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 544

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghino

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

483

7 July 1910

Arthur Leonard Woolley
Isabel Macbeth Jinkins

Arthur Leonard Woolley
Isabel Macbeth Jinkins
💍 1910/4228

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Manager

31
31

Wellington
Wellington

5 months
4 months

St John's Church Manse, Wellington

10/4388

7 July 1910

Rev. J. Gibb

No	483
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leonard Woolley	Isabel Macbeth Jinkins
	💍 1910/4228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Manager
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St John's Church Manse, Wellington
Folio	10/4388
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

484

7 July 1910

Edward Finnessy
Margaret Conroy

Edward Fennessy
Margaret Conroy
💍 1910/4516

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
18

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
14 years

Church of the Sacred Heart, Hill Street, Wellington

10/4650

No person resident in the Dominion to give consent

7 July 1910

Rev. J. P. M. Nickson

No	484
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Finnessy	Margaret Conroy
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Fennessy	Margaret Conroy
	💍 1910/4516
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Sacred Heart, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	10/4650
Consent	No person resident in the Dominion to give consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. M. Nickson

485

7 July 1910

Robert Edward Hacker
Prudence Neville

Albert Edward Walker
Prudence Neville
💍 1910/4410

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
18 months

St Marks Church, Wellington

10/4493

No person resident in the Dominion to give consent

7 July 1910

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	485
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Edward Hacker	Prudence Neville
BDM Match (90%)	Albert Edward Walker	Prudence Neville
	💍 1910/4410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Wellington
Folio	10/4493
Consent	No person resident in the Dominion to give consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

486

7 July 1910

Michael Christopher Bramwell
Emily Sutherland

Michael Christopher Bramwell
Emily Sutherland
💍 1910/4442

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

30
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
5 months

St Joseph's Church, Wellington

10/4579

7 July 1910

Rev. B. Quinn

No	486
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Christopher Bramwell	Emily Sutherland
	💍 1910/4442
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	5 months
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Wellington
Folio	10/4579
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Quinn

487

7 July 1910

John Esrom Bates
May Ellen Beattie

John Esrom Bates
Mary Ellen Beattie
💍 1910/4355

Bachelor
Spinster

Striker

26
19

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
4 years

St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

10/4559

Mary Josephine Reid, mother

7 July 1910

Rev. H. C. J. Jemming

No	487
Date of Notice	7 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Esrom Bates	May Ellen Beattie
BDM Match (97%)	John Esrom Bates	Mary Ellen Beattie
	💍 1910/4355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Striker
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	10/4559
Consent	Mary Josephine Reid, mother
Date of Certificate	7 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. C. J. Jemming

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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).