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 Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

341

27 April 1910

James Moore
Flora De Vere Hargreaves

James Moore
Flora De Vere Hardgraves
💍 1910/3599

Bachelor
Spinster

Cynide assistant

30
24

Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie

1 week
3 years

St Annes' Church, Wellington South

10/3754

27 April 1910

Archdeacon T. Devoy

No	341
Date of Notice	27 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Moore	Flora De Vere Hargreaves
BDM Match (96%)	James Moore	Flora De Vere Hardgraves
	💍 1910/3599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cynide assistant
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	1 week	3 years
Marriage Place	St Annes' Church, Wellington South
Folio	10/3754
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon T. Devoy

342

28 April 1910

George Herbert Pointon
Agnes Pearl Brooks

George Herbert Pointon
Agnes Pearl Brooks
💍 1910/2381

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

22
22

Petone
Petone

10 days
2 months

Residence of Mr. J. Pointon, 153 Esplanade, Petone

10/2499

28 April 1910

Rev. A. Thomson

No	342
Date of Notice	28 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Pointon	Agnes Pearl Brooks
	💍 1910/2381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	10 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Pointon, 153 Esplanade, Petone
Folio	10/2499
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Thomson

343

28 April 1910

Ernest Alfred Osborne
Albertina Clara Maier

Ernest Alfred Osborne
Albertina Clara Maier
💍 1910/2688

Bachelor
Spinster

Building Contractor

33
26

Eastbourne, Wellington
Wellington

7 years
4 years

St Marks Church, Wellington

10/2791

28 April 1910

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	343
Date of Notice	28 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Osborne	Albertina Clara Maier
	💍 1910/2688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Building Contractor
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Eastbourne, Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Wellington
Folio	10/2791
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

344

28 April 1910

Albert Clark Edwards
Emma Francis Meaney

Albert Clark Edwards
Emma Francis Heaney
💍 1910/2674

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter & Joiner

23
24

Wellington
Wellington

Life
3 months

Residence of Mr. R. H. Edwards, 98 Majoribanks Street, Wellington

10/2801

28 April 1910

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	344
Date of Notice	28 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Clark Edwards	Emma Francis Meaney
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Clark Edwards	Emma Francis Heaney
	💍 1910/2674
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter & Joiner
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. R. H. Edwards, 98 Majoribanks Street, Wellington
Folio	10/2801
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

345

28 April 1910

Edward John Tresidder
Florence Edith Leved Walters

Edward John Tresidder
Florence Edith Levex Walters
💍 1910/2646

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

42 years
7 years

St Peters Church, Wellington

10/2930

28 April 1910

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	345
Date of Notice	28 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Tresidder	Florence Edith Leved Walters
BDM Match (98%)	Edward John Tresidder	Florence Edith Levex Walters
	💍 1910/2646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	42 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	10/2930
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

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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).