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).

Page 949

District of Riverton Quarter ending 31 December 1913 Registrar Arthur Evan Dobbie

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

906

3 October 1913

Thomas Matthew Daly
Margaret Theresa Condon

Thomas Matthew Daly
Margaret Theresa Condon
💍 1913/8381

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Surfaceman
Household duties

34
23

Waimatuku
Flints Bush, Thornbury

9 years
23 years

At the Roman Catholic Church, Flints Bush

13/8129

3 October 1913

Rev. Patrick Murphy

No	906
Date of Notice	3 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Matthew Daly	Margaret Theresa Condon
	💍 1913/8381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Surfaceman	Household duties
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Waimatuku	Flints Bush, Thornbury
Length of Residence	9 years	23 years
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church, Flints Bush
Folio	13/8129
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Murphy

907

6 October 1913

James Carmichael
Mary Hammond Calvert

James Carmichael
Mary Hammond Calvert
💍 1913/8342

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household duties

39
39

Gummies Bush
Roslyn Bush

39 years
39 years

At the private residence of Francis Calvert, Roslyn Bush, near Invercargill

13/8084

6 October 1913

Rev. J. Cumming

No	907
Date of Notice	6 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Carmichael	Mary Hammond Calvert
	💍 1913/8342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household duties
Age	39	39
Dwelling Place	Gummies Bush	Roslyn Bush
Length of Residence	39 years	39 years
Marriage Place	At the private residence of Francis Calvert, Roslyn Bush, near Invercargill
Folio	13/8084
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cumming

908

13 October 1913

John Wixon
Elizabeth Le Au

John Wixon
Elizabeth Te Au
💍 1913/8821

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
21

Colac Bay
Colac Bay

3 months
20 years

At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Riverton

13/8200

13 October 1913

Hugh Mc Neile Gordon Macfarland (Registrar)

No	908
Date of Notice	13 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wixon	Elizabeth Le Au
BDM Match (97%)	John Wixon	Elizabeth Te Au
	💍 1913/8821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Colac Bay	Colac Bay
Length of Residence	3 months	20 years
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Riverton
Folio	13/8200
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Hugh Mc Neile Gordon Macfarland (Registrar)

909

28 October 1913

Alfred Andrew Jessey Knipe
Margaret May McGillivray

Alfred Andrew Fersey Knipe
Margaret May McGillivray
💍 1913/9166

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Domestic duties

27
25

Thornbury (late of Invercargill)
Thornbury

3 days
25 years

At the private residence of John McGillivray, Thornbury

13/8844

28 October 1913

Rev. John Chisholm

No	909
Date of Notice	28 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Andrew Jessey Knipe	Margaret May McGillivray
BDM Match (96%)	Alfred Andrew Fersey Knipe	Margaret May McGillivray
	💍 1913/9166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Domestic duties
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Thornbury (late of Invercargill)	Thornbury
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	At the private residence of John McGillivray, Thornbury
Folio	13/8844
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Chisholm

910

8 November 1913

Charles Flutey
Georgina Te Au

Charles Flutey
Georgina Te Au
💍 1913/8822

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
21

Colac Bay
Colac Bay

1 year
21 years

At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Riverton

13/8201

8 November 1913

William McKinnon (Deputy Registrar)

No	910
Date of Notice	8 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Flutey	Georgina Te Au
	💍 1913/8822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Colac Bay	Colac Bay
Length of Residence	1 year	21 years
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Riverton
Folio	13/8201
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1913
Officiating Minister	William McKinnon (Deputy Registrar)

911

18 November 1913

Thomas Geoffrey Giller
Nora Sutton

Thomas Geoffrey Giller
Nora Sutton
💍 1913/9152

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
25

Fairfax
Thornbury

3 years
lifetime

At the Church of England, Otautau, Thornbury

13/8831

18 November 1913

Rev. James Froiland

No	911
Date of Notice	18 November 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Geoffrey Giller	Nora Sutton
	💍 1913/9152
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Fairfax	Thornbury
Length of Residence	3 years	lifetime
Marriage Place	At the Church of England, Otautau, Thornbury
Folio	13/8831
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 November 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Froiland

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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).