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 December 1910 Registrar Charles Edward Short

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

152

19 December 1910

George Albert Walker
Jessie Elizabeth Ruge

George Albert Walker
Jessie Elizabeth Ruge
💍 1910/6659

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Housekeeper

22
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 months
3 months

Mrs Winoch 100 main St. E. Palmerston North

10/6993

19 December 1910

Rev. Alex Donell Presbyterian

No	152
Date of Notice	19 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Albert Walker	Jessie Elizabeth Ruge
	💍 1910/6659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Housekeeper
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Mrs Winoch 100 main St. E. Palmerston North
Folio	10/6993
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Alex Donell Presbyterian

153

20 December 1910

William Mason Bayly
Florence Patterson

William Mason Bayly
Florence Patterson
💍 1910/6902

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Clerk

28
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

7 years
6 years

All Saints Church Palmerston N

10/7188

20 December 1910

Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

No	153
Date of Notice	20 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mason Bayly	Florence Patterson
	💍 1910/6902
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Clerk
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Palmerston N
Folio	10/7188
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

154

20 December 1910

Gilbert Joseph Ryan
Ella Johnson

Gilbert Joseph Ryan
Ella Johnson
💍 1910/434

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist
Domestic Servant

29
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
6 weeks

Registrars Office Palmerston N

10/6843

20 December 1910

C. E. Short Registrar

No	154
Date of Notice	20 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Joseph Ryan	Ella Johnson
	💍 1910/434
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist	Domestic Servant
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Palmerston N
Folio	10/6843
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Short Registrar

155

22 December 1910

William Spencer Whitley
Mary Maud Mildon

William Spencer Whitley
Mary Maud Mildon
💍 1910/6879

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant
Domestic Duties

36
29

Auckland
Kairanga

33 years
16 years

All Saints Church Palmerston North

10/7189

22 December 1910

Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

No	155
Date of Notice	22 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Spencer Whitley	Mary Maud Mildon
	💍 1910/6879
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant	Domestic Duties
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Kairanga
Length of Residence	33 years	16 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Palmerston North
Folio	10/7189
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

156

24 December 1910

John Albert Christensen
Dagmar Anna Duus

John Albert Christensen
Dagmar Anna Duns
💍 1910/6644

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic Duties

27
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 days
4 weeks

Lutheran Church Palmerston North

10/7002

24 December 1910

Rev Mads Christensen Lutheran

No	156
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Albert Christensen	Dagmar Anna Duus
BDM Match (97%)	John Albert Christensen	Dagmar Anna Duns
	💍 1910/6644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic Duties
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church Palmerston North
Folio	10/7002
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev Mads Christensen Lutheran

157

28 December 1910

Cecil Stuart Robertson
Doris Agnes Robinson

Cecil Stuart Robertson
Doris Agnes Robinson
💍 1911/1082

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic Duties

25
24

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
10 years

All Saints Church Palmerston North

10/7535

28 December 1910

Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

No	157
Date of Notice	28 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Stuart Robertson	Doris Agnes Robinson
	💍 1911/1082
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Palmerston North
Folio	10/7535
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. V. Kendrick Anglican

158

31 December 1910

Carl August Gruner
Albertina Bottcher

Carl August Grubner
Albertina Bottcher
💍 1910/435

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Laundress

64
50

Palmerston N
Palmerston N

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office Palmerston N

10/6844

31 December 1910

C. E. Short Registrar

No	158
Date of Notice	31 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl August Gruner	Albertina Bottcher
BDM Match (97%)	Carl August Grubner	Albertina Bottcher
	💍 1910/435
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Laundress
Age	64	50
Dwelling Place	Palmerston N	Palmerston N
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Palmerston N
Folio	10/6844
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Short Registrar

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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).