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 209

District of Foxton Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar A. D. Clemett

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

17 January 1910

Claude Francis Pearce
Hilda Emily Howe

Claude Francis Pearce
Hilda Emily Howe
💍 1910/5362

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Duties

24
22

Moutoa
Moutoa

3 years
22 years

All Saints Anglican Church, Foxton

10/557

17 January 1910

Rev. G. Young Woodward

No	68
Date of Notice	17 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Francis Pearce	Hilda Emily Howe
	💍 1910/5362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Moutoa	Moutoa
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Church, Foxton
Folio	10/557
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Young Woodward

16 March 1910

John Gore
Elsie Maria Krebs

John Gore
Elsie Maria Kiels
💍 1910/813

Divorced
Widow

Labourer
Domestic Duties

35
35

Foxton
Foxton

8 months
12 months

Private House of Rev. G. Mairs, Foxton

10/740

16 March 1910

Rev. P. J. Meares

No	69
Date of Notice	16 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gore	Elsie Maria Krebs
BDM Match (94%)	John Gore	Elsie Maria Kiels
	💍 1910/813
Condition	Divorced	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	8 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Private House of Rev. G. Mairs, Foxton
Folio	10/740
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Meares

19 March 1910

Frank Mitchell
Alice Elizabeth Mary Coker

Frank Mitchell
Alice Elizabeth Mary Coker
💍 1910/812

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

27
17

Moutoa
Moutoa

1 month
8 months

Office of the Registrar, Foxton

10/739

19 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	70
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Mitchell	Alice Elizabeth Mary Coker
	💍 1910/812
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Moutoa	Moutoa
Length of Residence	1 month	8 months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Foxton
Folio	10/739
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

19 March 1910

Charles Matson
Johanna Cameron

Charles Matson
Johannah Cameron
💍 1910/811

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

42
41

Foxton
Foxton

10 years

Office of the Registrar, Foxton

10/738

19 March 1910

Registrar of Marriages

No	71
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Matson	Johanna Cameron
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Matson	Johannah Cameron
	💍 1910/811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	42	41
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Foxton
Length of Residence	10 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Foxton
Folio	10/738
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

24 March 1910

Walter George Theo Symons
Florence Catherine O'Brien

Walter George Thomas Symons
Florence Catherine O'Brien
💍 1910/5363

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax Mill Manager
Domestic Duties

33
29

Waipukurau
Foxton

3 months
18 months

All Saints Anglican Church, Foxton

10/558

24 March 1910

Rev. G. Young Woodward

No	72
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Theo Symons	Florence Catherine O'Brien
BDM Match (93%)	Walter George Thomas Symons	Florence Catherine O'Brien
	💍 1910/5363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax Mill Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Waipukurau	Foxton
Length of Residence	3 months	18 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Church, Foxton
Folio	10/558
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Young Woodward

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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).