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 Oamaru Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Alexander Adam Main

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

3128

3 April 1913

Charles Thomas Sherwin
Sarah Ann Mason

Charles Thomas Sherwin
Sarah Ann Mason
💍 1913/6446

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Musician

34
29

Oamaru
Oamaru

27 years
2 years 5 months

St Luke's Church

13/6033

3 April 1913

Rev. J. O. Russell

No	3128
Date of Notice	3 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Sherwin	Sarah Ann Mason
	💍 1913/6446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Musician
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	27 years	2 years 5 months
Marriage Place	St Luke's Church
Folio	13/6033
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O. Russell

3129

8 April 1913

Charles Alexander Pryor
Mary Barney

Charles Alexander Pryor
Mary Barney
💍 1913/4347

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
28

Bortons
Georgetown

6 months
6 years

St Paul's Presbyterian Church Oamaru

13/3923

8 April 1913

Rev. Robert James Porter

No	3129
Date of Notice	8 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Pryor	Mary Barney
	💍 1913/4347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Bortons	Georgetown
Length of Residence	6 months	6 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Presbyterian Church Oamaru
Folio	13/3923
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert James Porter

3130

14 April 1913

John Ward
Margaret W. Rowe

John Ward
Margaret McKone
💍 1913/6604

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

34
28

Oamaru
Oamaru

8 years
10 years

In the Roman Catholic Basilica

13/6841

14 April 1913

Rev. John McKay

No	3130
Date of Notice	14 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ward	Margaret W. Rowe
BDM Match (84%)	John Ward	Margaret McKone
	💍 1913/6604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	8 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Basilica
Folio	13/6841
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John McKay

3131

19 April 1913

Robert Dick
Agnes Barbara Crombie

Robert Dick
Agnes Barbara Crombie
💍 1913/4319

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
23

Weston
Weston

15 years
8 years

Presbyterian Church at Weston

13/3927

19 April 1913

Rev. James V. Wilson

No	3131
Date of Notice	19 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dick	Agnes Barbara Crombie
	💍 1913/4319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	23
Dwelling Place	Weston	Weston
Length of Residence	15 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church at Weston
Folio	13/3927
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. James V. Wilson

3132

21 April 1913

Daniel W. Rowe
Alice Pryde

Daniel McKone
Alice Pryde
💍 1913/6645

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

25
24

Kia Ora
Oamaru

25 years
5 years

At the Roman Catholic Basilica

13/6831

21 April 1913

Rev. Monsignor John McKay

No	3132
Date of Notice	21 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel W. Rowe	Alice Pryde
BDM Match (82%)	Daniel McKone	Alice Pryde
	💍 1913/6645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Kia Ora	Oamaru
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Basilica
Folio	13/6831
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Monsignor John McKay

3133

23 April 1913

William John Watson
Annie Maria Kibblewhite

William John Watson
Annie Maria Kibblewhite
💍 1913/6447

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor's Cutter
Government Institution Attendant

25
25

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
6 weeks

In St Luke's Church

13/6034

23 April 1913

Rev. John Delacourt Russell

No	3133
Date of Notice	23 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Watson	Annie Maria Kibblewhite
	💍 1913/6447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor's Cutter	Government Institution Attendant
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In St Luke's Church
Folio	13/6034
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Delacourt Russell

3134

26 April 1913

Edmond Cagney Boyle
Ellen Boyle

Edmond Cagney
Ellen Boyle
💍 1913/4330

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
20

Hilderthorpe
Richmond

28 years
20 years

At the residence of Mr. Edward Boyle

13/3922

Edward Boyle, Father

26 April 1913

Rev. Alexander Farthing

No	3134
Date of Notice	26 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmond Cagney Boyle	Ellen Boyle
BDM Match (84%)	Edmond Cagney	Ellen Boyle
	💍 1913/4330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Hilderthorpe	Richmond
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Mr. Edward Boyle
Folio	13/3922
Consent	Edward Boyle, Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Farthing

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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).