Intentions to Marry, 1914 Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840456, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 2527

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1914 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

131

18 March 1914

George Alexander Munro
Jane Strang

George Alexander Munro
Jane Strang
💍 1914/8212

Bachelor
Spinster

bookseller

29
27

Dunedin
Invercargill

2 years
27 years

In the house of Mr J. Strang, 100 Esk Street, Invercargill

1804

18 March 1914

R. M. Ryburn

No	131
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Alexander Munro	Jane Strang
	💍 1914/8212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	bookseller
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	27 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr J. Strang, 100 Esk Street, Invercargill
Folio	1804
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	R. M. Ryburn

132

19 March 1914

Gilbert Leach
Christina McBartney

Gilbert Leach
Christina McCartney
💍 1914/6414

Bachelor
Spinster

chainman

26
28

West Harbour
Portobello

26 years
28 years

In the house of Mr M. N. McBartney, Portobello

3899

19 March 1914

G. W. Donald

No	132
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Leach	Christina McBartney
BDM Match (97%)	Gilbert Leach	Christina McCartney
	💍 1914/6414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	chainman
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	West Harbour	Portobello
Length of Residence	26 years	28 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr M. N. McBartney, Portobello
Folio	3899
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	G. W. Donald

133

19 March 1914

Andrew Jopp
Mary Ann Graham Boyd

Andrew Jopp
Mary Ann Graham Boyd
💍 1914/8987

Bachelor
Spinster

hotelkeeper

35
31

Dunedin
Dunedin

7 days
16 years

In the house of Mr W. Boyd, 64 Maitland Street, Dunedin

4034

19 March 1914

E. A. Axelsen

No	133
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Jopp	Mary Ann Graham Boyd
	💍 1914/8987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	hotelkeeper
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 days	16 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr W. Boyd, 64 Maitland Street, Dunedin
Folio	4034
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	E. A. Axelsen

134

21 March 1914

Joseph William Pearshouse
Florence Throp

Joseph William Pearshouse
Florence Thorp
💍 1914/9232

Bachelor
Spinster

agent

54
34

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 days
30 years

In the house of Mr B. Throp, 122 Highgate, Roslyn

4178

21 March 1914

W. Saunders

No	134
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Pearshouse	Florence Throp
BDM Match (93%)	Joseph William Pearshouse	Florence Thorp
	💍 1914/9232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	agent
Age	54	34
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 days	30 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr B. Throp, 122 Highgate, Roslyn
Folio	4178
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	W. Saunders

135

21 March 1914

James McCallum Begg
Ellen Carline

James Begg McCallum
Ellen Carline
💍 1914/567

Bachelor
Spinster

accountant

24
22

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 years
14 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

234

21 March 1914

W. E. Gladstone

No	135
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McCallum Begg	Ellen Carline
BDM Match (74%)	James Begg McCallum	Ellen Carline
	💍 1914/567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	accountant
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	234
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	W. E. Gladstone

136

21 March 1914

George Ernest Harrison
Euphemia Beatrice Lockhart

George Ernest Harrison
Euphemia Beatrice Lockhart
💍 1914/544

Bachelor
Spinster

salesman

27
20

Maori Hill
Maori Hill

2 years
20 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

235

Oliver Gunn Lockhart, father

21 March 1914

W. E. Gladstone

No	136
Date of Notice	21 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Harrison	Euphemia Beatrice Lockhart
	💍 1914/544
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	salesman
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Maori Hill	Maori Hill
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	235
Consent	Oliver Gunn Lockhart, father
Date of Certificate	21 March 1914
Officiating Minister	W. E. Gladstone

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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).