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 Waverley Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar John Gemmond

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

15 January 1910

Edward Travers
Bertha Elizabeth Vincent

Edward Travers
Bertha Elizabeth Vincent
💍 1910/1907

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
25

Waverley
Waverley

2 months
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Waverley

10/1931

15 January 1910

Rev. E. Duffy, Roman Catholic

No	1
Date of Notice	15 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Travers	Bertha Elizabeth Vincent
	💍 1910/1907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	2 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waverley
Folio	10/1931
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Duffy, Roman Catholic

28 January 1910

Henry Campbell
Ethel Asten

Henry Campbell
Ethel Aiken
💍 1910/892

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic duties

31
26

Waverley
Waverley

3 days
10 years

Residence of Mrs. A. Asten, Waverley "Gawanlee"

10/926

28 January 1910

Thos. Rowe, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	28 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Campbell	Ethel Asten
BDM Match (91%)	Henry Campbell	Ethel Aiken
	💍 1910/892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic duties
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. A. Asten, Waverley "Gawanlee"
Folio	10/926
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Thos. Rowe, Presbyterian

9 February 1910

Wilford Hugh Robertshaw
Eliza Rachel Newland

Wilfred Hugh Robertshaw
Eliza Rachel Newland
💍 1910/5247

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Domestic duties

30
31

Waverley
Waverley

3 days
31 years

Church of England, Waverley

10/561

9 February 1910

Rev. J. A. Jacob, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	9 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilford Hugh Robertshaw	Eliza Rachel Newland
BDM Match (96%)	Wilfred Hugh Robertshaw	Eliza Rachel Newland
	💍 1910/5247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	3 days	31 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waverley
Folio	10/561
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Jacob, Church of England

28 February 1910

Charles William Old
Selina Irene Harlen

Charles William Old
Selena Irene Harlen
💍 1910/868

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Porter
Domestic duties

26
19

Waitotara
Waitotara

2 years
3 years

Church of England, Waitotara

10/901

Thomas Samuel Harlen, Father

28 February 1910

Rev. J. Humphries, Church of England

No	4
Date of Notice	28 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Old	Selina Irene Harlen
BDM Match (97%)	Charles William Old	Selena Irene Harlen
	💍 1910/868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Porter	Domestic duties
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Waitotara	Waitotara
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Waitotara
Folio	10/901
Consent	Thomas Samuel Harlen, Father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Humphries, Church of England

29 March 1910

John Booth
Eveline Maude Johnson

John Cook
Eveline Maud Johnston
💍 1910/3718

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic duties

27
22

Waverley
Waverley

3 days
22 years

Residence of Mr. Johnson, Waverley "Brookfield"

10/3747

29 March 1910

Rev. D. McIvor, Presbyterian

No	5
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Booth	Eveline Maude Johnson
BDM Match (80%)	John Cook	Eveline Maud Johnston
	💍 1910/3718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Johnson, Waverley "Brookfield"
Folio	10/3747
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. McIvor, Presbyterian

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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).