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 Palmerston North Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Roberts North Keeling

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

25 January 1910

Victor Edward Harman
Madge Marie Pascal

Victor Edward Harman
Madge Marie Pascal
💍 1910/784

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

37
20

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

6 years
3 years

St Patrick's Church, Palmerston North

10/836

Jean Baptiste Pascal, Father

26 January 1910

Rev Thomas Connolly, Catholic Priest, Palmerston North

No	14
Date of Notice	25 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Edward Harman	Madge Marie Pascal
	💍 1910/784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	37	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/836
Consent	Jean Baptiste Pascal, Father
Date of Certificate	26 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Thomas Connolly, Catholic Priest, Palmerston North

29 January 1910

Samuel Marston
Ellen Zuin

Samuel Marston
Ellen Tuin
💍 1910/1011

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Domestic Service

27
29

Aorangi
Aorangi

1 month
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar, Palmerston North

10/815

29 January 1910

Robt N. Keeling, Registrar, Palmerston North

No	15
Date of Notice	29 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Marston	Ellen Zuin
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel Marston	Ellen Tuin
	💍 1910/1011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Domestic Service
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Aorangi	Aorangi
Length of Residence	1 month	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Palmerston North
Folio	10/815
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Robt N. Keeling, Registrar, Palmerston North

7 February 1910

Antony Pedersen
Margaret Ellen Harris

Antony Pedersen
Margaret Ellen Harris
💍 1910/5281

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

House of James Harris, Palmerston North

10/817

7 February 1910

Rev T. J. Thomas, Methodist Minister, Palmerston North

No	16
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Antony Pedersen	Margaret Ellen Harris
	💍 1910/5281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of James Harris, Palmerston North
Folio	10/817
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev T. J. Thomas, Methodist Minister, Palmerston North

10 February 1910

Harry Stockdale Stead
Marion Shaw

Harry Stockdale Stead
Marion Shaw
💍 1910/1012

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Mechanic

25
23

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 month
1 month

Office of Registrar, Palmerston North

10/816

10 February 1910

Robt North Keeling, Registrar, Palmerston North

No	17
Date of Notice	10 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stockdale Stead	Marion Shaw
	💍 1910/1012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Mechanic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Palmerston North
Folio	10/816
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Robt North Keeling, Registrar, Palmerston North

15 February 1910

Walter Ernest Stevenson
Ethel Thorease

Walter Erenest Stevenson
Ethel Thoreau
💍 1910/776

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab Driver

23
18

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

14 years
5 years

All Saints Church, Palmerston North

10/828

Edward John Thorease, Father

15 February 1910

Rev G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

No	18
Date of Notice	15 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ernest Stevenson	Ethel Thorease
BDM Match (91%)	Walter Erenest Stevenson	Ethel Thoreau
	💍 1910/776
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab Driver
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	14 years	5 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/828
Consent	Edward John Thorease, Father
Date of Certificate	15 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

18 February 1910

Walter Sieverts
Emilie Burmeister

Walter Sieverts
Emilie Burmeister
💍 1910/1006

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
28

Palmerston North
Kairanga

3 years
2 years

House of J. Burmeister, Kairanga

10/811

18 February 1910

Rev M. Christenson, Lutheran Minister, Palmerston North

No	19
Date of Notice	18 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Sieverts	Emilie Burmeister
	💍 1910/1006
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Kairanga
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Burmeister, Kairanga
Folio	10/811
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev M. Christenson, Lutheran Minister, Palmerston North

22 February 1910

Charles Alexander Kirkwood
Minnie Purnell

Charles Alexander Kirkwood
Minnie Purnell
💍 1910/777

Bachelor
Spinster

Mechanical Engineer

27
24

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

7 days
2 months

St Peter's Church, Palmerston North

10/829

22 February 1910

Rev G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

No	20
Date of Notice	22 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alexander Kirkwood	Minnie Purnell
	💍 1910/777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mechanical Engineer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	7 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/829
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

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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).