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 2725

District of Oamaru Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar Alexander Adam Mair

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

3232

7 July 1914

Duncan McNaughton
Beatrice Tomlinson

Duncan McNaughton
Beatrice Tomlinson
💍 1914/2717

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
25

Oamaru
South Waitaki

3 days
2 days

St Paul's Presbyterian Manse, Oamaru

6519

7 July 1914

Rev. Robert J. Porter

No	3232
Date of Notice	7 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan McNaughton	Beatrice Tomlinson
	💍 1914/2717
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	South Waitaki
Length of Residence	3 days	2 days
Marriage Place	St Paul's Presbyterian Manse, Oamaru
Folio	6519
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert J. Porter

3233

13 July 1914

Alfred Harris Russell
Margaret Annie Garvie

Alfred Harris Russell
Margaret Annie Garvie
💍 1914/3133

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic Duties

26
23

Oamaru
Oamaru

4 years
23 years

St Paul's Presbyterian Church Manse, Oamaru

6911

13 July 1914

Rev. Robert James Porter

No	3233
Date of Notice	13 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Harris Russell	Margaret Annie Garvie
	💍 1914/3133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic Duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Presbyterian Church Manse, Oamaru
Folio	6911
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert James Porter

3234

18 July 1914

Walter James Timblick
Alexandrine Maurice

Walter James Timblick
Alexanderine Maurice
💍 1914/2716

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
18

Oamaru
Oamaru

3 days
18 years

St Luke's Anglican Church, Oamaru

6518

Mary Reynolds, mother

18 July 1914

Rev. John Delacourt Russell

No	3234
Date of Notice	18 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter James Timblick	Alexandrine Maurice
BDM Match (98%)	Walter James Timblick	Alexanderine Maurice
	💍 1914/2716
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	St Luke's Anglican Church, Oamaru
Folio	6518
Consent	Mary Reynolds, mother
Date of Certificate	18 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Delacourt Russell

3235

20 July 1914

Hugh Edmondson Buick
Annie Clementina Taylor

Hugh Edmondson Quick
Annie Clementina Taylor
💍 1914/2711

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.Z.R.
Domestic Duties

25
23

Papakaio
Kokoamo

4 days
23 years

Residence of Mr James B. Taylor, Kokoamo

6513

20 July 1914

Rev. Henry Clark

No	3235
Date of Notice	20 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Edmondson Buick	Annie Clementina Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Hugh Edmondson Quick	Annie Clementina Taylor
	💍 1914/2711
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.Z.R.	Domestic Duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Papakaio	Kokoamo
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James B. Taylor, Kokoamo
Folio	6513
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Clark

3236

21 July 1914

Joseph Robinson
Julia Mansell

Thomas Joseph Robinson
Julia Mansell
💍 1914/5253

Bachelor
Spinster

Miller
Dressmaker

32
29

Oamaru
Oamaru

7 years
29 years

Residence of Mr Thomas Mansell, Awamoa

7155

21 July 1914

Rev. Alexander Farthing

No	3236
Date of Notice	21 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Robinson	Julia Mansell
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Joseph Robinson	Julia Mansell
	💍 1914/5253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miller	Dressmaker
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	7 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Thomas Mansell, Awamoa
Folio	7155
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alexander Farthing

3237

22 July 1914

Daniel Forbes
Irene Allan Summerell

Daniel Forbes
Irene Allan Summorell
💍 1914/2731

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom
Domestic Servant

25
17

Oamaru
Oamaru

2 1/2 years
17 years

Presbyterian Manse, Hull Street, Oamaru

6509

Sampson Stapel Summerell, Father

22 July 1914

Rev. William Wright

No	3237
Date of Notice	22 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Forbes	Irene Allan Summerell
BDM Match (98%)	Daniel Forbes	Irene Allan Summorell
	💍 1914/2731
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Domestic Servant
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Oamaru	Oamaru
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Hull Street, Oamaru
Folio	6509
Consent	Sampson Stapel Summerell, Father
Date of Certificate	22 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Wright

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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).