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 2979

District of Winton Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar Alexander M. Herd

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

173

4 April 1914

Charles William Sharpe
Isabella Catherine McCallum

Charles William Sharfe
Isabella Catherine McCallum
💍 1914/6386

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Duties

28
39

Invercargill
Browns

5 months
39 years

Residence of Duncan McCallum, Browns

3796

4 April 1914

Rev. A. K. Ross

No	173
Date of Notice	4 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Sharpe	Isabella Catherine McCallum
BDM Match (98%)	Charles William Sharfe	Isabella Catherine McCallum
	💍 1914/6386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Duties
Age	28	39
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Browns
Length of Residence	5 months	39 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Duncan McCallum, Browns
Folio	3796
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. K. Ross

174

8 April 1914

George Wallace Cowan
Edith Elsie Corrie

George Wallace Cowan
Edith Elsie Cowie
💍 1914/6193

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
32

Browns
Invercargill

3 weeks
3 days

Amethyst Hall, Invercargill

3755

8 April 1914

Rev. James Baird

No	174
Date of Notice	8 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Wallace Cowan	Edith Elsie Corrie
BDM Match (94%)	George Wallace Cowan	Edith Elsie Cowie
	💍 1914/6193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	32
Dwelling Place	Browns	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	Amethyst Hall, Invercargill
Folio	3755
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Baird

175

11 April 1914

Frederick Slee
Ada Louisa Adams

Fredrick Blee
Ada Louisa Adams
💍 1914/6257

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
23

Winton
Winton

27 years
8 years

Dwelling of Albert Adams, Winton

3818

11 April 1914

Rev. C. E. P. Webb

No	175
Date of Notice	11 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Slee	Ada Louisa Adams
BDM Match (93%)	Fredrick Blee	Ada Louisa Adams
	💍 1914/6257
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	27 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Albert Adams, Winton
Folio	3818
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. P. Webb

176

27 April 1914

William Shaw
Margaret Watson

William Shaw
Margaret Watson
💍 1914/6387

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Lochiel
Lochiel

4 years
22 years

Residence of Robert Watson, Lochiel

3797

27 April 1914

Rev. A. K. Ross

No	176
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Shaw	Margaret Watson
	💍 1914/6387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Lochiel	Lochiel
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Robert Watson, Lochiel
Folio	3797
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. K. Ross

177

12 May 1914

Robert William Brown Orr
Ellen Jane Rance

Robert William Brown Ure
Ellen Jane Rance
💍 1914/5904

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

29
22

Winton
Waimatuku

29 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Waimatuku

3392

12 May 1914

Rev. John Chisholm

No	177
Date of Notice	12 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert William Brown Orr	Ellen Jane Rance
BDM Match (96%)	Robert William Brown Ure	Ellen Jane Rance
	💍 1914/5904
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Winton	Waimatuku
Length of Residence	29 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waimatuku
Folio	3392
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Chisholm

178

18 May 1914

Joseph Norris Loveday
Jane Knight

Joseph Norris Lousley
Jane Knight
💍 1914/1361

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

39
42

Winton
Winton

3 days
40 years

Registrar's Office, Winton

4732

18 May 1914

Alexander M. Herd, Registrar

No	178
Date of Notice	18 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Norris Loveday	Jane Knight
BDM Match (91%)	Joseph Norris Lousley	Jane Knight
	💍 1914/1361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	39	42
Dwelling Place	Winton	Winton
Length of Residence	3 days	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Winton
Folio	4732
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Alexander M. Herd, Registrar

179

19 May 1914

Percy Robert Kettle
Annie Eveline Lindsay

Percy Robert Kettle
Annie Eveline Lindsay
💍 1914/6255

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman
Domestic Duties

29
18

Browns
Limehills

6 years
18 years

Dwelling of Frank Corrie, Limehills

3817

William Cochrane Lindsay

19 May 1914

Rev. Thomas Knight

No	179
Date of Notice	19 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Robert Kettle	Annie Eveline Lindsay
	💍 1914/6255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman	Domestic Duties
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Browns	Limehills
Length of Residence	6 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Frank Corrie, Limehills
Folio	3817
Consent	William Cochrane Lindsay
Date of Certificate	19 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Knight

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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).