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 510

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

284

30 April 1913

Robert Glenn Bann
Vera Walker

Robert Glenn
Vera Walker
💍 1913/5480

Bachelor
Spinster

labourer

21
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, 33 Young Street, St Kilda

13/446

Agnes Fahey, guardian

30 April 1913

R. Fairmaid

No	284
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Glenn Bann	Vera Walker
BDM Match (85%)	Robert Glenn	Vera Walker
	💍 1913/5480
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	labourer
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of the Rev. R. Fairmaid, 33 Young Street, St Kilda
Folio	13/446
Consent	Agnes Fahey, guardian
Date of Certificate	30 April 1913
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

284

5 May 1913

Richard James Heyward Twose
Emma Selina Craig Channon

Richard James Heyward Twise
Emma Selina Craig Channon
💍 1913/4582

Widower
Spinster

school master

52
35

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 days
35 years

In the Baptist Church, Caversham

13/387

5 May 1913

C. Dallaston

No	284
Date of Notice	5 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James Heyward Twose	Emma Selina Craig Channon
BDM Match (98%)	Richard James Heyward Twise	Emma Selina Craig Channon
	💍 1913/4582
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	school master
Age	52	35
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	35 years
Marriage Place	In the Baptist Church, Caversham
Folio	13/387
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 May 1913
Officiating Minister	C. Dallaston

285

30 April 1913

Michael James Moriarty
Ellen O'Driscoll

Michael James Moriarty
Ellen O'Driscoll
💍 1913/4295

Bachelor
Spinster

printer

33
33

Dunedin
Mornington

3 days
6 years

In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

13/384

30 April 1913

J. Coffey

No	285
Date of Notice	30 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael James Moriarty	Ellen O'Driscoll
	💍 1913/4295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	printer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	3 days	6 years
Marriage Place	In St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	13/384
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1913
Officiating Minister	J. Coffey

286

1 May 1913

John Young Douglas
Johanna Alice Macdonald

John Young Douglas
Johanna Alice McDonald
💍 1913/5479

Bachelor
Spinster

engineer
tailoress

25
25

Dunedin
Dunedin

16 years
25 years

In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin

13/461

1 May 1913

R. Fairmaid

No	286
Date of Notice	1 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Young Douglas	Johanna Alice Macdonald
BDM Match (96%)	John Young Douglas	Johanna Alice McDonald
	💍 1913/5479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	engineer	tailoress
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	16 years	25 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, South Dunedin
Folio	13/461
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1913
Officiating Minister	R. Fairmaid

288

5 May 1913

Robert Murdoch
Mary Marguerita Junge

Robert Murdoch
Mary Marguerita Junge
💍 1913/526

Bachelor
Spinster

miner

33
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

13/233

Junge, father

5 May 1913

H. Maxwell

No	288
Date of Notice	5 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Murdoch	Mary Marguerita Junge
	💍 1913/526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	miner
Age	33	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	13/233
Consent	Junge, father
Date of Certificate	5 May 1913
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell

289

6 May 1913

Henry Douglas Campbell
Annie Jean McLeod

Henry Douglas Campbell
Annie Jean McLeod
💍 1913/4277

Bachelor
Spinster

joiner

33
26

Dunedin
Dunedin

33 years
3 days

In Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin

13/380

6 May 1913

R. E. Davies

No	289
Date of Notice	6 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Douglas Campbell	Annie Jean McLeod
	💍 1913/4277
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	joiner
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	33 years	3 days
Marriage Place	In Knox Church Vestry, Dunedin
Folio	13/380
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 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).