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 Woodville Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Robert Roque

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

Hugh Morrison McKenzie
Louisa Elizabeth Toogood

Hugh Morrison McKenzie
Louisa Elizabeth Toogood
💍 1910/1165

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic

26
27

Woodville
Woodville

3 days
1 year

Holy Trinity Church, Woodville

10/707

3 January 1910

Rev. John Charles Eccles

No	77
Date of Notice	3 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Morrison McKenzie	Louisa Elizabeth Toogood
	💍 1910/1165
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Woodville
Folio	10/707
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Charles Eccles

7 February 1910

Thomas McArristell
Ellen Spence

Thomas McCristall
Ellen Spence
💍 1910/1182

Bachelor
Spinster

Staff Sergeant Major
Domestic

36
29

Woodville
Woodville

3 days
14 years

Residence of Mrs. John Spence, Franklin Road, Woodville

10/702

7 February 1910

Rev. Robert Gardner

No	78
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas McArristell	Ellen Spence
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas McCristall	Ellen Spence
	💍 1910/1182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Staff Sergeant Major	Domestic
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. John Spence, Franklin Road, Woodville
Folio	10/702
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Gardner

14 February 1910

James Campbell
Jessie Ann Simmers

James Campbell
Jessie Ann Simmers
💍 1910/1161

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic

40
30

Woodville
Woodville

6 days
6 weeks

Residence of Mr. Charles Walker, Ormonds Road, Woodville

10/703

14 February 1910

Rev. Robert Gardner

No	79
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Campbell	Jessie Ann Simmers
	💍 1910/1161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic
Age	40	30
Dwelling Place	Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	6 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Charles Walker, Ormonds Road, Woodville
Folio	10/703
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Gardner

26 March 1910

Leonard Ainsworth Walker
Margaret Olive Evelyn Turner

Leonard Amsworth Walker
Margaret Olive Evelyn Turner
💍 1910/1164

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

24
23

Woodlands Road, Woodville
Woodville

24 years
4 years

Holy Trinity Church, Woodville

10/706

26 March 1910

Rev. John Charles Eccles

No	80
Date of Notice	26 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Ainsworth Walker	Margaret Olive Evelyn Turner
BDM Match (96%)	Leonard Amsworth Walker	Margaret Olive Evelyn Turner
	💍 1910/1164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Woodlands Road, Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	24 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Woodville
Folio	10/706
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Charles Eccles

26 March 1910

Henry Ernest Ebbert
Annie Harris

Henry Ernest Ebbett
Annie Harris
💍 1910/1162

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

35
28

Woodville
Woodville

3 days
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Woodville

10/704

26 March 1910

Rev. Robert Gardner

No	81
Date of Notice	26 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Ernest Ebbert	Annie Harris
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Ernest Ebbett	Annie Harris
	💍 1910/1162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Woodville
Folio	10/704
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Gardner

29 March 1910

William Thomas Armstrong
Charlotte Johannsen

William Thomas Armstrong
Charlotte Johannsen
💍 1910/1163

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit Grower
Domestic Duties

21
16

Woodville Road, Woodville
Woodville

2 months
4 years

Residence of Mr. Johann Johannsen, Woodlands Road, Woodville

10/705

Johann Johannsen, father

29 March 1910

Rev. Robert Gardner

No	82
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Thomas Armstrong	Charlotte Johannsen
	💍 1910/1163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit Grower	Domestic Duties
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Woodville Road, Woodville	Woodville
Length of Residence	2 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Johann Johannsen, Woodlands Road, Woodville
Folio	10/705
Consent	Johann Johannsen, father
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robert Gardner

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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).