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 Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 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

7 February 1913

Crofton Gordon Tighe-Umbers
Bathia Howie Stuart

Crofton Gordon Tighe-Timbers
Bathia Howie Stuart
💍 1913/2495

Bachelor
Spinster

accountant

28 years
21 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 years
3 years

In St John's Church, Roslyn

13/1988

7 February 1913

W. A. R. Fitchett

No	68
Date of Notice	7 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Crofton Gordon Tighe-Umbers	Bathia Howie Stuart
BDM Match (96%)	Crofton Gordon Tighe-Timbers	Bathia Howie Stuart
	💍 1913/2495
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	accountant
Age	28 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In St John's Church, Roslyn
Folio	13/1988
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1913
Officiating Minister	W. A. R. Fitchett

7 February 1913

John Amos Bond
Elsie Vernon Lenore Hamilton

John Amos Bond
Elsie Vernon Lenore Hamilton
💍 1913/2195

Bachelor
Spinster

salesman

25 years
22 years

St Kilda
St Kilda

25 years
5 years

In the Baptist Church, South Dunedin

13/1685

7 February 1913

J. F. Jones

No	69
Date of Notice	7 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Amos Bond	Elsie Vernon Lenore Hamilton
	💍 1913/2195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	salesman
Age	25 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	St Kilda	St Kilda
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Baptist Church, South Dunedin
Folio	13/1685
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1913
Officiating Minister	J. F. Jones

7 February 1913

John Trevor Wright
Mary Gallon

John Trevor Wright
Mary Callon
💍 1913/2050

Widower
Spinster

painter

30 years
24 years

Dunedin
West Harbour

20 years
24 years

In the Church of England, Ravensbourne, West Harbour

13/1614

7 February 1913

R. A. Woodthorpe

No	70
Date of Notice	7 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Trevor Wright	Mary Gallon
BDM Match (95%)	John Trevor Wright	Mary Callon
	💍 1913/2050
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	painter
Age	30 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	West Harbour
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England, Ravensbourne, West Harbour
Folio	13/1614
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1913
Officiating Minister	R. A. Woodthorpe

8 February 1913

Lionel John Taylor
Annie Colridge

Lionel John Taylor
Annie Colridge
💍 1913/2176

Bachelor
Spinster

chemist

32 years
27 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In St Matthew's Church, Dunedin

13/1666

8 February 1913

W. Burzon Siggers

No	71
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel John Taylor	Annie Colridge
	💍 1913/2176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	chemist
Age	32 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In St Matthew's Church, Dunedin
Folio	13/1666
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	W. Burzon Siggers

8 February 1913

Samuel Francis Annan
Adeline Louisa Carman

Samuel Francis Annan
Adeline Louise Carman
💍 1913/2197

Bachelor
Spinster

railway employee

31 years
31 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

31 years
20 years

In the Methodist Church, St Kilda

13/1687

8 February 1913

A. J. Seamer

No	72
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Francis Annan	Adeline Louisa Carman
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Francis Annan	Adeline Louise Carman
	💍 1913/2197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	railway employee
Age	31 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	31 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the Methodist Church, St Kilda
Folio	13/1687
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	A. J. Seamer

8 February 1913

James Stuart Corbett
Agnes Renfrew Thomson

James Stuart Corbett
Agnes Renfew Thomson
💍 1913/4832

Bachelor
Spinster

marine officer

26 years
28 years

Roslyn
Roslyn

2 weeks
14 years

In the house of Mrs Jessie Thomson, Halfway Bush, Roslyn

13/4401

8 February 1913

R. R. M. Sutherland

No	73
Date of Notice	8 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Stuart Corbett	Agnes Renfrew Thomson
BDM Match (98%)	James Stuart Corbett	Agnes Renfew Thomson
	💍 1913/4832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	marine officer
Age	26 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	2 weeks	14 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Jessie Thomson, Halfway Bush, Roslyn
Folio	13/4401
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1913
Officiating Minister	R. R. M. Sutherland

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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).