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 558

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 December 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

562

28 October 1913

Francis Bernard Hauptfleisch
Isabel Hampton Justice

Francis Bernard Hauptfleisch
Isabel Hampton Justice
💍 1913/9174

Bachelor
Spinster

storekeeper

24
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
24 years

In the Church of Christ, Great King Street, Dunedin

8829

28 October 1913

R. Gabbie

No	562
Date of Notice	28 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Bernard Hauptfleisch	Isabel Hampton Justice
	💍 1913/9174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	storekeeper
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of Christ, Great King Street, Dunedin
Folio	8829
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 October 1913
Officiating Minister	R. Gabbie

563

29 October 1913

James Curtin
Margaret Jane Stronach

James Curtin
Margaret Jane Stronach
💍 1913/8480

Bachelor
Spinster

railway employe

27
33

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 years

In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

8295

29 October 1913

D. Buckley

No	563
Date of Notice	29 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Curtin	Margaret Jane Stronach
	💍 1913/8480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	railway employe
Age	27	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	8295
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1913
Officiating Minister	D. Buckley

564

29 October 1913

David McNab Thomson
Camilla Kate Sprague

David McNab Thomson
Camilla Kate Sprague
💍 1913/8204

Bachelor
Spinster

saddler

26
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
27 years

In the Methodist Church, North East Valley

7950

29 October 1913

H. L. Richards

No	564
Date of Notice	29 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David McNab Thomson	Camilla Kate Sprague
	💍 1913/8204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	saddler
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	In the Methodist Church, North East Valley
Folio	7950
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1913
Officiating Minister	H. L. Richards

565

29 October 1913

Henry Easton
Isabella McCrorie

Henry Easton
Isabella McCrorie
💍 1913/8155

Bachelor
Spinster

railway employe
tailoress

26
22

Dunedin
St Kilda

3 days
22 years

In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin

7921

29 October 1913

R. Fairmaid

No	565
Date of Notice	29 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Easton	Isabella McCrorie
	💍 1913/8155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	railway employe	tailoress
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	St Kilda
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin
Folio	7921
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1913
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

566

29 October 1913

Joseph Scott
Margaret Elsie Johnson

Joseph Scott
Margaret Elsie Johnson
💍 1913/8230

Bachelor
Spinster

builder
tailoress

24
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

19 years
22 years

In the Baptist Church, Caversham

7996

29 October 1913

C. Dallaston

No	566
Date of Notice	29 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Scott	Margaret Elsie Johnson
	💍 1913/8230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	builder	tailoress
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	19 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the Baptist Church, Caversham
Folio	7996
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1913
Officiating Minister	C. Dallaston

567

30 October 1913

William Cook
Agnes Matilda Johnson

William Cook
Agnes Matilda Johnson
💍 1913/8844

Bachelor
Spinster

painter

23
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

23 years
21 years

In Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin

8347

30 October 1913

R. E. Davies

No	567
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cook	Agnes Matilda Johnson
	💍 1913/8844
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	painter
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	8347
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

568

30 October 1913

Wilfred Herbert Tilbury
Maggie Edith Henderson

Wilfred Herbert Tilbury
Maggie Edith Henderson
💍 1913/8213

Bachelor
Spinster

carrier

25
25

St Kilda
Dunedin

12 months
25 years

St Andrew's Church, Dunedin

7958

30 October 1913

S. R. Orr

No	568
Date of Notice	30 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Herbert Tilbury	Maggie Edith Henderson
	💍 1913/8213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	carrier
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 months	25 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	7958
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1913
Officiating Minister	S. R. Orr

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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).