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 Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1913 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

2 February 1913

Clement Percy Dalrymple
Mary Caldwell Lindsay

Clement Percy Dabrymple
Mary Caldwell Lindsay
💍 1913/4696

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

44
35

Spar Bush
Otautau

3 years
3 years

House of Port Lindsay

13/4297

2 February 1913

Rev. John E. Swan

No	25
Date of Notice	2 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Percy Dalrymple	Mary Caldwell Lindsay
BDM Match (98%)	Clement Percy Dabrymple	Mary Caldwell Lindsay
	💍 1913/4696
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	44	35
Dwelling Place	Spar Bush	Otautau
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Port Lindsay
Folio	13/4297
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John E. Swan

24 February 1913

John Ross Blake
Jane Landreth Blake

John Ross
Jane Landreth Blakie
💍 1913/943

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
23

Ryal Bush
Brandiston

15 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Invercargill

13/349

24 February 1913

Registrar of Marriages

No	26
Date of Notice	24 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ross Blake	Jane Landreth Blake
BDM Match (78%)	John Ross	Jane Landreth Blakie
	💍 1913/943
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Ryal Bush	Brandiston
Length of Residence	15 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Invercargill
Folio	13/349
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

26 February 1913

David Patterson Deff
Margaret Charlotte Deff

David Patterson
Margaret Charlotte Duff
💍 1913/2274

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
25

Ryal Bush
Invercargill

3 years
3 years

St. Paul's, East Invercargill

13/1814

26 February 1913

Rev. A. Begg

No	27
Date of Notice	26 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Patterson Deff	Margaret Charlotte Deff
BDM Match (85%)	David Patterson	Margaret Charlotte Duff
	💍 1913/2274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Ryal Bush	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's, East Invercargill
Folio	13/1814
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Begg

28 February 1913

Robert Paterson Potts
Eva Ethel Shepherd

Robert Paterson Pate
Eva Ethel Shepherd
💍 1913/2542

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic

25
22

Invercargill
Invercargill

7 years
1 year

St. Paul's, Invercargill

13/2002

28 February 1913

Rev. W. Grigg

No	28
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Paterson Potts	Eva Ethel Shepherd
BDM Match (93%)	Robert Paterson Pate	Eva Ethel Shepherd
	💍 1913/2542
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	7 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Paul's, Invercargill
Folio	13/2002
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Grigg

3 March 1913

Robert Henry Potts
Jean Young Jones

Robert Henry Potts
Jean Young
💍 1913/4668

Bachelor
Spinster

Archaeologist
Domestic

29
24

Devon St, Invercargill
Lewis St, Invercargill

4 years
2 months

English Church, Invercargill

13/425

3 March 1913

Rev. G. Jones

No	29
Date of Notice	3 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Potts	Jean Young Jones
BDM Match (81%)	Robert Henry Potts	Jean Young
	💍 1913/4668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Archaeologist	Domestic
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Devon St, Invercargill	Lewis St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 years	2 months
Marriage Place	English Church, Invercargill
Folio	13/425
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Jones

3 March 1913

Owen Pancelot Raymond
Edith Johnson

Irwen Lancelot Willis Raymond
Edith Johnson
💍 1913/1575

Leonard Hodsdon
Edith Johnson
💍 1913/6848

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager
Domestic

28
27

Invercargill
Wellington

6 years
10 months

St. Andrew's Church, Wellington

13/1162

3 March 1913

Rev. J.S. Smith

No	30
Date of Notice	3 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Owen Pancelot Raymond	Edith Johnson
BDM Match (83%)	Irwen Lancelot Willis Raymond	Edith Johnson
	💍 1913/1575
BDM Match (62%)	Leonard Hodsdon	Edith Johnson
	💍 1913/6848
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager	Domestic
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Wellington
Folio	13/1162
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.S. Smith

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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).