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 326

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar Charles E. Shortt

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

6 June 1910

John Charles Maitland
Maud Alice Prentice

John Charles Maitland
Maud Alice Prentice
💍 1910/2615

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Housemaid

25 years
21 years

No 1 Saonni Street, Palmerston North
Boundary Road, Palmerston North

5 years
21 years

All Saints Church

10/2416

6 June 1910

Rev. W. C. G. Harper

No	77
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Maitland	Maud Alice Prentice
	💍 1910/2615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Housemaid
Age	25 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	No 1 Saonni Street, Palmerston North	Boundary Road, Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	10/2416
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. G. Harper

8 June 1910

Edward Charles Trollope
Ethel Clara Norgate

Edward Charles Trollope
Ethel Clara Norgate
💍 1910/2617

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

34 years
28 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

12 years
3 1/2 years

All Saints Church

10/2718

8 June 1910

Rev. W. C. G. Harper

No	78
Date of Notice	8 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Trollope	Ethel Clara Norgate
	💍 1910/2617
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	34 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	12 years	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	10/2718
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. G. Harper

10 June 1910

Arthur Steer Hadys
Eileen Newson

Arthur Steer
Gladys Eileen Dawson
💍 1910/2616

Bachelor
Spinster

Chef
Domestic Servant

25 years
18 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

5 years
3 years

All Saints Church, Palmerston North

10/2417

Emma Cardenine Ryan, formerly Newson, mother

10 June 1910

Rev. W. C. G. Harper

No	79
Date of Notice	10 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Steer Hadys	Eileen Newson
BDM Match (61%)	Arthur Steer	Gladys Eileen Dawson
	💍 1910/2616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chef	Domestic Servant
Age	25 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2417
Consent	Emma Cardenine Ryan, formerly Newson, mother
Date of Certificate	10 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. G. Harper

14 June 1910

David Newsham West
Rosa Margaret Chinner

David Newsham West
Rosa Margaret Skinner
💍 1910/2618

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Saleswoman

33 years
27 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
16 years

All Saints Church

10/2419

14 June 1910

Rev. W. C. G. Harper

No	80
Date of Notice	14 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Newsham West	Rosa Margaret Chinner
BDM Match (95%)	David Newsham West	Rosa Margaret Skinner
	💍 1910/2618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Saleswoman
Age	33 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	16 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	10/2419
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. G. Harper

14 June 1910

William Henry Boon
Sophie Starke Gibb Heron

William Henry Boon
Sophie Stacke Gibb Heron
💍 1910/2693

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Music Teacher

29 years
31 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

28 years
3 days

No 8 Broad Street

10/2538

14 June 1910

Rev. H. G. Lewis

No	81
Date of Notice	14 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Boon	Sophie Starke Gibb Heron
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Boon	Sophie Stacke Gibb Heron
	💍 1910/2693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Music Teacher
Age	29 years	31 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	28 years	3 days
Marriage Place	No 8 Broad Street
Folio	10/2538
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Lewis

16 June 1910

James Wilson Todd
Jessie McDonald Balfour

James Wilson Todd
Jessie McDonald Balfour
💍 1910/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Merchant
Domestic Help

27 years
21 years

Palmerston North
Whakarongo, Palmerston North

5 days
3 weeks

St Andrews Presbyterian Church

10/2539

16 June 1910

Rev. H. G. Lewis

No	82
Date of Notice	16 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wilson Todd	Jessie McDonald Balfour
	💍 1910/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Merchant	Domestic Help
Age	27 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Whakarongo, Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/2539
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Lewis

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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).