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 Taihape Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar John P. Aldridge

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

201

15 October 1910

Albert Bunt
Violet E. Johnson

Albert Bunt
Hilda Christina Johanson
💍 1910/6821

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household

26
21

Turangarere
Ngawahie

6 months
16 years

Residence of A. Johnson, Ngawahie

10/7207

15 October 1910

Rev. Allen, Wesleyan

No	201
Date of Notice	15 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Bunt	Violet E. Johnson
BDM Match (71%)	Albert Bunt	Hilda Christina Johanson
	💍 1910/6821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Turangarere	Ngawahie
Length of Residence	6 months	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of A. Johnson, Ngawahie
Folio	10/7207
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Allen, Wesleyan

202

18 October 1910

George H. Haimai
Eleena Maschuwski

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookkeeper
Household

26
18

Turangarere
Turangarere

12 months
12 months

Residence of J. Mitchell, Turangarere

10/8345

18 October 1910

Rev. Clarkson, of England

No	202
Date of Notice	18 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George H. Haimai	Eleena Maschuwski
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookkeeper	Household
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Turangarere	Turangarere
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Mitchell, Turangarere
Folio	10/8345
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Clarkson, of England

203

19 November 1910

Fred A. Quinn
Amy Warr

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Household

30
30

Eketahuna
Awaora

18 months
5 years

St. Mary's, Taihape

10/7200

19 November 1910

Rev. Meagher, R.C.

No	203
Date of Notice	19 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred A. Quinn	Amy Warr
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Household
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Awaora
Length of Residence	18 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's, Taihape
Folio	10/7200
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Meagher, R.C.

204

13 December 1910

Sam J. Mead
Randiprona Chase

Samuel James Stead
Rangitopeora Chase
💍 1910/419

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Household

34
18

Turangarere
Turangarere

8 months
5 years

The Office of Registrar, Taihape

10/6852

Father of Bride

13 December 1910

J. P. Aldridge, Registrar

No	204
Date of Notice	13 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sam J. Mead	Randiprona Chase
BDM Match (61%)	Samuel James Stead	Rangitopeora Chase
	💍 1910/419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Household
Age	34	18
Dwelling Place	Turangarere	Turangarere
Length of Residence	8 months	5 years
Marriage Place	The Office of Registrar, Taihape
Folio	10/6852
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	13 December 1910
Officiating Minister	J. P. Aldridge, Registrar

205

20 December 1910

Hoorana Tyhimo
Hoorana Reupena

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman
Household

19
18

Moawhango
Porua

19 years
5 years

The Meeting House, Moawhango

10/7164

Reupena, Father of Bride; Miki Kingi, Father of Groom

20 December 1910

Rev. Borodes, Mormon

No	205
Date of Notice	20 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hoorana Tyhimo	Hoorana Reupena
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman	Household
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Moawhango	Porua
Length of Residence	19 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The Meeting House, Moawhango
Folio	10/7164
Consent	Reupena, Father of Bride; Miki Kingi, Father of Groom
Date of Certificate	20 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Borodes, Mormon

206

22 December 1910

Thos A. Garratt
Amelia Mary Dashwood

Thomas Ashton Garratt
Amelia Mary Dashwood
💍 1911/1282

Widower
Spinster

Chemist
Household

45
28

Taihape
Melbourne

6 years
10 years

St. Paul's, Wellington

11/698

22 December 1910

The Rev. Sprott, of England

No	206
Date of Notice	22 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thos A. Garratt	Amelia Mary Dashwood
BDM Match (83%)	Thomas Ashton Garratt	Amelia Mary Dashwood
	💍 1911/1282
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chemist	Household
Age	45	28
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Melbourne
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's, Wellington
Folio	11/698
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1910
Officiating Minister	The Rev. Sprott, of England

207

28 December 1910

Fred H. Hughes
Annie Northover

Fred Hague
Annie Northover
💍 1911/2183

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Teacher

40
35

Whareroa
Whareroa

5 years
6 months

Residence of B. Anderson, Waihi

11/1732

28 December 1910

Rev. Harrison, of England

No	207
Date of Notice	28 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred H. Hughes	Annie Northover
BDM Match (79%)	Fred Hague	Annie Northover
	💍 1911/2183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Teacher
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Whareroa	Whareroa
Length of Residence	5 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of B. Anderson, Waihi
Folio	11/1732
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Harrison, of England

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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).