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 592

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 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

707

5 October 1910

Charles Henry Nixon
Martha Alice Haworth

Charles Henry Nixon
Martha Alice Haworth
💍 1910/6693

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

38
43

Wellington
Wellington

2 hours
4 days

St Marks Church, Wellington

10/7076

5 October 1910

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	707
Date of Notice	5 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Nixon	Martha Alice Haworth
	💍 1910/6693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	38	43
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 hours	4 days
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Wellington
Folio	10/7076
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

708

5 October 1910

Andrew Archibald Young
Viola Grace Buck

Andrew Archibald Young
Viola Grace Buck
💍 1910/6599

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant Governmental Armourer

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
12 years

St Peters Church, Wellington

10/7031

5 October 1910

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	708
Date of Notice	5 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Archibald Young	Viola Grace Buck
	💍 1910/6599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant Governmental Armourer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	10/7031
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

709

5 October 1910

William Arthur Aldersley
Myrtle Olive Wilton

William Arthur Aldersley
Myrtle Olive Wilton
💍 1910/6545

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothing Presser

21
29

Lower Hutt
Wellington

7 years
4 years

Trinity Methodist Church, Rintoul Street, Wellington

10/6926

5 October 1910

Rev. J. Ward

No	709
Date of Notice	5 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Aldersley	Myrtle Olive Wilton
	💍 1910/6545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothing Presser
Age	21	29
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church, Rintoul Street, Wellington
Folio	10/6926
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ward

710

5 October 1910

Matthew Thompson
Margaret Jane Wight

Matthew Thompson
Margaret Jane Wight
💍 1910/7841

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
29

Ngahauranga
Wellington

2 years
1 day

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

10/8254

5 October 1910

Rev. J. Dawson

No	710
Date of Notice	5 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Thompson	Margaret Jane Wight
	💍 1910/7841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	29
Dwelling Place	Ngahauranga	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	1 day
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	10/8254
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dawson

711

6 October 1910

Victor Zealand Thwaites
Clara Elizabeth Highley

Victor Zealand Thwaites
Clara Elizabeth Highley
💍 1910/7000

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

31
26

Wellington
Ngahauranga

Life
Life

Residence of Mr. Eastabrook, 10 Boston Terrace, Wellington

10/6971

6 October 1910

Rev. L. H. Elliott

No	711
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Zealand Thwaites	Clara Elizabeth Highley
	💍 1910/7000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Ngahauranga
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Eastabrook, 10 Boston Terrace, Wellington
Folio	10/6971
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. H. Elliott

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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).