Intentions to Marry, 1909 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840440, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1909 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1909a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1909b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1909c).

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District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1909 Registrar Charles Christian Halliday

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

23 January 1909

David Bell
Daisy Agnes Amon

David Bell
Daisy Agnes Amon
💍 1909/826

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

36
31

Makino
Makino

12 years
2 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

09/724

23 January 1909

Rev. G. Budd

No	1
Date of Notice	23 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Bell	Daisy Agnes Amon
	💍 1909/826
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	31
Dwelling Place	Makino	Makino
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	09/724
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Budd

26 January 1909

Robert Bell
Matilda Fredrica Apel

Robert Bell
Matilda Fredrica Apel
💍 1909/825

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
30

Feilding
Feilding

14 years
20 years

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

09/723

26 January 1909

Rev. G. Budd

No	2
Date of Notice	26 January 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Bell	Matilda Fredrica Apel
	💍 1909/825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	30
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	09/723
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Budd

5 February 1909

Leonard Macintosh Dorrocks
Vita Louisa Quilliam

Leonard Macintosh Horrocks
Vita Louisa Quilliam
💍 1909/1192

Bachelor
Spinster

Surgeon Dentist

23
22

Feilding
New Plymouth

3 years

Presbyterian Church, New Plymouth

09/895

5 February 1909

Rev. S. S. Osborne

No	3
Date of Notice	5 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Macintosh Dorrocks	Vita Louisa Quilliam
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Macintosh Horrocks	Vita Louisa Quilliam
	💍 1909/1192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surgeon Dentist
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	New Plymouth
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, New Plymouth
Folio	09/895
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. S. Osborne

20 February 1909

Henry William Taylor
Nellie Currie

Henry William Taylor
Nellie Currie
💍 1909/719

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
19

Feilding
Feilding

1 year
19 years

Residence of Rev. P. W. Jones, Kimbolton Road

09/581

Charles Currie, Father

20 February 1909

Rev. P. W. Jones

No	4
Date of Notice	20 February 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Taylor	Nellie Currie
	💍 1909/719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. P. W. Jones, Kimbolton Road
Folio	09/581
Consent	Charles Currie, Father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Jones

1 March 1909

Alfred Antrum
Angelina Williams

Alfred Tantrum
Angelina Williams
💍 1909/6584

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
28

Feilding
Feilding

1 year
1 month

Residence of Mr. C. S. Ruch, Ranfurly Road, Feilding

09/778

1 March 1909

Rev. P. J. Boseman

No	5
Date of Notice	1 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Antrum	Angelina Williams
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Tantrum	Angelina Williams
	💍 1909/6584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year	1 month
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. S. Ruch, Ranfurly Road, Feilding
Folio	09/778
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Boseman

8 March 1909

Valentine Doade Preston-Thomas
Frances Catherine Johnson

Valentine Dosde Preston-Thomas
Frances Catherine Johnson
💍 1909/3190

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower

26
33

Otaki
Feilding

3 days
3 years

Church of England, Feilding

09/447

8 March 1909

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	6
Date of Notice	8 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Valentine Doade Preston-Thomas	Frances Catherine Johnson
BDM Match (98%)	Valentine Dosde Preston-Thomas	Frances Catherine Johnson
	💍 1909/3190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower
Age	26	33
Dwelling Place	Otaki	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	09/447
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

22 March 1909

Robert Henry Falkner Travers
Florence Emily Clapham

Robert Henry Falkner Travers
Florence Emily Clapham
💍 1909/785

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
29

Mairoa
Colyton

3 days
5 years

Church of England, Colyton

09/680

22 March 1909

Rev. A. S. Innes Jones

No	7
Date of Notice	22 March 1909
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Falkner Travers	Florence Emily Clapham
	💍 1909/785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Mairoa	Colyton
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Colyton
Folio	09/680
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1909
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Innes 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).