Intentions to Marry, 1908 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840437, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1908 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1908a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1908b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1908c).

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District of Hunterville Quarter ending 30 September 1908 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

315

15 July 1908

Charles Alfred Beart Long
Maude Ellis

Charles Alfred Beart Long
Maude Ellis
💍 1908/6466

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

30
26

Feilding
Hunterville

9 years
9 years

Church of England, Hunterville

08/5005

15 July 1908

Rev. F. C. Long

No	315
Date of Notice	15 July 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Beart Long	Maude Ellis
	💍 1908/6466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Hunterville
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hunterville
Folio	08/5005
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. C. Long

316

3 August 1908

Arthur Pepper
Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson

Arthur Pepper
Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson
💍 1908/6948

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic Duties

22
22

Wanganui
Hunterville

22 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church, Hunterville

08/5537

3 August 1908

Rev. J. B. Hall

No	316
Date of Notice	3 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Pepper	Sarah Elizabeth Nicholson
	💍 1908/6948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Hunterville
Length of Residence	22 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville
Folio	08/5537
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. B. Hall

317

10 August 1908

Hubert Edward Hagger
Margery Wells

Hubert Edward Hogger
Margery Wells
💍 1908/6473

Bachelor
Minor

Settler
Domestic Duties

25
20

Taihape
Hunterville

4 Days
5 Days

Church of England, Hunterville

08/5006

Henrietta Rose Wells, mother

10 August 1908

Rev. J. Blackburne

No	317
Date of Notice	10 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Edward Hagger	Margery Wells
BDM Match (98%)	Hubert Edward Hogger	Margery Wells
	💍 1908/6473
Condition	Bachelor	Minor
Profession	Settler	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Hunterville
Length of Residence	4 Days	5 Days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hunterville
Folio	08/5006
Consent	Henrietta Rose Wells, mother
Date of Certificate	10 August 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blackburne

318

27 August 1908

Alfred George Peters
Gertrude Welch

Alfred George Peters
Gertrude Welch
💍 1908/6477

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

21
30

Rata
Rata

6 months
6 months

At the office of the Registrar, Hunterville

08/5010

27 August 1908

John F. Perry, Registrar

No	318
Date of Notice	27 August 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Peters	Gertrude Welch
	💍 1908/6477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	30
Dwelling Place	Rata	Rata
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	At the office of the Registrar, Hunterville
Folio	08/5010
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1908
Officiating Minister	John F. Perry, Registrar

319

15 September 1908

Robert Edward Street
Johanne Wilhelmina Ackermann

Robert Edward Street
Johanna Wilhelmina Ackermann
💍 1908/6474

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic Duties

29
20

Hastings
Waihuna West

3 months
20 years

At the residence of Johann F. Gottlob Ackermann, Waituna West

08/5007

J. G. Ackermann, father

15 September 1908

Rev. J. F. Mayo, M.A.

No	319
Date of Notice	15 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edward Street	Johanne Wilhelmina Ackermann
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Edward Street	Johanna Wilhelmina Ackermann
	💍 1908/6474
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic Duties
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Waihuna West
Length of Residence	3 months	20 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Johann F. Gottlob Ackermann, Waituna West
Folio	08/5007
Consent	J. G. Ackermann, father
Date of Certificate	15 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Mayo, M.A.

320

27 September 1908

William Arthur Dingle
Florence Mary Brooks

William Arthur Dingle
Florence Mary Brooks
💍 1908/6476

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic Duties

30
25

Hamilton
Ohingaiti

14 months
8 years

At the residence of J. H. Brooks, Ohingaiti

08/5009

27 September 1908

Rev. J. Blackburne

No	320
Date of Notice	27 September 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Dingle	Florence Mary Brooks
	💍 1908/6476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic Duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Ohingaiti
Length of Residence	14 months	8 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of J. H. Brooks, Ohingaiti
Folio	08/5009
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blackburne

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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).