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).

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District of WELLINGTON Quarter ending 31 December 1906 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodgins

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

996

27 December 1906

William Hoylands
Nora Agnes Leathwick

William Hoyland
Kora Agnes Leathwick
💍 1907/875

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

34
28

Miramar
Wellington

3 years
7 years

St Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

07/969

27 December 1906

Rev. T. O'Shea

No	996
Date of Notice	27 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hoylands	Nora Agnes Leathwick
BDM Match (94%)	William Hoyland	Kora Agnes Leathwick
	💍 1907/875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Miramar	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	07/969
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Shea

997

27 December 1906

Arthur Jenkins
Clara Brook

Arthur Jenkins
Clara Brook
💍 1906/6387

Bachelor
Widow

Baker

35
36

Petone
Petone

1 month
1 month

Registrars Office, Wellington

06/6311

27 December 1906

G. G. Hodgins, Deputy Registrar

No	997
Date of Notice	27 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jenkins	Clara Brook
	💍 1906/6387
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Baker
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	06/6311
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgins, Deputy Registrar

998

27 December 1906

Frederick John Wards
Christie Florence Bertha Collins

Frederick John Ward Christie
Florence Bertha Collins
💍 1906/6657

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
30

Nakapuaka, Nelson
Wellington

5 months
life

Anglican Cathedral, Nelson

06/6651

27 December 1906

Rev. J. Kempthorne

No	998
Date of Notice	27 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Wards	Christie Florence Bertha Collins
BDM Match (72%)	Frederick John Ward Christie	Florence Bertha Collins
	💍 1906/6657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Nakapuaka, Nelson	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	life
Marriage Place	Anglican Cathedral, Nelson
Folio	06/6651
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Kempthorne

999

28 December 1906

Edwards Logan
Emily Blanche Tindle

Edward Logan
Emily Blanch Tindle
💍 1906/6426

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
7 years

Residence of Mr. Logan, 37 Elizabeth Street, Wellington

06/6399

John Henzel Tindle, father of bride

28 December 1906

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	999
Date of Notice	28 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwards Logan	Emily Blanche Tindle
BDM Match (94%)	Edward Logan	Emily Blanch Tindle
	💍 1906/6426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Logan, 37 Elizabeth Street, Wellington
Folio	06/6399
Consent	John Henzel Tindle, father of bride
Date of Certificate	28 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

1000

28 December 1906

Thomas Alexander Bell
Florence Maude Hancox

Thomas Alexander Bell
Florence Maud Hancox
💍 1907/876

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemists Assistant

28
22

Wellington
Petone

24 years
6 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Petone

07/970

28 December 1906

Rev. R. J. Riddell

No	1000
Date of Notice	28 December 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander Bell	Florence Maude Hancox
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Alexander Bell	Florence Maud Hancox
	💍 1907/876
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemists Assistant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Petone
Length of Residence	24 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Petone
Folio	07/970
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Riddell

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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).