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 328

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Charles Edward 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

2 July 1910

James Leckie
Agnes Walker

James Leckie
Agnes Walker
💍 1910/4531

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Nurse

32
31

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
1 month

Registrars Office Palmerston North

10/4641

2 July 1910

C. E. Shortt Registrar

No	88
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Leckie	Agnes Walker
	💍 1910/4531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Nurse
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Palmerston North
Folio	10/4641
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt Registrar

2 July 1910

Albert James Burdis
Ruby Evelyn Rogerson

Albert James Burns
Ruby Evelin Rogerson
💍 1910/4508

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver
Domestic Servant

23
23

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

5 years
2 years

Registrars Office Palmerston North

10/4642

2 July 1910

C. E. Shortt Registrar

No	89
Date of Notice	2 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert James Burdis	Ruby Evelyn Rogerson
BDM Match (92%)	Albert James Burns	Ruby Evelin Rogerson
	💍 1910/4508
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver	Domestic Servant
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Palmerston North
Folio	10/4642
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt Registrar

7 July 1910

William Henry Broderick
Annie Hunt

William Henry Broderick
Annie Hunt
💍 1910/4366

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent
Domestic

37
31

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

18 months
2 years

St Patricks Catholic Church Palmerston N

10/4447

7 July 1910

Rev. P. C. Costello

No	90
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Broderick	Annie Hunt
	💍 1910/4366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent	Domestic
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	18 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Catholic Church Palmerston N
Folio	10/4447
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. C. Costello

7 July 1910

Arnold Vernon Burnard
Annie Martin

Arnold Vernon Burnard
Annie Martin
💍 1910/4417

Eric Norman Bellringer
Annie Martin
💍 1910/1379

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Dressmaker

25
23

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 years
3 years

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston N.

10/4602

7 July 1910

Rev. A. Doull, M.A.

No	91
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold Vernon Burnard	Annie Martin
	💍 1910/4417
BDM Match (64%)	Eric Norman Bellringer	Annie Martin
	💍 1910/1379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Dressmaker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston N.
Folio	10/4602
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull, M.A.

9 July 1910

James Henry Simmons, jur
Edith Esther Caske

James Henry Simmons
Edith Esther Caske
💍 1910/4435

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
22

Rangitane
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston N

10/4571

9 July 1910

Rev. G. K. Aitken

No	92
Date of Notice	9 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Simmons, jur	Edith Esther Caske
BDM Match (90%)	James Henry Simmons	Edith Esther Caske
	💍 1910/4435
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Rangitane	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston N
Folio	10/4571
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Aitken

11 July 1910

Edward James Manktelow
Fanny Isabella Lily Carter

Edward James Manhire
Fanny Isabella Lily Carter
💍 1910/4509

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Employee
Domestic Servant

25
17

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 days
2 months

Registrars Office Palmerston North

10/4643

Charles Henry Carter, Father of Bride

11 July 1910

C. E. Shortt

No	93
Date of Notice	11 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Manktelow	Fanny Isabella Lily Carter
BDM Match (86%)	Edward James Manhire	Fanny Isabella Lily Carter
	💍 1910/4509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Employee	Domestic Servant
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Palmerston North
Folio	10/4643
Consent	Charles Henry Carter, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	11 July 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt

13 July 1910

Robert Stanley Cowley
Grace Grenfell Sadler

Robert Stanley Cowley
Grace Grenfell Sadler
💍 1910/4419

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

26
22

Palmerston Nth
Palmerston North

3 days
1 month

Mr Shaws House, Featherston Street West, Palmerston Nth

10/4604

13 July 1910

Rev. A. Doull

No	94
Date of Notice	13 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Stanley Cowley	Grace Grenfell Sadler
	💍 1910/4419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Palmerston Nth	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Mr Shaws House, Featherston Street West, Palmerston Nth
Folio	10/4604
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull

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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).