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 488

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghins

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

211

23 March 1910

William Patrick Miller
Alicia Magdaline Palmer

William Patrick Miller
Alicia Magdaline Palmer
💍 1910/1087

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
30

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
9 years

St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

10/1107

23 March 1910

Rev C J Venning

No	211
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Patrick Miller	Alicia Magdaline Palmer
	💍 1910/1087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	10/1107
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev C J Venning

212

23 March 1910

William Aretus Parry Sutton
Mary Douglas Campbell

William Aretus Parry Sutton
Mary Douglas Campbell
💍 1910/921

Widower (23 February 1906)
Spinster

Retired Lock Inspector

69
40

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

3 months
3 months

Registrars Office, Wellington

10/1191

23 March 1910

Registrar

No	212
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Aretus Parry Sutton	Mary Douglas Campbell
	💍 1910/921
Condition	Widower (23 February 1906)	Spinster
Profession	Retired Lock Inspector
Age	69	40
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	10/1191
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

213

23 March 1910

Albert Amos Hadley
Ethel Emily Armstrong

Albert Amos Hadley
Ethel Emily Armstrong
💍 1910/1129

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

32
30

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
3 years

Wesley Church Parsonage, Taranaki Street, Wellington

10/1128

23 March 1910

Rev S J Serpell

No	213
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Amos Hadley	Ethel Emily Armstrong
	💍 1910/1129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church Parsonage, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	10/1128
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev S J Serpell

214

23 March 1910

Alfred Gregory Sabell
Isabell Campbell

Alfred Gregory
Isabell Campbell
💍 1910/994

Bachelor
Widow (22 February 1899)

Labourer

32
33

Wellington
Wellington

Life
6 years

Residence of Mrs. Isabell Campbell, 29 Tory Street, Wellington

10/1080

23 March 1910

Rev J K Elliott

No	214
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gregory Sabell	Isabell Campbell
BDM Match (83%)	Alfred Gregory	Isabell Campbell
	💍 1910/994
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (22 February 1899)
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Isabell Campbell, 29 Tory Street, Wellington
Folio	10/1080
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J K Elliott

215

23 March 1910

William Weston Woodmass
Emily Dorrell

William Weston Woodmoss
Emily Dorrell
💍 1910/1130

Bachelor
Divorced (Decree absolute 23 March 1910)

Store Overseer

38
48

Wellington
Wellington

35 years
37 years

Residence of Mr. W. W. Woodmass, 1 Kenwyn Terrace, Wellington

10/1129

23 March 1910

Rev W J Williams

No	215
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Weston Woodmass	Emily Dorrell
BDM Match (98%)	William Weston Woodmoss	Emily Dorrell
	💍 1910/1130
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (Decree absolute 23 March 1910)
Profession	Store Overseer
Age	38	48
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	35 years	37 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. W. Woodmass, 1 Kenwyn Terrace, Wellington
Folio	10/1129
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev W J Williams

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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).