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 518

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

332

29 May 1913

Simon James Ballantyne
Lillian Housley

Simon James Ballantyne
Lillian Housley
💍 1913/4283

Bachelor
Spinster

printer

42
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

25 years
20 years

In St Matthew's Church

13/3825

29 May 1913

W. Curzon Siggers

No	332
Date of Notice	29 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon James Ballantyne	Lillian Housley
	💍 1913/4283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	printer
Age	42	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In St Matthew's Church
Folio	13/3825
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon Siggers

333

29 May 1913

Redmond Thomas Mackisack
Ellen Jane Maddock

Redmond Thomas Mackisack
Ellen Jane Maddock
💍 1913/4587

Bachelor
Widow

clerk

54
36

Dunedin
Dunedin

16 years
1/2 year

In the house of N. Q. J. Mackisack, Warden Street, North East Valley

13/3888

29 May 1913

H. B. Gray

No	333
Date of Notice	29 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Redmond Thomas Mackisack	Ellen Jane Maddock
	💍 1913/4587
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	clerk
Age	54	36
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	16 years	1/2 year
Marriage Place	In the house of N. Q. J. Mackisack, Warden Street, North East Valley
Folio	13/3888
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1913
Officiating Minister	H. B. Gray

334

30 May 1913

Thomas Hutton Stanley Hiddleston
Martha Willett

Thomas Hutton Stanley Hiddleston
Martha Willett
💍 1913/4275

Bachelor
Spinster

textile designer

42
31

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St Matthew's Church

13/3824

30 May 1913

W. Curzon Siggers

No	334
Date of Notice	30 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hutton Stanley Hiddleston	Martha Willett
	💍 1913/4275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	textile designer
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Matthew's Church
Folio	13/3824
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Curzon Siggers

335

30 May 1913

Thomas Henry Andrews
Fredericka Jeffrey

Thomas Henry Andrews
Fredericha Jeffrey
💍 1913/512

Bachelor
Spinster

wireworker

28
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

22 years
22 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

13/2343

30 May 1913

H. Maxwell

No	335
Date of Notice	30 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Andrews	Fredericka Jeffrey
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Henry Andrews	Fredericha Jeffrey
	💍 1913/512
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	wireworker
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	13/2343
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

336

30 May 1913

David Hutton
Caroline Winifred Best

David Hutton
Caroline Winifred Best
💍 1913/4270

Bachelor
Spinster

fruiterer

30
27

Mornington
Mornington

27 years
2 years

In the house of W. G. G. Hutton, 15 Gladstone Street, Mornington

13/3819

30 May 1913

W. Scorgie

No	336
Date of Notice	30 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hutton	Caroline Winifred Best
	💍 1913/4270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	fruiterer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Mornington
Length of Residence	27 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the house of W. G. G. Hutton, 15 Gladstone Street, Mornington
Folio	13/3819
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Scorgie

337

30 May 1913

Andrew Leekie
Agnes Still

Andrew Leckie
Agnes Still
💍 1913/4276

Bachelor
Spinster

carter

26
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

26 years
18 years

In the house of N. H. Still, 2 Forth Street, Dunedin

13/3807

30 May 1913

R. E. Davies

No	337
Date of Notice	30 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Leekie	Agnes Still
BDM Match (96%)	Andrew Leckie	Agnes Still
	💍 1913/4276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	carter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	26 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the house of N. H. Still, 2 Forth Street, Dunedin
Folio	13/3807
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1913
Officiating Minister	R. E. Davies

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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).