Intentions to Marry, 1905 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840428, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1905 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1905a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1905b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1905c).

Page 635

District of Nelson Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar S. Blomfield

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 1905

Frederick William Burn
Olive Muriel Bartlett

Frederick William Burn
Olive Muriel Bartlett
💍 1905/4956

Bachelor
Spinster

Tinsmith
Domestic duties

21
18

Toi Toi Valley, Nelson
Toi Toi Valley, Nelson

3 days
9 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

05/902

Charles John Bartlett, father

3 January 1905

S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Burn	Olive Muriel Bartlett
	💍 1905/4956
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tinsmith	Domestic duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Toi Toi Valley, Nelson	Toi Toi Valley, Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	05/902
Consent	Charles John Bartlett, father
Date of Certificate	3 January 1905
Officiating Minister	S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

5 January 1905

Arthur Charles Berkett
Mabel Jackson

Arthur Charles Berkett
Mabel Jackson
💍 1905/6220

Bachelor
Spinster

Waggoner
Domestic Servant

23
19

Hope
Nelson City

23 years
3 days

Church of England, Appleby

05/909

20 January 1905

W. G. Baker, Church of England Minister

No	2
Date of Notice	5 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Berkett	Mabel Jackson
	💍 1905/6220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waggoner	Domestic Servant
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Hope	Nelson City
Length of Residence	23 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Appleby
Folio	05/909
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1905
Officiating Minister	W. G. Baker, Church of England Minister

11 January 1905

Henry Collins
Madge Barber

Henry Collins
Madge Barker
💍 1905/4957

Bachelor
Widow

Master Mariner
Domestic duties

28
31

The Port, Nelson
The Port, Nelson

3 months
10 weeks

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

05/903

11 January 1905

S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

No	3
Date of Notice	11 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Collins	Madge Barber
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Collins	Madge Barker
	💍 1905/4957
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Master Mariner	Domestic duties
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	The Port, Nelson	The Port, Nelson
Length of Residence	3 months	10 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	05/903
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1905
Officiating Minister	S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

16 January 1905

William John Gaynor
Jane Winifred James

William John Gaynor
Jane Winifred James
💍 1905/6215

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic duties

23
20

Bridge Street, Nelson
Gloucester Street, Nelson

12 years
5 years

Residence of James Thomson, Gloucester St., Nelson

05/927

Johanna Thomson, mother

16 January 1905

Wm. Jas. Williams, Wesleyan Minister

No	4
Date of Notice	16 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Gaynor	Jane Winifred James
	💍 1905/6215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic duties
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Bridge Street, Nelson	Gloucester Street, Nelson
Length of Residence	12 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Thomson, Gloucester St., Nelson
Folio	05/927
Consent	Johanna Thomson, mother
Date of Certificate	16 January 1905
Officiating Minister	Wm. Jas. Williams, Wesleyan Minister

17 January 1905

Clarence Leopold Williams
Elizabeth Edith Crisp

Clarence Leopold Williams
Elizabeth Edith Crisp
💍 1905/6199

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic duties

21
19

Nile Street, Nelson
Church Street, Nelson

21 months
19 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

05/904

Robert Crisp, father

17 January 1905

S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

No	5
Date of Notice	17 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Leopold Williams	Elizabeth Edith Crisp
	💍 1905/6199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic duties
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Nile Street, Nelson	Church Street, Nelson
Length of Residence	21 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	05/904
Consent	Robert Crisp, father
Date of Certificate	17 January 1905
Officiating Minister	S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

21 January 1905

Edward Sheriff
Emily Spitall

Edward Sheriff
Emily Spittall
💍 1905/6202

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25
31

The Port, Nelson
Halifax Street, Nelson

12 years
10 years

Residence of George Fleming, Halifax Street, Nelson

05/915

21 January 1905

J. J. Franklyn, Minister Church of Christ

No	6
Date of Notice	21 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Sheriff	Emily Spitall
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Sheriff	Emily Spittall
	💍 1905/6202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25	31
Dwelling Place	The Port, Nelson	Halifax Street, Nelson
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of George Fleming, Halifax Street, Nelson
Folio	05/915
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1905
Officiating Minister	J. J. Franklyn, Minister Church of Christ

24 January 1905

William Westley
Matilda Lyford

William Westley
Matilda Lyford
💍 1905/6210

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

72
65

Wakapuaka
Wakapuaka

54 years
61 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

05/905

24 January 1905

S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

No	7
Date of Notice	24 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Westley	Matilda Lyford
	💍 1905/6210
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	72	65
Dwelling Place	Wakapuaka	Wakapuaka
Length of Residence	54 years	61 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	05/905
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1905
Officiating Minister	S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

26 January 1905

Henry William Hartwig
Mary Ellen Climo

Henry William Hartwig
Mary Ellen Climo
💍 1905/6217

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

21
20

Brougham Street, Nelson
Brougham Street, Nelson

8 years
3 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson

05/906

Alice Martha Climo, mother

26 January 1905

S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

No	8
Date of Notice	26 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Hartwig	Mary Ellen Climo
	💍 1905/6217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Brougham Street, Nelson	Brougham Street, Nelson
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Nelson
Folio	05/906
Consent	Alice Martha Climo, mother
Date of Certificate	26 January 1905
Officiating Minister	S. Blomfield, Registrar of Marriages

