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 Greymouth Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Benjamin Harper

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

4 January 1910

George Henry Gibson
Catherine Margaret Dellacosta

George Henry Gibson
Catherine Margaret Dellacoste
💍 1910/1237

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

30
25

Ngahere
Kumara

3 days in Greymouth
3 days in Greymouth

St. Patrick's Church Greymouth

10/1251

4 January 1910

Rev. J. Creed

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Gibson	Catherine Margaret Dellacosta
BDM Match (98%)	George Henry Gibson	Catherine Margaret Dellacoste
	💍 1910/1237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Ngahere	Kumara
Length of Residence	3 days in Greymouth	3 days in Greymouth
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Greymouth
Folio	10/1251
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Creed

5 January 1910

Charles Arthur Jolley
Elizabeth Holley

Charles Arthur Jolley
Elizabeth Holley
💍 1910/1221

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

24
18

Ngahere
Greymouth

3 days in Greymouth
7 Months

Residence of Mrs Cathcart at Chapel St. Greymouth

10/1236

William Holley. Father.

5 January 1910

Ven. Archdeacon Geo. H. York

No	2
Date of Notice	5 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Arthur Jolley	Elizabeth Holley
	💍 1910/1221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Ngahere	Greymouth
Length of Residence	3 days in Greymouth	7 Months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Cathcart at Chapel St. Greymouth
Folio	10/1236
Consent	William Holley. Father.
Date of Certificate	5 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Geo. H. York

8 January 1910

William Weir
Mary Ellen Moriarty

William Weir
Mary Ellen Moriarty
💍 1910/1183

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
School Teacher

28
24

Kotuku
Stillwater

3 days in Greymouth
3 days in Greymouth

St. Patrick's Church Greymouth

10/1252

8 January 1910

Rev. Edward Roujouz

No	3
Date of Notice	8 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Weir	Mary Ellen Moriarty
	💍 1910/1183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	School Teacher
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Kotuku	Stillwater
Length of Residence	3 days in Greymouth	3 days in Greymouth
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church Greymouth
Folio	10/1252
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Roujouz

11 January 1910

William Drummond
Holly Emma Haines

William Drummond
Holly Emma Haines
💍 1910/1194

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Machinist

34
23

Christchurch
Ahaura

3 days in Greymouth
3 days in Greymouth

The Office of the Registrar of Marriages Greymouth

10/1260

11 January 1910

Benjamin Harper Registrar of Marriages

No	4
Date of Notice	11 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Drummond	Holly Emma Haines
	💍 1910/1194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Machinist
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Ahaura
Length of Residence	3 days in Greymouth	3 days in Greymouth
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar of Marriages Greymouth
Folio	10/1260
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Benjamin Harper Registrar of Marriages

12 January 1910

Percy Harry Hartland
Ethel Elizabeth Steer

Percy Harry Hartland
Ethel Elizabeth Steer
💍 1910/1222

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

33
21

Greymouth
Greymouth

4 1/2 years
21 years

Holy Trinity Church Greymouth

10/1237

12 January 1910

Rev. Tom. F. Taylor

No	5
Date of Notice	12 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Harry Hartland	Ethel Elizabeth Steer
	💍 1910/1222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	4 1/2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church Greymouth
Folio	10/1237
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tom. F. Taylor

13 January 1910

Thomas Frederic Street
Mary Ann Hill

Thomas Frederic Street
Mary Ann Hill
💍 1910/1189

Alfred Bailey
Mary Ann Hill
💍 1910/2022

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

34
25

Greymouth
Greymouth

11 months
4 years

The Residence of Mr Chas. Orams in Buccleugh St Greymouth

10/1255

13 January 1910

Rev. Thos. W. Vealie

No	6
Date of Notice	13 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederic Street	Mary Ann Hill
	💍 1910/1189
BDM Match (61%)	Alfred Bailey	Mary Ann Hill
	💍 1910/2022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	11 months	4 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr Chas. Orams in Buccleugh St Greymouth
Folio	10/1255
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. W. Vealie

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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).