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 Pahiatua Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar O. F. Bourke

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

5 April 1910

William Lichfield
Janet Stevens

William Lickfold
Janet Stevens
💍 1910/2801

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic Duties

40
42

Mangatainoka
Pahiatua

6 months
3 days

Presbyterian Church

10/2883

5 April 1910

Rev. J. Chalmers Mill

No	9
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lichfield	Janet Stevens
BDM Match (91%)	William Lickfold	Janet Stevens
	💍 1910/2801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic Duties
Age	40	42
Dwelling Place	Mangatainoka	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	6 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/2883
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Chalmers Mill

18 April 1910

Thomas Hickey
Maggie Guillinan

Thomas Hiekey
Maggie Quillinan
💍 1910/2697

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Duties

25
21

Pahiatua
Kohinui

3 days
7 months

Roman Catholic Church

10/2543

18 April 1910

Rev. J. McKenna

No	10
Date of Notice	18 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hickey	Maggie Guillinan
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas Hiekey	Maggie Quillinan
	💍 1910/2697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Kohinui
Length of Residence	3 days	7 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/2543
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna

25 April 1910

Allan Howard Raisin
Sara Veronica Ferdinand

Allan Howard Raisin
Sara Veronica Ferdinand
💍 1910/2698

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Laboress

25
22

Mahuri
Pahiatua

4 months
6 weeks

Roman Catholic Church

10/2544

25 April 1910

Rev. J. McKenna

No	11
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Howard Raisin	Sara Veronica Ferdinand
	💍 1910/2698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Laboress
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Mahuri	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	4 months	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/2544
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna

4 May 1910

Charles Lund
Barbara Arens

Charles Lund
Barbara Arcus
💍 1910/2802

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
No Occupation

22
20

Mangatainoka
Mangatainoka

3 days
8 days

Residence of Mr. J. Walkley, Mangatainoka

10/2884

Lawrence Arens, Father

4 May 1910

Rev. J. Chalmers Mill

No	12
Date of Notice	4 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Lund	Barbara Arens
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Lund	Barbara Arcus
	💍 1910/2802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	No Occupation
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Mangatainoka	Mangatainoka
Length of Residence	3 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Walkley, Mangatainoka
Folio	10/2884
Consent	Lawrence Arens, Father
Date of Certificate	4 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Chalmers Mill

12 May 1910

Edward John Diamond
Edith Howard

Edward John Diamond
Edith Howard
💍 1910/5916

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

45
30

Kaitawa
Kaitawa

16 years
15 years

Anglican Church, Pahiatua

10/3540

12 May 1910

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	13
Date of Notice	12 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Diamond	Edith Howard
	💍 1910/5916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	45	30
Dwelling Place	Kaitawa	Kaitawa
Length of Residence	16 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Pahiatua
Folio	10/3540
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

17 May 1910

Leslie Henry Holdaway
Alice Hutchings

Leslie Henry Holdaway
Alice Hutchings
💍 1910/2387

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
19

Ballance
Ballance

15 years
4 years

Methodist Church, Pahiatua

10/2504

Henry Joseph Hutchings, Father

17 May 1910

Rev. H. A. Speer

No	14
Date of Notice	17 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Henry Holdaway	Alice Hutchings
	💍 1910/2387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Ballance	Ballance
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Pahiatua
Folio	10/2504
Consent	Henry Joseph Hutchings, Father
Date of Certificate	17 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. A. Speer

23 May 1910

John Turner Finnis
Violet Catherine Temple Frere

John Turner Frimis
Violet Catherine Temple Frere
💍 1910/5917

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer
Domestic Duties

26
22

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

18 months
8 weeks

Anglican Church, Pahiatua

10/5541

23 May 1910

Rev. C. H. Isaacson

No	15
Date of Notice	23 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Turner Finnis	Violet Catherine Temple Frere
BDM Match (92%)	John Turner Frimis	Violet Catherine Temple Frere
	💍 1910/5917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	18 months	8 weeks
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Pahiatua
Folio	10/5541
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Isaacson

24 May 1910

Michael Henry Hodgins
Alice Moody

Michael Henry Hodgins
Alice Moody
💍 1910/2699

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm-hand
Domestic Duties

27
28

Lane
Lane

10 years
1 month

Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua

10/2545

24 May 1910

Rev. J. McKenna

No	16
Date of Notice	24 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Henry Hodgins	Alice Moody
	💍 1910/2699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm-hand	Domestic Duties
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Lane	Lane
Length of Residence	10 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Pahiatua
Folio	10/2545
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McKenna

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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).