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 2869

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1914

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

3 January 1914

Fred Lawrence McFull
Alice Rose Mary Dinan

Fred Lawrence McFall
Alice Rose Mary Dinan
💍 1914/8314

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Domestic

33
30

104 Elles Road, Invercargill
104 Elles Road, Invercargill

3 years
10 years

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St, Invercargill

1906

3 January 1914

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Lawrence McFull	Alice Rose Mary Dinan
BDM Match (98%)	Fred Lawrence McFall	Alice Rose Mary Dinan
	💍 1914/8314
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Domestic
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	104 Elles Road, Invercargill	104 Elles Road, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne St, Invercargill
Folio	1906
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

8 January 1914

Bruce Currie
Margaret Reid Thom

Bruce Currie
Margaret Reid Thorn
💍 1914/7602

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway employee
Domestic

28
25

Liddell St, Invercargill
Gore

15 months
2 months

Residence of Mr Duncan Campbell, Ardwick St, Gore

1767

8 January 1914

Rev. J. M. Simpson

No	2
Date of Notice	8 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Currie	Margaret Reid Thom
BDM Match (95%)	Bruce Currie	Margaret Reid Thorn
	💍 1914/7602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway employee	Domestic
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Liddell St, Invercargill	Gore
Length of Residence	15 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Duncan Campbell, Ardwick St, Gore
Folio	1767
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Simpson

14 January 1914

Thomas Albert Pack
Marjory McKinnon McBain

Thomas Albert Pack
Marjory McKinnon McBain
💍 1914/8190

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Domestic

30
28

Esk St, Invercargill
Yarrawalla, Invercargill

30 years
8 years

Residence of Rev J. M. Shaw, Earn St, Invercargill

1783

14 January 1914

Rev. J. M. Shaw

No	3
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Albert Pack	Marjory McKinnon McBain
	💍 1914/8190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Domestic
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Esk St, Invercargill	Yarrawalla, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev J. M. Shaw, Earn St, Invercargill
Folio	1783
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Shaw

17 January 1914

Alexander Rocie
Minnie Eliza Ethel Kingsland

Alexander Rodie
Minnie Eliza Ethel Kingsland
💍 1914/8171

Bachelor
Spinster

Outfitter
Domestic

30
27

Esk St, Invercargill
Esk St, Invercargill

30 years
27 years

English Church, Tay St, Invercargill

1787

17 January 1914

Ven. Archdn. Packe

No	4
Date of Notice	17 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Rocie	Minnie Eliza Ethel Kingsland
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Rodie	Minnie Eliza Ethel Kingsland
	💍 1914/8171
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Outfitter	Domestic
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Esk St, Invercargill	Esk St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	30 years	27 years
Marriage Place	English Church, Tay St, Invercargill
Folio	1787
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdn. Packe

17 January 1914

Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder
Emma McCorquodale

Fredrick Wilhelm Schroeder
Emma McCorquodale
💍 1914/8191

Widower
Widow

Labourer
Domestic

64
58

9 Teviot St, Invercargill
157 Esk St, Invercargill

41 years
2 years

Salvation Army Barracks, Tay St, Invercargill

1784

17 January 1914

Adjutant Middlemiss

No	5
Date of Notice	17 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Friedrich Wilhelm Schroeder	Emma McCorquodale
BDM Match (96%)	Fredrick Wilhelm Schroeder	Emma McCorquodale
	💍 1914/8191
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	64	58
Dwelling Place	9 Teviot St, Invercargill	157 Esk St, Invercargill
Length of Residence	41 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks, Tay St, Invercargill
Folio	1784
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Adjutant Middlemiss

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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).