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).

Page 501

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1908 Registrar Gilbert Graham 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

851

29 October 1908

Harold Webley
Rhoda Trevethick

Harold Webley
Rhoda Trevethrick
💍 1908/2527

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
21

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

3 years
Life

Residence of Mr. C. Trevethick, Randwick Road, Lower Hutt

08/7238

29 October 1908

Rev. B. F. Rothwell

No	851
Date of Notice	29 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Webley	Rhoda Trevethick
BDM Match (97%)	Harold Webley	Rhoda Trevethrick
	💍 1908/2527
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. Trevethick, Randwick Road, Lower Hutt
Folio	08/7238
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Rothwell

852

29 October 1908

Harry Holland
Edith Harriet Farmilo

Harry Holland
Edith Harriet Farmilo
💍 1908/2546

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter

32
31

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
3 years

Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington

08/7260

29 October 1908

Rev. J. J. North

No	852
Date of Notice	29 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Holland	Edith Harriet Farmilo
	💍 1908/2546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	08/7260
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. North

853

30 October 1908

William Rupert Stone
Ethel Beatrice Cope

William Rupert Stone
Ethel Beatrice Cope
💍 1908/2394

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

9 months
2 days

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

08/7089

30 October 1908

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	853
Date of Notice	30 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rupert Stone	Ethel Beatrice Cope
	💍 1908/2394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	2 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	08/7089
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

854

30 October 1908

William Burford
Lily Rosalie Pointon

William Burford
Lily Rosalie Pointon
💍 1908/3583

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

29
18

Petone
Petone

5 years
18 years

Residence of Mr. E. G. Pointon, 140 Hutt Road, Petone

08/8388

Edmund George Pointon (Father)

30 October 1908

Rev. B. Metson

No	854
Date of Notice	30 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Burford	Lily Rosalie Pointon
	💍 1908/3583
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	29	18
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. E. G. Pointon, 140 Hutt Road, Petone
Folio	08/8388
Consent	Edmund George Pointon (Father)
Date of Certificate	30 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Metson

855

30 October 1908

Charles Augustus Turner
Louise Tennet

Charles Augustus Turner
Louisa Tennet
💍 1908/2544

Bachelor
Widow 11 May 1907

Theological Student

35
36

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
3 years

Residence of Rev. W. Tudor Jones, Rahwhiti Terrace, Kelburne

08/7279

30 October 1908

Rev. W. Tudor Jones

No	855
Date of Notice	30 October 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Augustus Turner	Louise Tennet
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Augustus Turner	Louisa Tennet
	💍 1908/2544
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 11 May 1907
Profession	Theological Student
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. W. Tudor Jones, Rahwhiti Terrace, Kelburne
Folio	08/7279
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Tudor Jones

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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).