27 January 1905

Walter Henry Smith
Isabel Fry Johnston

Walter Henry Smith
Isabel Fry Johnston
💍 1905/6200

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner
Milliner

34
21

Richmond
Richmond

3 days
1 year

Church of England, Richmond

05/913

27 January 1905

F. A. Meyer, Church of England Minister

No	9
Date of Notice	27 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Smith	Isabel Fry Johnston
	💍 1905/6200
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner	Milliner
Age	34	21
Dwelling Place	Richmond	Richmond
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England, Richmond
Folio	05/913
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1905
Officiating Minister	F. A. Meyer, Church of England Minister

31 January 1905

Arthur Firmin Taylor
Ada Beatrice Violetta Hawley

Arthur Firmin Taylor
Ada Beatrice Violetta Hawley
💍 1905/6211

Bachelor
Spinster

Upholsterer
Domestic duties

21
18

Nile Street, Nelson
The Port, Nelson

21 years
18 years

Residence of Augustus James Hawley, Haven Road, Nelson

05/923

Augustus James Hawley, father

31 January 1905

W. S. Lucas, Church of England Minister

No	10
Date of Notice	31 January 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Firmin Taylor	Ada Beatrice Violetta Hawley
	💍 1905/6211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer	Domestic duties
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Nile Street, Nelson	The Port, Nelson
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Augustus James Hawley, Haven Road, Nelson
Folio	05/923
Consent	Augustus James Hawley, father
Date of Certificate	31 January 1905
Officiating Minister	W. S. Lucas, Church of England Minister

7 February 1905

William Bernard North
Annetta Charlotte Domville Holloway

William Bernard North
Annetta Charlotte Dumville Holloway
💍 1905/6212

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer

27
21

Bishopdale Nelson
Bronte Street Nelson

3 days
21 years

All Saints' Church, Vanguard St., Nelson

05/924

4 February 1905

John P. Kempthorne, Church of England Minister

No	11
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bernard North	Annetta Charlotte Domville Holloway
BDM Match (99%)	William Bernard North	Annetta Charlotte Dumville Holloway
	💍 1905/6212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Bishopdale Nelson	Bronte Street Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Vanguard St., Nelson
Folio	05/924
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1905
Officiating Minister	John P. Kempthorne, Church of England Minister

7 February 1905

Paul Alexander Douglas Mickle
Eulalie Louisa Ellen Rothall

Paul Alexander Douglas Mickle
Eulalie Louisa Ellen Rothall
💍 1905/6201

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher
Domestic duties

24
21

Richmond
Richmond

3 days
6 months

Holy Trinity Church, Richmond

05/914

7 February 1905

T. A. Meyer, Church of England Minister

No	12
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Alexander Douglas Mickle	Eulalie Louisa Ellen Rothall
	💍 1905/6201
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher	Domestic duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Richmond	Richmond
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Richmond
Folio	05/914
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1905
Officiating Minister	T. A. Meyer, Church of England Minister

7 February 1905

Peter Godinagh
Eunice Cresswell

Peter Godinagh
Eunice Cresswell
💍 1905/6221

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
23

Richmond
Richmond

3 days
23 years

Wesleyan Church, Richmond

05/910

7 February 1905

J. D. Jory, Wesleyan Minister

No	13
Date of Notice	7 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Godinagh	Eunice Cresswell
	💍 1905/6221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Richmond	Richmond
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Richmond
Folio	05/910
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1905
Officiating Minister	J. D. Jory, Wesleyan Minister

11 February 1905

Charles Matthews
Mary Fyffe

Charles Matthews
Mary Jane Fyffe
💍 1905/6213

Widower
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

58
30

Nile Street, Nelson
Trafalgar St, Nelson

2 weeks
6 weeks

All Saints' Church, Vanguard St, Nelson

05/925

11 February 1905

W. S. Lucas, Church of England Minister

No	14
Date of Notice	11 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Matthews	Mary Fyffe
BDM Match (83%)	Charles Matthews	Mary Jane Fyffe
	💍 1905/6213
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	58	30
Dwelling Place	Nile Street, Nelson	Trafalgar St, Nelson
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Vanguard St, Nelson
Folio	05/925
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1905
Officiating Minister	W. S. Lucas, Church of England Minister

13 February 1905

Herbert William Hart
Rita Rebecca Aarons

Herbert William Hart
Rita Rebecca Aarons
💍 1905/6492

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic duties

28
19

Wakapuaka
Wakapuaka

6 months
3 days

St. John's Church, Wakapuaka, Nelson

05/1575

28 February 1905

J. E. Fox, Church of England Minister

No	15
Date of Notice	13 February 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Hart	Rita Rebecca Aarons
	💍 1905/6492
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic duties
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Wakapuaka	Wakapuaka
Length of Residence	6 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Wakapuaka, Nelson
Folio	05/1575
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1905
Officiating Minister	J. E. Fox, Church of England Minister

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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).