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 067

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1908 Registrar [illegible]

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

325

4 February 1908

John Frederick Waldegrave
Nora Woulfe

John Frederick Waldegrave
Nora Woulfe
💍 1908/1489

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Agent

25 Years
24 Years

Palmerston North
Feilding

3 Days
14 Years

Residence of Johanna Woulfes, Derby Street, Feilding

08/1540

4 February 1908

Rev. John O'Meara

No	325
Date of Notice	4 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Waldegrave	Nora Woulfe
	💍 1908/1489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Agent
Age	25 Years	24 Years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 Days	14 Years
Marriage Place	Residence of Johanna Woulfes, Derby Street, Feilding
Folio	08/1540
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. John O'Meara

326

6 February 1908

Percy Lorenzo Adamson
Elizabeth Hazlehurst

Percy Lorenza Adamson
Elizabeth Hazlehurst
💍 1908/668

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34 Years
32 Years

Morrinsville
Feilding

3 Days
5 Years

Residence of Thomas Hazlehurst, Pharazyn Street, Feilding

08/671

6 February 1908

Rev. P. J. Cossum

No	326
Date of Notice	6 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Lorenzo Adamson	Elizabeth Hazlehurst
BDM Match (98%)	Percy Lorenza Adamson	Elizabeth Hazlehurst
	💍 1908/668
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34 Years	32 Years
Dwelling Place	Morrinsville	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 Days	5 Years
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Hazlehurst, Pharazyn Street, Feilding
Folio	08/671
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Cossum

327

10 February 1908

Edward George Britton Moss
Amy Elizabeth Hull

Edward George Britton Moss
Amy Elizabeth Hall
💍 1908/673

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister

51 Years
44 Years

Auckland
Feilding

6 Weeks

Church of England, Feilding

08/676

10 February 1908

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	327
Date of Notice	10 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward George Britton Moss	Amy Elizabeth Hull
BDM Match (97%)	Edward George Britton Moss	Amy Elizabeth Hall
	💍 1908/673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister
Age	51 Years	44 Years
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Feilding
Length of Residence		6 Weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	08/676
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

328

11 February 1908

John Robertson Waugh
Frances Ada Robertson

John Robertson Waugh
Frances Ada Robertson
💍 1908/699

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30 Years
24 Years

Kimbolton
Feilding

3 Days
3 Months

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

08/679

11 February 1908

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	328
Date of Notice	11 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robertson Waugh	Frances Ada Robertson
	💍 1908/699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30 Years	24 Years
Dwelling Place	Kimbolton	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 Months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	08/679
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

329

20 February 1908

William Clayton
Ada Louisa Watts

William Clayton
Ada Louisa Watts
💍 1908/700

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

32 Years
30 Years

Shannon
Feilding

3 Days
2 Months

Residence of Walter Watts, Fitzroy Street, Feilding

08/680

20 February 1908

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	329
Date of Notice	20 February 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Clayton	Ada Louisa Watts
	💍 1908/700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	32 Years	30 Years
Dwelling Place	Shannon	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 Days	2 Months
Marriage Place	Residence of Walter Watts, Fitzroy Street, Feilding
Folio	08/680
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

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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).