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 Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1902

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

23 January 1902

Nicholas Saba Bejuetly
Victoria Facoory

Nicholas Saba Bejuckly
Victoria Facoory
💍 1912/1245

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
15

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

2 Weeks
15 years

St Michaels Orthodox Church

12/927

George Facoory, father

23 January 1902

O.G.B. King

No	38
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicholas Saba Bejuetly	Victoria Facoory
BDM Match (95%)	Nicholas Saba Bejuckly	Victoria Facoory
	💍 1912/1245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	15
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 Weeks	15 years
Marriage Place	St Michaels Orthodox Church
Folio	12/927
Consent	George Facoory, father
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	O.G.B. King

23 January 1902

Albert Victor David Ottolangui
Rose Jacobs

Albert Victor David Ottolangui
Rose Jacobs
💍 1912/622

Bachelor
Spinster

Importer

24
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
1 week

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

12/227

23 January 1902

H. Maxwell

No	39
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor David Ottolangui	Rose Jacobs
	💍 1912/622
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Importer
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	1 week
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	12/227
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

23 January 1902

Donald Junor
Sarah Francis

Donald Junor
Sarah Francis
💍 1912/629

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Dressmaker

42
34

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 month
34 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

12/228

23 January 1902

H. Maxwell

No	40
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Junor	Sarah Francis
	💍 1912/629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Dressmaker
Age	42	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 month	34 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	12/228
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

23 January 1902

Charles Smith
Mary Ann Robinson

Charles Smith
Mary Ann Robinson
💍 1912/2083

Divorced
Spinster

Hairdresser

35
34

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 weeks
30 years

In the house of Mrs Mary J. Robinson, 442 Leith Street, Dunedin

12/1771

23 January 1902

J.K. McIntyre

No	41
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Smith	Mary Ann Robinson
	💍 1912/2083
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 weeks	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Mary J. Robinson, 442 Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	12/1771
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	J.K. McIntyre

24 January 1902

Edmond Francis McGowan
Frances Aven Turner

Edmond Francis McGowan
Frances Ann Turner
💍 1912/2065

Bachelor
Spinster

Paper Mill Hand

24
20

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

St Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin

12/1730

Alexander Turner, father

24 January 1902

James Coffey

No	42
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Francis McGowan	Frances Aven Turner
BDM Match (95%)	Edmond Francis McGowan	Frances Ann Turner
	💍 1912/2065
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Paper Mill Hand
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Josephs Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	12/1730
Consent	Alexander Turner, father
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	James Coffey

24 January 1902

John Penman
Lillias Phillis Coutts

John Penman
Lillias Phillis Coutts
💍 1912/1214

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer

31
30

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
30 years

In the Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin

12/914

24 January 1902

P.W. Fairclough

No	43
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Penman	Lillias Phillis Coutts
	💍 1912/1214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	30 years
Marriage Place	In the Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin
Folio	12/914
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	P.W. Fairclough

24 January 1902

Andrew Frederick Chapman
Marion Petrie

Andrew Frederick Chapman
Marion Petrie
💍 1912/630

Bachelor
Spinster

Wickerworker

33
23

West Harbour
West Harbour

11 years
5 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

12/2029

24 January 1902

H. Maxwell

No	44
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Frederick Chapman	Marion Petrie
	💍 1912/630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wickerworker
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	West Harbour	West Harbour
Length of Residence	11 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	12/2029
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

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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).