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 442

District of Waverley Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar John Penmond

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 July 1910

Alexander Guthrie
Florence Pearle McDonald

Alexander Guthrie McDonald
Florence Pearle Hone
💍 1910/5509

Alexander Ogilvie
Florence May Lethaby
💍 1910/7715

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

26
25

Waverley
Waverley

25 years
25 years

St. Ninian's Church of England, Waverley

10/5833

15 July 1910

Rev. J. Walker, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	15 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Guthrie	Florence Pearle McDonald
BDM Match (70%)	Alexander Guthrie McDonald	Florence Pearle Hone
	💍 1910/5509
BDM Match (60%)	Alexander Ogilvie	Florence May Lethaby
	💍 1910/7715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Ninian's Church of England, Waverley
Folio	10/5833
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Walker, Church of England

22 August 1910

Andrew David Macpherson
Margaret Bridget Bradley

Andrew David Macpherson
Margaret Bridget Bradley
💍 1910/6076

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Domestic

29
23

Waverley
Waverley

14 years
14 years

Roman Catholic Church, Waverley

10/6151

22 August 1910

Rev. E. Duffy, Roman Catholic

No	16
Date of Notice	22 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew David Macpherson	Margaret Bridget Bradley
	💍 1910/6076
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Domestic
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	14 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waverley
Folio	10/6151
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Duffy, Roman Catholic

17 September 1910

Walter Godwin Bruckshaw
Jessie Crichton Reid

Walter Godwin Cruickshank Reid
Jessie Crechlon
💍 1910/4501

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer
Domestic

33
27

Waitotara
Waitotara

9 months
3 months

The Office of the Registrar, Waverley

10/4663

17 September 1910

J. Penmond, Registrar

No	17
Date of Notice	17 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Godwin Bruckshaw	Jessie Crichton Reid
BDM Match (68%)	Walter Godwin Cruickshank Reid	Jessie Crechlon
	💍 1910/4501
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer	Domestic
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Waitotara	Waitotara
Length of Residence	9 months	3 months
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar, Waverley
Folio	10/4663
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 September 1910
Officiating Minister	J. Penmond, Registrar

14 September 1910

Charles Dessett
Ida Annie Howie

Charles Derrett
Ida Annie Howie
💍 1910/5428

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

22
19

Waverley
Waverley

3 days
19 years

Residence of J. Howie, Waverley

10/5700

John Howie, Father

14 September 1910

Rev. D. McIvor, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	14 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Dessett	Ida Annie Howie
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Derrett	Ida Annie Howie
	💍 1910/5428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Howie, Waverley
Folio	10/5700
Consent	John Howie, Father
Date of Certificate	14 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. McIvor, Presbyterian

16 September 1910

John Lupton
Jane Elizabeth Irvine

John Lupton
Jane Elizabeth Irvine
💍 1910/5429

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

33
25

Waverley
Waverley

33 years
25 years

Residence of J. Irvine, Waverley

10/5701

16 September 1910

Rev. D. McIvor, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	16 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lupton	Jane Elizabeth Irvine
	💍 1910/5429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	33 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Irvine, Waverley
Folio	10/5701
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 September 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).