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 717

District of Buller Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Herbert Logie

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

9 March 1910

Frank Hubert Morgan
Annie Golding

Frank Hubert Morgan
Annie Golding
💍 1910/8351

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
20

Westport
Westport

23 years
9 years

In the residence of Mrs. Fanny Golding Queen St., Westport

10/1188

Fanny Golding, Mother

9 March 1910

Rev J. R. Dart

No	7
Date of Notice	9 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Hubert Morgan	Annie Golding
	💍 1910/8351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	23 years	9 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mrs. Fanny Golding Queen St., Westport
Folio	10/1188
Consent	Fanny Golding, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J. R. Dart

12 March 1910

Thomas George Rees
Clara Beaman

Thomas George Rees
Clara Beaman
💍 1910/5549

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
21

Westport
Westport

6 years
11 days

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5772

12 March 1910

Rev. J. J. McMenamin

No	8
Date of Notice	12 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Rees	Clara Beaman
	💍 1910/5549
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	6 years	11 days
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5772
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. McMenamin

24 March 1910

Sydney Hotham Burnette
Janet Renwick Wright

Sydney Hosham Burnette
Janet Renwick Wright
💍 1910/1158

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

27
30

Westport
Westport

4 days
11 days

In the Presbyterian Church, Westport

10/1183

24 March 1910

Rev. T. Miller

No	9
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Hotham Burnette	Janet Renwick Wright
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Hosham Burnette	Janet Renwick Wright
	💍 1910/1158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	4 days	11 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Westport
Folio	10/1183
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller

26 March 1910

John Michael Odriscoll
Mary Mills

John Michael O'Driscoll
Mary Mills
💍 1910/5552

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

28
20

Cape Foulwind
Cape Foulwind

23 years
4 months

In the Roman Catholic Church, Cape Foulwind

10/5775

Thomas Hills, Father

26 March 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	10
Date of Notice	26 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Michael Odriscoll	Mary Mills
BDM Match (96%)	John Michael O'Driscoll	Mary Mills
	💍 1910/5552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Cape Foulwind	Cape Foulwind
Length of Residence	23 years	4 months
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Cape Foulwind
Folio	10/5775
Consent	Thomas Hills, Father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

29 March 1910

John Henry Cook
Theresa Bonifacio

John Henry Cook
Teresa Bonifacio
💍 1910/5550

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
20

Westport
Westport

25 years
20 years

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5773

Federico Bonifacio, Father

29 March 1910

Rev T. Walshe

No	11
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Cook	Theresa Bonifacio
BDM Match (97%)	John Henry Cook	Teresa Bonifacio
	💍 1910/5550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5773
Consent	Federico Bonifacio, Father
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev T. Walshe

30 March 1910

John Joseph Keogan
Ruby Gladys Marsden

John Joseph Keogan
Ruby Gladys Marsden
💍 1910/5551

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

25
19

Westport
Westport

3 1/2 years
1 year

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5774

Thomas Joseph Marsden, Father

30 March 1910

Rev T. Walshe

No	12
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Keogan	Ruby Gladys Marsden
	💍 1910/5551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5774
Consent	Thomas Joseph Marsden, Father
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev T. Walshe

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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).