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 30 June 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

265

19 April 1913

Leonard Frank
Mabel Dove

Leonara Frank
Mable Dove
💍 1913/4367

Bachelor
Spinster

painter
machinist

33
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 years
25 years

In the Baptist Church, North East Valley

13/3868

19 April 1913

J. Carlisle.

No	265
Date of Notice	19 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Frank	Mabel Dove
BDM Match (86%)	Leonara Frank	Mable Dove
	💍 1913/4367
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	painter	machinist
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In the Baptist Church, North East Valley
Folio	13/3868
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Carlisle.

266

21 April 1913

Albert John Webb
Alice Brook

Albert John Webb
Alice Brook
💍 1913/4301

Bachelor
Spinster

farmer

49
36

Waipahi
Anderson's Bay

6 years
3 days

In the house of W. G. A. Waghorne, Anderson's Bay

13/3827

21 April 1913

R. S. Allan

No	266
Date of Notice	21 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Webb	Alice Brook
	💍 1913/4301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	farmer
Age	49	36
Dwelling Place	Waipahi	Anderson's Bay
Length of Residence	6 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of W. G. A. Waghorne, Anderson's Bay
Folio	13/3827
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1913
Officiating Minister	R. S. Allan

267

22 April 1913

Benjamin Harold Rosevear
Maud Elsie Mayall

Benjamin Harold Rosevear
Maud Elsie Mayall
💍 1913/6354

Bachelor
Spinster

carpenter

24
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
12 years

In Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin

13/6091

22 April 1913

P. W. Fairclough

No	267
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Harold Rosevear	Maud Elsie Mayall
	💍 1913/6354
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	carpenter
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	12 years
Marriage Place	In Trinity Methodist Church, Dunedin
Folio	13/6091
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	P. W. Fairclough

268

24 April 1913

Walter John Lemon Fisher
Charlotte M'Cutcheon

Walter John Lemon Fisher
Charlotte McCutcheon
💍 1913/4302

Bachelor
Spinster

plumber

30
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

30 years
6 months

In the Presbyterian Church, Queen's Drive, St Kilda

13/3826

24 April 1913

R. S. Allan.

No	268
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Lemon Fisher	Charlotte M'Cutcheon
BDM Match (98%)	Walter John Lemon Fisher	Charlotte McCutcheon
	💍 1913/4302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	plumber
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	6 months
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Queen's Drive, St Kilda
Folio	13/3826
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	R. S. Allan.

269

24 April 1913

John Sutherland Duthie
Ellen M'Pherson

John Sutherland Duthie
Ethel McPherson
💍 1913/4279

Bachelor
Spinster

draper

32
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

32 years
27 years

In the house of W. G. M'Pherson, 49 Royal Terrace, Dunedin

13/3805

24 April 1913

R. E. Davies.

No	269
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sutherland Duthie	Ellen M'Pherson
BDM Match (87%)	John Sutherland Duthie	Ethel McPherson
	💍 1913/4279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	draper
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	32 years	27 years
Marriage Place	In the house of W. G. M'Pherson, 49 Royal Terrace, Dunedin
Folio	13/3805
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies.

270

24 April 1913

Arthur Edward Wishart
Maggie Taylor

Arthur Edward Wishart
Maggie Taylor
💍 1913/4532

Bachelor
Spinster

clerk

25
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
24 years

In the house of the Rev. D. Dutton, 37 Marion Street, Caversham

13/4101

24 April 1913

D. Dutton

No	270
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Wishart	Maggie Taylor
	💍 1913/4532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	clerk
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. D. Dutton, 37 Marion Street, Caversham
Folio	13/4101
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	D. Dutton

271

24 April 1913

William Robertson
Margaret M'Gregor

William Robertson
Margaret McGregor
💍 1913/4588

Bachelor
Spinster

farmer

31
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
24 years

In the Presbyterian Church, North East Valley

13/3889

24 April 1913

H. B. Gray.

No	271
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robertson	Margaret M'Gregor
BDM Match (97%)	William Robertson	Margaret McGregor
	💍 1913/4588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	farmer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, North East Valley
Folio	13/3889
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray.

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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).