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 432

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1906 Registrar G. J. Hodgkins

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

500

3 July 1906

Harold Easidy
Nannah Lane

Harold Casidy
Hannah Lane
💍 1906/4378

Bachelor
Divorcee, Decree absolute 17 February 1906

Carpenter

33
40

Wellington
Wellington

3 Months
4 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

06/4396

3 July 1906

G. J. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	500
Date of Notice	3 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Easidy	Nannah Lane
BDM Match (92%)	Harold Casidy	Hannah Lane
	💍 1906/4378
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee, Decree absolute 17 February 1906
Profession	Carpenter
Age	33	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Months	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	06/4396
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1906
Officiating Minister	G. J. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

501

3 July 1906

Thomas James Townshend
Mary Ann Baigent

Thomas James Townshend
Mary Ann Baigent
💍 1906/4804

Widower, 24 April 1906
Widow, 8 October 1905

Builder

54
41

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
6 weeks

Residence of M. J. Townshend, 7 Rhodes Street, Wellington

06/4568

3 July 1906

Mr. A. F. Turner

No	501
Date of Notice	3 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas James Townshend	Mary Ann Baigent
	💍 1906/4804
Condition	Widower, 24 April 1906	Widow, 8 October 1905
Profession	Builder
Age	54	41
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of M. J. Townshend, 7 Rhodes Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4568
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. F. Turner

502

4 July 1906

Cecil William Vivian Barham
Gertrude Frances Allsopp

Cecil William Vivian Bartram
Gertrude Frances Allsopp
💍 1906/4379

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
4 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

06/4397

4 July 1906

G. J. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	502
Date of Notice	4 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil William Vivian Barham	Gertrude Frances Allsopp
BDM Match (96%)	Cecil William Vivian Bartram	Gertrude Frances Allsopp
	💍 1906/4379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	06/4397
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1906
Officiating Minister	G. J. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

503

6 July 1906

Robert Hall Hall
Ernestine Mary Booth

Robert Hull Hall
Ernestine Mary Booth
💍 1906/5584

Bachelor
Spinster

Company Manager

37
37

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
2 days

St. Paul's Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington

06/5394

6 July 1906

Rev. T. H. Sprott

No	503
Date of Notice	6 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hall Hall	Ernestine Mary Booth
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Hull Hall	Ernestine Mary Booth
	💍 1906/5584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Company Manager
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	2 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington
Folio	06/5394
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Sprott

504

6 July 1906

Walter Henry Bowler
May Duder

Walter Harry Bowler
May Duder
💍 1906/1394

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

28
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 weeks
3 days

St. Mark's Church, Sussex Square, Wellington

06/4444

6 July 1906

Rev. R. Coffey

No	504
Date of Notice	6 July 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Bowler	May Duder
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Harry Bowler	May Duder
	💍 1906/1394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Sussex Square, Wellington
Folio	06/4444
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

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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).