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).

Page 182

District of Eketahuna Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar William Nicholas Tregonning

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

1 April 1910

Alfred Noel
Karin Elisa Sjooman

Alfred Doel
Karin Elida Sjooman
💍 1910/5461

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Home Duties

20
23

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

4 years
3 years

Residence of Alfred Noel, Eketahuna

10/5681

Alfred Noel (father)

1 April 1910

Rev John J Hendray

No	3
Date of Notice	1 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Noel	Karin Elisa Sjooman
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Doel	Karin Elida Sjooman
	💍 1910/5461
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Home Duties
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alfred Noel, Eketahuna
Folio	10/5681
Consent	Alfred Noel (father)
Date of Certificate	1 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev John J Hendray

23 April 1910

William James Jones
Edith May Saunders

William James Jones
Edith May Saunders
💍 1910/2763

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach proprietor
Home Duties

28
26

Alfredton
Alfredton

7 years
26 years

Anglican Church, Alfredton

10/2770

23 April 1910

Rev Ad Macke

No	4
Date of Notice	23 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Jones	Edith May Saunders
	💍 1910/2763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach proprietor	Home Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Alfredton	Alfredton
Length of Residence	7 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Alfredton
Folio	10/2770
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Ad Macke

26 April 1910

Emil Theodore Voss
Cissy Kirby

Emil Theodore Voss
Cissy Kirby
💍 1910/5295

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Postmistress

27
34

Alfredton
Alfredton

5 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Eketahuna

10/5586

26 April 1910

Rev W. J. Saunderson

No	5
Date of Notice	26 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emil Theodore Voss	Cissy Kirby
	💍 1910/5295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Postmistress
Age	27	34
Dwelling Place	Alfredton	Alfredton
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Eketahuna
Folio	10/5586
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W. J. Saunderson

30 May 1910

Leonard Andrew Milne
Winifred Louisa Boielle

Leonard Andrews Milne
Winifred Louisa Boielle
💍 1910/2431

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Home Duties

24
21

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

4 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eketahuna

10/2570

30 May 1910

Wm N Tregonning, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	30 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Andrew Milne	Winifred Louisa Boielle
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Andrews Milne	Winifred Louisa Boielle
	💍 1910/2431
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Home Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	4 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Eketahuna
Folio	10/2570
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Wm N Tregonning, Registrar

15 June 1910

Walter Beaman Hicks
Louise Frances Fauvel

Walter Beaman Hicks
Louise Francis Fauvel
💍 1910/5464

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Official
Home Duties

31
27

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

3 days
12 years

Residence of Philip Fauvel, Kaiparoro

10/5684

15 June 1910

Rev John J Hendray

No	7
Date of Notice	15 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Beaman Hicks	Louise Frances Fauvel
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Beaman Hicks	Louise Francis Fauvel
	💍 1910/5464
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Official	Home Duties
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Philip Fauvel, Kaiparoro
Folio	10/5684
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev John J Hendray

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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).