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 617

District of Buller Quarter ending 31 December 1906 Registrar Herbert Logie

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 October 1906

Walter Daniel Meikle
Isabella Ellen Monigatti

Walter Daniel McPike
Isabella Ellen Morrigatti
💍 1906/6612

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

24
19

Westport
Sergeants Hill

18 months
14 years

In the residence of Mr John Thomas Monigatti, Sergeants Hill

06/6606

John Thomas Monigatti, Father

3 October 1906

Rev J R Darl

No	32
Date of Notice	3 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Daniel Meikle	Isabella Ellen Monigatti
BDM Match (89%)	Walter Daniel McPike	Isabella Ellen Morrigatti
	💍 1906/6612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Westport	Sergeants Hill
Length of Residence	18 months	14 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr John Thomas Monigatti, Sergeants Hill
Folio	06/6606
Consent	John Thomas Monigatti, Father
Date of Certificate	3 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J R Darl

4 October 1906

John William McAlpine Souter
Florence Lydia Struthers

John William Leonard McAlpine Souter
Florence Lydia Struthers
💍 1906/6618

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Importer

26
24

Westport
Westport

3 days
24 years

In the Presbyterian Church, Westport

06/6611

4 October 1906

Rev H H Barton

No	33
Date of Notice	4 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William McAlpine Souter	Florence Lydia Struthers
BDM Match (89%)	John William Leonard McAlpine Souter	Florence Lydia Struthers
	💍 1906/6618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Importer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Westport
Folio	06/6611
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev H H Barton

23 October 1906

Harold Edward Stanton
Hannah Howat

Harold Edward Stanton
Hannah Howat
💍 1906/6619

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

23
21

Westport
Denniston

4 days
18 months

In the residence of Rev H H Barton, Presbyterian Manse, Westport

06/6612

23 October 1906

Rev H H Barton

No	34
Date of Notice	23 October 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edward Stanton	Hannah Howat
	💍 1906/6619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	Denniston
Length of Residence	4 days	18 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Rev H H Barton, Presbyterian Manse, Westport
Folio	06/6612
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev H H Barton

6 November 1906

Niels Henry Jorgensen
Hannah Hebley

Niels Henry Jorgensen
Hannah Hebley
💍 1906/6620

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

24
26

Westport
Westport

15 years
6 weeks

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

06/6613

6 November 1906

Rev I Walshe

No	35
Date of Notice	6 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Niels Henry Jorgensen	Hannah Hebley
	💍 1906/6620
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	15 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	06/6613
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev I Walshe

20 November 1906

Charles William Baldwin
Ada Blanche Corkhill

Charles William Baldwin
Ada Blanche Corkhill
💍 1906/6614

Widower
Spinster

Laborer

34
28

Westport
Westport

7 years
7 months

In the residence of Ada Blanche Corkhill, Palmerston St, Westport

06/6608

20 November 1906

Rev Alfred Gamble

No	36
Date of Notice	20 November 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Baldwin	Ada Blanche Corkhill
	💍 1906/6614
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	7 years	7 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Ada Blanche Corkhill, Palmerston St, Westport
Folio	06/6608
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev Alfred Gamble

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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).