Intentions to Marry, 1906 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840431, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1906 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1906a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1906b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1906c).

Page 108

District of Hunterville Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar John Francis Perry

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

280

2 July 1906

Charles John Edward Chubbin
Amy Isabell Stevens

Charles John Edward Chubbin
Amy Isabelle Stevens
💍 1906/5579

Batchelor
Spinster

Store Keeper
Domestic Duties

34
24

Mangawha
Hunterville

10 months
18 years

St. John's Church of England, Hunterville

06/5362

2 July 1906

The Rev. C. H. Roe, John Henry Registrar

No	280
Date of Notice	2 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Edward Chubbin	Amy Isabell Stevens
BDM Match (98%)	Charles John Edward Chubbin	Amy Isabelle Stevens
	💍 1906/5579
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper	Domestic Duties
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Mangawha	Hunterville
Length of Residence	10 months	18 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church of England, Hunterville
Folio	06/5362
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1906
Officiating Minister	The Rev. C. H. Roe, John Henry Registrar

281

5 July 1906

John Hartley
Florence Peachy

John Hartley
Florence Peachey
💍 1906/5578

Batchelor
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

51
28

Rata
Rata

3 years
6 months

At the Office of the Registrar, Bruce Street, Hunterville

06/5861

5 July 1906

John Henry Registrar

No	281
Date of Notice	5 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hartley	Florence Peachy
BDM Match (97%)	John Hartley	Florence Peachey
	💍 1906/5578
Condition	Batchelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	51	28
Dwelling Place	Rata	Rata
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	At the Office of the Registrar, Bruce Street, Hunterville
Folio	06/5861
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1906
Officiating Minister	John Henry Registrar

282

11 July 1906

Herbert James Monteith
Eleanor Emily Hunt

Hubert James Monteith
Eleanor Emily Hunt
💍 1906/5581

Batchelor
Minor

Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
18

Pahihikura
Kimbolton

10 years
12 years

At the Residence of the Rev. J. B. Hall, Hunterville

06/5364

George Hunt, Father

11 July 1906

The Rev. J. B. Hall, John Henry Registrar

No	282
Date of Notice	11 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Monteith	Eleanor Emily Hunt
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert James Monteith	Eleanor Emily Hunt
	💍 1906/5581
Condition	Batchelor	Minor
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Pahihikura	Kimbolton
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of the Rev. J. B. Hall, Hunterville
Folio	06/5364
Consent	George Hunt, Father
Date of Certificate	11 July 1906
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. B. Hall, John Henry Registrar

283

16 July 1906

Peter Nesbit
Henrietta Jane Wright

Peter Nisbet
Henrietta Jane Wright
💍 1906/4346

Batchelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

37
29

Rata
Brunswick

5 years
20 years

At the Residence of Mrs. Wright, Brunswick

06/4367

16 July 1906

The Rev. Watson, John Henry Registrar

No	283
Date of Notice	16 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Nesbit	Henrietta Jane Wright
BDM Match (92%)	Peter Nisbet	Henrietta Jane Wright
	💍 1906/4346
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Rata	Brunswick
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mrs. Wright, Brunswick
Folio	06/4367
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1906
Officiating Minister	The Rev. Watson, John Henry Registrar

284

27 August 1906

Stephen Stanley Fagan
Evelyn Alice Haycock

Stephen Stanley Fagan
Evelyn Alice Haycock
💍 1906/5580

Batchelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
21

Mahino
Rewa

1 month
6 months

At the Residence of Mr. Charles G. Haycock, Rewa

06/5363

27 August 1906

The Rev. J. B. Hall, John Henry Registrar

No	284
Date of Notice	27 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Stanley Fagan	Evelyn Alice Haycock
	💍 1906/5580
Condition	Batchelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Mahino	Rewa
Length of Residence	1 month	6 months
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Mr. Charles G. Haycock, Rewa
Folio	06/5363
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1906
Officiating Minister	The Rev. J. B. Hall, John Henry Registrar

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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 1903. 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).