Intentions to Marry, 1913 Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840453, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1913 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1913a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1913b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1913c).

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District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1913 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

24 January 1913

Albert Whittleston
Evelyn Maud McLachlan

Albert Whittleston
Evelyn Maud McLauchlan
💍 1913/2479

Bachelor
Spinster

carter

26
22

Dunedin
South Dunedin

5 years
4 years

In the Presbyterian Church, Caversham

13/2047

27 January 1913

D. Dutton

No	37
Date of Notice	24 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Whittleston	Evelyn Maud McLachlan
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Whittleston	Evelyn Maud McLauchlan
	💍 1913/2479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	carter
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Caversham
Folio	13/2047
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

27 January 1913

John Alexander Carrick
Annie Gibson McMillan

John Alexander Carrick
Annie Gibson McMillan
💍 1913/2218

Bachelor
Spinster

iron-turner

36
39

South Dunedin
38 Helena Street, South Dunedin

33 years
3 days

In the house of Mr W.A. Carrick, South Dunedin

13/1684

27 January 1913

E. Drake

No	38
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Carrick	Annie Gibson McMillan
	💍 1913/2218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	iron-turner
Age	36	39
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	38 Helena Street, South Dunedin
Length of Residence	33 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr W.A. Carrick, South Dunedin
Folio	13/1684
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	E. Drake

27 January 1913

John Knox Graham
Florence Elizabeth Seaton Bolton Templeton

John Knox Graham
Florence Elizabeth Seaton Bolton Templeton
💍 1913/4760

Bachelor
Spinster

tailor
tailoress

32
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
6 years

In the First Church, Dunedin

13/4237

27 January 1913

E. A. Axelsen

No	39
Date of Notice	27 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Knox Graham	Florence Elizabeth Seaton Bolton Templeton
	💍 1913/4760
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	tailor	tailoress
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	6 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church, Dunedin
Folio	13/4237
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1913
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

28 January 1913

Patrick McKay
Florence Hiles Cotterell

Patrick McKay
Florence Hiles Cotterell
💍 1913/2159

Widower
Spinster

carrier

29
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

13/1648

28 January 1913

J. Coffey

No	40
Date of Notice	28 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick McKay	Florence Hiles Cotterell
	💍 1913/2159
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	carrier
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	13/1648
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

28 January 1913

George Menpes Angus
Blanche Hilda Rae

George Menpes Angus
Blanche Hilda Rae
💍 1913/4757

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

33
33

Benhar
Dunedin

2 months
11 days

In the house of Mr H.B. Austing, Anderson's Bay

13/4226

28 January 1913

A. Whyte

No	41
Date of Notice	28 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Menpes Angus	Blanche Hilda Rae
	💍 1913/4757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Benhar	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 months	11 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr H.B. Austing, Anderson's Bay
Folio	13/4226
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1913
Officiating Minister	A. Whyte

29 January 1913

Frank Page
Ethel Essie Taylor

Frank Page
Ethel Essie Taylor
💍 1913/4514

Bachelor
Spinster

engine-driver

30
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
25 years

In the house of Mr A.J. Taylor, 2 Serpentine Avenue, Dunedin

13/4166

29 January 1913

J. Chisholm

No	42
Date of Notice	29 January 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Page	Ethel Essie Taylor
	💍 1913/4514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	engine-driver
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr A.J. Taylor, 2 Serpentine Avenue, Dunedin
Folio	13/4166
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Chisholm

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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).