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 2890

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar J. W. Cargill

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

22 June 1914

Patrick Gilroy Anglem
Hilda Marina King

Patrick Gilroy Anglem
Hilda Marina King
💍 1914/6189

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

56
28

David Street, Invercargill
Don Street, Invercargill

4 days
4 days

Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

3774

22 June 1914

Registrar of Marriages

No	99
Date of Notice	22 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Gilroy Anglem	Hilda Marina King
	💍 1914/6189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	56	28
Dwelling Place	David Street, Invercargill	Don Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	3774
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

100

23 June 1914

Arthur Wellesley Simpson
Ruth Anderson Stoat

Arthur Wellesley Simpson
Ruth Anderson Stout
💍 1914/894

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Home duties

23
25

Eye Street, Invercargill
Filleul Street, Invercargill

20 months
5 years

Residence of William Anderson Stoat, Filleul Street, Invercargill

4628

23 June 1914

Rev. F. W. Burridge

No	100
Date of Notice	23 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Wellesley Simpson	Ruth Anderson Stoat
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Wellesley Simpson	Ruth Anderson Stout
	💍 1914/894
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Home duties
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Eye Street, Invercargill	Filleul Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Anderson Stoat, Filleul Street, Invercargill
Folio	4628
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Burridge

101

23 June 1914

Philip Albert Williams
Mary Barrie

Philip Albert Williams
Mary Banie
💍 1914/6385

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic

29
26

Collingwood Street, Invercargill
Thornbury, Wallace

29 years
3 months

Residence of William De Clement, Thornbury, Wallace

3795

23 June 1914

Rev. C. A. Gray

No	101
Date of Notice	23 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Albert Williams	Mary Barrie
BDM Match (91%)	Philip Albert Williams	Mary Banie
	💍 1914/6385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Collingwood Street, Invercargill	Thornbury, Wallace
Length of Residence	29 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of William De Clement, Thornbury, Wallace
Folio	3795
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Gray

102

24 June 1914

Charles Freeven
Eileen Barry

Charles Frewen
Eileen Barry
💍 1914/967

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Employee
Domestic

25
22

Eye Street, Invercargill
Esk Street, Invercargill

3 days
7 days

Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill

4610

24 June 1914

Very Rev. W. Burke

No	102
Date of Notice	24 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Freeven	Eileen Barry
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Frewen	Eileen Barry
	💍 1914/967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Employee	Domestic
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Eye Street, Invercargill	Esk Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Tyne Street, Invercargill
Folio	4610
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W. Burke

103

25 June 1914

James Robert Maclean
Margaret Stobo

James Robert Maclean
Margaret Stobs
💍 1914/6190

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent
Domestic

56
26

Tay Street, Invercargill
Collingwood Street, Invercargill

3 years
11 years

Residence of Thomas Stobo, Collingwood Street, Invercargill

3775

25 June 1914

Rev. J. H. Young

No	103
Date of Notice	25 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robert Maclean	Margaret Stobo
BDM Match (96%)	James Robert Maclean	Margaret Stobs
	💍 1914/6190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent	Domestic
Age	56	26
Dwelling Place	Tay Street, Invercargill	Collingwood Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Stobo, Collingwood Street, Invercargill
Folio	3775
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Young

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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).