Office of Registrar, Invercargill

12/2010

19 June 1912

Registrar H. Hearnagh

No	105
Date of Notice	19 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Munro	Christina Innes Love
BDM Match (80%)	John Munro	Christina McLeod
	💍 1912/2296
BDM Match (64%)	John Munro	Charlotte Adamena Anil
	💍 1912/2810
BDM Match (63%)	John Munro	Beatrice Rubina Maud White
	💍 1912/6330
BDM Match (60%)	John Munro	Sarah Ann Taylor
	💍 1913/830
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Longbush, Invercargill	Longbush, Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Invercargill
Folio	12/2010
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar H. Hearnagh

106

26 June 1912

James Brown
Isabella Frances Phiske

James Brown
Isabella Frances Phiskie
💍 1912/2297

Widower
Spinster

Sheep Buyer
Housekeeper

45
32

Grey Street, Invercargill
Grey Street, Invercargill

3 years
2 days

Office of Registrar, Invercargill

12/2011

26 June 1912

Registrar H. Hearnagh

No	106
Date of Notice	26 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Brown	Isabella Frances Phiske
BDM Match (98%)	James Brown	Isabella Frances Phiskie
	💍 1912/2297
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Buyer	Housekeeper
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Grey Street, Invercargill	Grey Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	2 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Invercargill
Folio	12/2011
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Registrar H. Hearnagh

107

26 June 1912

Peter Angus Mitchell
Amy Isabel Fancour

Peter Angus Mitchell
Amy Isabel Fancourt
💍 1912/3918

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
Milliner

25
25

Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Tay Street, Invercargill

25 years
5 years

Residence of Mayor Mitchell, Yarrow Street, Invercargill

12/3756

26 June 1912

Rev. T. A. Pybus

No	107
Date of Notice	26 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Angus Mitchell	Amy Isabel Fancour
BDM Match (97%)	Peter Angus Mitchell	Amy Isabel Fancourt
	💍 1912/3918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	Milliner
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Yarrow Street, Invercargill	Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mayor Mitchell, Yarrow Street, Invercargill
Folio	12/3756
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Pybus

108

28 June 1912

Archibald Donald Donaldson
Agnes Eliza Double

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk
Seamstress

24
22

Eye Street, Invercargill
Tweed Street, Invercargill

22 years
22 years

Residence of Mr. Donaldson, 254 Tweed Street, Invercargill

12/3739

28 June 1912

Rev. J. W. Straw

No	108
Date of Notice	28 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Donald Donaldson	Agnes Eliza Double
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk	Seamstress
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Eye Street, Invercargill	Tweed Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Donaldson, 254 Tweed Street, Invercargill
Folio	12/3739
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Straw

109

29 June 1912

Albert John Tough
Margaret Jane Falconer

Albert John Bargh
Margaret Jane Falconer
💍 1912/4033

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Clerk

34
23

18 Gibson Street, Invercargill
18 Gibson Street, Invercargill

4 days
23 years

Residence of James Falconer, 18 Gibson Street, Invercargill

12/3747

29 June 1912

No	109
Date of Notice	29 June 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Tough	Margaret Jane Falconer
BDM Match (91%)	Albert John Bargh	Margaret Jane Falconer
	💍 1912/4033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Clerk
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	18 Gibson Street, Invercargill	18 Gibson Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Falconer, 18 Gibson Street, Invercargill
Folio	12/3747
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 June 1912
Officiating Minister

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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).