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 Ahaura Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar E. C. Rickard

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

10 October 1910

Thomas Herbert Bear
Mary Gilmer

Thomas Vincent
Lucy Gilmer
💍 1910/2226

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Domestic

21 yrs
19 yrs

Ngahere
Raupo, Totara Flat

4 months
19 years

At the House of the Brother of Bride, Raupo, Totara Flat

Void

Margaret Ann David, Sister & legal guardian

10 October 1910

Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

No	32
Date of Notice	10 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Bear	Mary Gilmer
BDM Match (60%)	Thomas Vincent	Lucy Gilmer
	💍 1910/2226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Domestic
Age	21 yrs	19 yrs
Dwelling Place	Ngahere	Raupo, Totara Flat
Length of Residence	4 months	19 years
Marriage Place	At the House of the Brother of Bride, Raupo, Totara Flat
Folio	Void
Consent	Margaret Ann David, Sister & legal guardian
Date of Certificate	10 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

14 October 1910

William Delaney
Agnes Williams

William Delaney
Agnes Williams
💍 1910/7019

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

38 yrs
20 yrs

Kamaka
Ngahere

30 yrs
7 yrs

At the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Ahaura

10/7381

Mary Rosser, mother of Agnes Williams

17 October 1910

E. C. Rickard, Registrar of Marriages, Ahaura

No	33
Date of Notice	14 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Delaney	Agnes Williams
	💍 1910/7019
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	38 yrs	20 yrs
Dwelling Place	Kamaka	Ngahere
Length of Residence	30 yrs	7 yrs
Marriage Place	At the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Ahaura
Folio	10/7381
Consent	Mary Rosser, mother of Agnes Williams
Date of Certificate	17 October 1910
Officiating Minister	E. C. Rickard, Registrar of Marriages, Ahaura

21 October 1910

Edward John Carroll
Ellen O'Malley

Edward John Carroll
Ellen OMalley
💍 1910/7806

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Domestic

26 yrs
25 yrs

Blackwater
Ikamatua

4 months
25 yrs

In the Roman Catholic Church at Greymouth

10/8218

21 October 1910

Rev. James Taylor, R. Catholic Priest, Greymouth

No	34
Date of Notice	21 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Carroll	Ellen O'Malley
BDM Match (96%)	Edward John Carroll	Ellen OMalley
	💍 1910/7806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Domestic
Age	26 yrs	25 yrs
Dwelling Place	Blackwater	Ikamatua
Length of Residence	4 months	25 yrs
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church at Greymouth
Folio	10/8218
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Taylor, R. Catholic Priest, Greymouth

10 December 1910

Benjamin Lawrence Bansgrove
Ruby Burton

Benjamin Lawrence Barngrove
Ruby Burton
💍 1910/7011

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic

28 yrs
23 yrs

Waiuta
Waiuta

12 months
23 yrs

In the House of W. H. James (Union Hotel), Ahaura

10/7374

10 December 1910

Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

No	35
Date of Notice	10 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Lawrence Bansgrove	Ruby Burton
BDM Match (96%)	Benjamin Lawrence Barngrove	Ruby Burton
	💍 1910/7011
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic
Age	28 yrs	23 yrs
Dwelling Place	Waiuta	Waiuta
Length of Residence	12 months	23 yrs
Marriage Place	In the House of W. H. James (Union Hotel), Ahaura
Folio	10/7374
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

24 December 1910

Charles Woolgar White
Margaret King

Charles Woolgar White
Margaret King
💍 1910/7012

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

38 yrs
23 yrs

Moonlight
Moonlight

6 months
23 yrs

In the House of the Bride's brother at Moonlight

10/7375

24 December 1910

Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

No	36
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Woolgar White	Margaret King
	💍 1910/7012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	38 yrs	23 yrs
Dwelling Place	Moonlight	Moonlight
Length of Residence	6 months	23 yrs
Marriage Place	In the House of the Bride's brother at Moonlight
Folio	10/7375
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Taylor, Anglican Clergyman, Brunnerton

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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).