Intentions to Marry, 1910 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840443, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1910 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1910a), Wellington, , Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Westland (1910b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1910c).

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District of Hastings Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Robert Brathwaite

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

3 January 1910

Andrew Lowe
Christina Lo Keong

Andrew Lowe
Christina Lo Keong
💍 1910/672

Bachelor
Spinster

Chinese Missionary
Domestic duties

44
31

Hastings
Hastings

3 days
3 days

St. Matthews, Hastings

10/649

3 January 1910

Rev. C. G. Biddle

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Lowe	Christina Lo Keong
	💍 1910/672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chinese Missionary	Domestic duties
Age	44	31
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthews, Hastings
Folio	10/649
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. G. Biddle

12 January 1910

Sydney Liley
Maria Macdonald

Sydney Liley
Maria MacDonald
💍 1910/645

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Household duties

24
23

Havelock
Havelock

24 years
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Havelock

10/643

12 January 1910

Rev. Alex Whyte

No	2
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Liley	Maria Macdonald
BDM Match (97%)	Sydney Liley	Maria MacDonald
	💍 1910/645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Household duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Havelock	Havelock
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock
Folio	10/643
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Whyte

15 January 1910

Cuthbert Henry White
Frances Mary Corless

Cuthbert Henry White
Frances Mary Corless
💍 1910/654

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Household duties

27
21

Hastings
Poukawa, Hastings

3 days
21 years

Poukawa Church, Building

10/645

15 January 1910

Rev. Father Keogh

No	3
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cuthbert Henry White	Frances Mary Corless
	💍 1910/654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Household duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Poukawa, Hastings
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Poukawa Church, Building
Folio	10/645
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Keogh

14 January 1910

Charles Samuel Palmer
Henrietta Marion Marbrook

Charles Samuel Palmer
Henrietta Marion Marbrook
💍 1910/638

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner
Household duties

29
23

Hastings
Hastings

4 years
15 years

Wesleyan Church, Hastings

10/638

14 January 1910

Rev. Wm. Yinsley

No	4
Date of Notice	14 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Samuel Palmer	Henrietta Marion Marbrook
	💍 1910/638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	Household duties
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Hastings
Folio	10/638
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Yinsley

31 January 1910

Hans Peter Thomsen
Agnes Mary Moss

Hans Peter Thomsen
Agnes Mary Moss
💍 1910/676

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic duties

30
30

Havelock North
Hastings

4 years
30 years

Registrar's Office, Hastings

10/653

31 January 1910

Robert Brathwaite

No	5
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Peter Thomsen	Agnes Mary Moss
	💍 1910/676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic duties
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	10/653
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Robert Brathwaite

4 February 1910

Vladimir Eugene Pisavenco
Dora Teresa McHardy

Divorced
Widow

Engineer
Domestic duties

38
40

Havelock North
Havelock North

1 year
40 years

Registrar's Office, Hastings

not issued

Not issued

Memo 21/11/10

No	6
Date of Notice	4 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vladimir Eugene Pisavenco	Dora Teresa McHardy
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	38	40
Dwelling Place	Havelock North	Havelock North
Length of Residence	1 year	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Hastings
Folio	not issued
Consent
Date of Certificate	Not issued
Officiating Minister	Memo 21/11/10

14 February 1910

Henry Wilson
Edith Emily Harmon

Henry Wilson
Edith Emily Harman
💍 1910/675

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dressmaker

30
20

Hastings
Hastings

2.5 years
20 years

St. Matthews, Hastings

10/652

Edwin Harmon, Father

14 February 1910

Rev. John Hobbs

No	7
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wilson	Edith Emily Harmon
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Wilson	Edith Emily Harman
	💍 1910/675
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2.5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews, Hastings
Folio	10/652
Consent	Edwin Harmon, Father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Hobbs

4 March 1910

John Herbert Foster
Isobell Ross

John Herbert Foster
Isabell Ross
💍 1910/642

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Domestic duties

25
25

Hastings
Hastings

4 days
4 months

The house of Mr. G. Ross, Mangapai, Hastings

10/640

8 March 1910

Rev. Peter Ramsay

No	8
Date of Notice	4 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Herbert Foster	Isobell Ross
BDM Match (96%)	John Herbert Foster	Isabell Ross
	💍 1910/642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Domestic duties
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	4 days	4 months
Marriage Place	The house of Mr. G. Ross, Mangapai, Hastings
Folio	10/640
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Peter Ramsay

4 March 1910

Francis William Marchant
Ivy Isabell Mitchell

Francis William Marchant
Ivy Isabel Mitchell
💍 1910/674

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist
Domestic duties

27
19

Hastings
Hastings

5 years
6 months

St. Matthews, Hastings

10/651

Harry William Mitchell, Father

4 March 1910

Rev. John Hobbs

No	9
Date of Notice	4 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Marchant	Ivy Isabell Mitchell
BDM Match (98%)	Francis William Marchant	Ivy Isabel Mitchell
	💍 1910/674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist	Domestic duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	5 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthews, Hastings
Folio	10/651
Consent	Harry William Mitchell, Father
Date of Certificate	4 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Hobbs

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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).