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 721

District of Buller Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Hubert 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

22 July 1910

Maurice McCormack
Mary Ann Ward

Maurice McCormack
Mary Anne Ward
💍 1910/5437

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Fitter

32
27

Westport
Westport

6 months
1 month

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5708

22 July 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	24
Date of Notice	22 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice McCormack	Mary Ann Ward
BDM Match (96%)	Maurice McCormack	Mary Anne Ward
	💍 1910/5437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Fitter
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	6 months	1 month
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5708
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

25 July 1910

William Solomon
Mary Ann Bevan

William Solomon
Mary Ann Bevan
💍 1910/4614

Widower
Widow

Laborer

64
65

Westport
Westport

36 years
26 years

In the residence of Mrs. M. A. Bevan, Romilly Street, Westport

10/4779

25 July 1910

Rev. Wm. G. Maslin

No	25
Date of Notice	25 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Solomon	Mary Ann Bevan
	💍 1910/4614
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Laborer
Age	64	65
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	36 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mrs. M. A. Bevan, Romilly Street, Westport
Folio	10/4779
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. G. Maslin

9 August 1910

Samuel Milligan
Louisa Sinclair Sutherland

Samuel Milligan
Louisa Sinclair Sutherland
💍 1910/5137

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

27
27

Cape Foulwind
Cape Foulwind

7 years
18 years

In the residence of Mrs. Mary Auty Sutherland, Cape Foulwind

10/5370

9 August 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	26
Date of Notice	9 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Milligan	Louisa Sinclair Sutherland
	💍 1910/5137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Cape Foulwind	Cape Foulwind
Length of Residence	7 years	18 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mrs. Mary Auty Sutherland, Cape Foulwind
Folio	10/5370
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

15 August 1910

Richard Woodger
Caroline Thompson Hatch

Richard Woodger
Caroline Thompson Hatch
💍 1910/5159

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

39
30

Westport
Westport

3 days
5 months

In the residence of Mr. James Hatch, Derby Street, Westport

10/5369

15 August 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	27
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Woodger	Caroline Thompson Hatch
	💍 1910/5159
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. James Hatch, Derby Street, Westport
Folio	10/5369
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

15 August 1910

Edmund Leslie Samuel Herbert Skilton
Catherine O'Keefe

Edmund Leslie Samuel Herbert Skilton
Catherine O'Keefe
💍 1910/5439

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Dressmaker

29
29

Westport
Westport

20 years
29 years

In the residence of Mr. John O'Keefe, Queen Street, Westport

10/5710

15 August 1910

Rev. J. J. McMenamin

No	28
Date of Notice	15 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Leslie Samuel Herbert Skilton	Catherine O'Keefe
	💍 1910/5439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Dressmaker
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	20 years	29 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. John O'Keefe, Queen Street, Westport
Folio	10/5710
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. McMenamin

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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).