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 Bertworth 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

18 March 1910

William George Peters
Ethel Cicely Anderson

William George Peters
Ethel Cicely Anderson
💍 1910/779

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler
Telephone Exchange

36
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

6 years
25 years

St Peters Church, Palmerston North

10/831

18 March 1910

Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

No	27
Date of Notice	18 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Peters	Ethel Cicely Anderson
	💍 1910/779
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler	Telephone Exchange
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	6 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/831
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

21 March 1910

Gerald Watson McCarthy
Julia Ann Conway

Gerald Watson McCarthy
Julia Anne Conway
💍 1910/780

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

23
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

All Saints Schoolroom, Palmerston North

10/832

21 March 1910

Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

No	28
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Watson McCarthy	Julia Ann Conway
BDM Match (97%)	Gerald Watson McCarthy	Julia Anne Conway
	💍 1910/780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Schoolroom, Palmerston North
Folio	10/832
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

21 March 1910

Herbert Power Sanders
Agnes Jane Sutherland

Herbert Power Sanders
Agnes Jane Sutherland
💍 1910/785

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Proprietor
Laundress

41
37

Rongotea
Palmerston North

2 months
5 days

Office of Registrar, Palmerston North

10/819

21 March 1910

Registrar, Palmerston North

No	29
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Power Sanders	Agnes Jane Sutherland
	💍 1910/785
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Proprietor	Laundress
Age	41	37
Dwelling Place	Rongotea	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 months	5 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Palmerston North
Folio	10/819
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Palmerston North

22 March 1910

William Jemmett McCarthy
Annie McCarthy

William Jemmett
Annie McCarthy
💍 1910/783

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Housemaid

38
29

Awapuni, Palmerston North
Awapuni, Palmerston North

8 months
2 years

St Patrick's Church, Palmerston North

10/835

22 March 1910

Rev. P. C. Costello, Catholic Priest

No	30
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jemmett McCarthy	Annie McCarthy
BDM Match (81%)	William Jemmett	Annie McCarthy
	💍 1910/783
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Housemaid
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Awapuni, Palmerston North	Awapuni, Palmerston North
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/835
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. C. Costello, Catholic Priest

23 March 1910

Charles Herbert Fowler
Mathilda Helena Anna Lucinsky

Charles Herbert Fowler
Matilda Anna Helena Lucinsky
💍 1910/781

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic Servant

30
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
1 week

St Peter's Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North

10/833

23 March 1910

Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

No	31
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Herbert Fowler	Mathilda Helena Anna Lucinsky
BDM Match (85%)	Charles Herbert Fowler	Matilda Anna Helena Lucinsky
	💍 1910/781
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic Servant
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	1 week
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Terrace End, Palmerston North
Folio	10/833
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. G. Harper, Anglican Minister

24 March 1910

Harold Bertram Bayliss
Rhoda Hopwood

Harold Bertram Bayliss
Rhoda Hopwood
💍 1910/5283

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
9 months

House of James Hopwood, Palmerston North

10/599

24 March 1910

Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist Minister

No	32
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Bertram Bayliss	Rhoda Hopwood
	💍 1910/5283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	9 months
Marriage Place	House of James Hopwood, Palmerston North
Folio	10/599
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Newbold, Methodist Minister

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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).