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 Feilding Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar 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

7 October 1910

Richard Charles Pope
Alice Maria Mills (M.N.) Smart

Richard Charles Pope
Alice Maria Mills
💍 1910/6995

Widower
Widow

Labourer

56
54

Cheltenham
Cheltenham

12 years
20 years

Residence of Mrs Alice M Mills

10/6989

7 October 1910

Rev C E Beecroft

No	50
Date of Notice	7 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Charles Pope	Alice Maria Mills (M.N.) Smart
BDM Match (78%)	Richard Charles Pope	Alice Maria Mills
	💍 1910/6995
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	56	54
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	12 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Alice M Mills
Folio	10/6989
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev C E Beecroft

10 October 1910

David William Reid
Lydia Ducker (M.N.) Mingins

David William Reid
Lydia Ducker
💍 1910/6837

Bachelor
Divorced

Farmer

32
33

Makino
Makino

30 years
28 years

Residence of William Reid Makino

10/7249

10 October 1910

Rev Joseph Sharp

No	51
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David William Reid	Lydia Ducker (M.N.) Mingins
BDM Match (72%)	David William Reid	Lydia Ducker
	💍 1910/6837
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Makino	Makino
Length of Residence	30 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of William Reid Makino
Folio	10/7249
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Joseph Sharp

14 October 1910

Walter Whisker
Jessie Wright Reid

Walker Cairis Whisker
Jessie Wright Reid
💍 1910/6835

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
29

Feilding
Feilding

27 years
3 years

Residence of John Reid Awahuri Road Feilding

10/7247

14 October 1910

Rev Geo Budd

No	52
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Whisker	Jessie Wright Reid
BDM Match (81%)	Walker Cairis Whisker	Jessie Wright Reid
	💍 1910/6835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	27 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Reid Awahuri Road Feilding
Folio	10/7247
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo Budd

27 October 1910

Charles Benjamin Smith
Nellie Maud Gatfield

Charles Benjamin Smith
Nellie Maud Gatfield
💍 1910/6885

Divorced
Spinster

Labourer

28
22

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
3 years

Residence of James Gatfield Manchester Street Feilding

10/7195

27 October 1910

Rev. C. E. Beecroft

No	53
Date of Notice	27 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Benjamin Smith	Nellie Maud Gatfield
	💍 1910/6885
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of James Gatfield Manchester Street Feilding
Folio	10/7195
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Beecroft

2 November 1910

Ernest Leonard Hammond
Ellen Porteous

Ernest Leonard Hammond
Ellen Porteous
💍 1910/6832

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance agent

26
25

Feilding
Feilding

3 weeks
6 days

Presbyterian Manse Feilding

10/7244

2 November 1910

Rev Geo Budd

No	54
Date of Notice	2 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Leonard Hammond	Ellen Porteous
	💍 1910/6832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance agent
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 weeks	6 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Feilding
Folio	10/7244
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo Budd

5 November 1910

Alfred John Douglas
Gertrude Ellen Waldin

Alfred John Douglas
Gertrude Ellen Waldin
💍 1910/6833

Bachelor
Spinster

Post Office Clerk

25
23

Feilding
Colyton

10 years
5 years

Primitive Methodist Church Colyton

10/7245

5 November 1910

Rev. Geo Budd

No	55
Date of Notice	5 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Douglas	Gertrude Ellen Waldin
	💍 1910/6833
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Post Office Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Colyton
Length of Residence	10 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Colyton
Folio	10/7245
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo Budd

10 November 1910

Edwin Filton Wilson
Eveline Constance Sicely

Edwin Fitton
Eveline Constance Sicely
💍 1910/6829

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

35
30

Beaconsfield
Beaconsfield

25 years
4 months

Church of England Feilding

10/7241

10 November 1910

Rev. A S Innes Jones

No	56
Date of Notice	10 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Filton Wilson	Eveline Constance Sicely
BDM Match (79%)	Edwin Fitton	Eveline Constance Sicely
	💍 1910/6829
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Beaconsfield	Beaconsfield
Length of Residence	25 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Church of England Feilding
Folio	10/7241
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 November 1910
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).