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 835

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

21 March 1910

Hubert Hart
Frances Ann Beatrice Manderson

Herbert Hart
Frances Ann Beatrice Manderson
💍 1910/1233

Bachelor
Spinster

Fitter
Domestic

26
19

Denniston
Coal Creek

4 days
3 years

at the Residence of Mrs. J. Natty at Greymouth

10/1247

Peter Manderson, Father

21 March 1910

Rev. Geo. W. York

No	25
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Hart	Frances Ann Beatrice Manderson
BDM Match (92%)	Herbert Hart	Frances Ann Beatrice Manderson
	💍 1910/1233
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fitter	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Denniston	Coal Creek
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	at the Residence of Mrs. J. Natty at Greymouth
Folio	10/1247
Consent	Peter Manderson, Father
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. W. York

21 March 1910

Frank Graham
Rose Taylor

Frank Graham
Rose Taylor
💍 1910/1234

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Master
School Teacher

31
24

Ross
Westport

3 days
5 days

Holy Trinity Church in Greymouth

10/1248

21 March 1910

Rev. Geo. W. York

No	26
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Graham	Rose Taylor
	💍 1910/1234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Master	School Teacher
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Ross	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church in Greymouth
Folio	10/1248
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. W. York

24 March 1910

William Edward Young
May Foster

William Edward Young
May Foster
💍 1910/1235

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Laundress

23
19

Greymouth
Greymouth

23 years
3 years

Trinity Church at Greymouth

10/1249

Ruth Foster, Mother

24 March 1910

Rev. Geo. W. York

No	27
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Young	May Foster
	💍 1910/1235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Laundress
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church at Greymouth
Folio	10/1249
Consent	Ruth Foster, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. W. York

28 March 1910

Charles Thomas Ferguson
Ethel Alice Adamson

Charles Thomas Ferguson
Ethel Alice Adamson
💍 1910/1187

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
24

Interwanganui
Greymouth

3 days
4 years

St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth

10/1253

28 March 1910

Rev. Thomas McCarthy

No	28
Date of Notice	28 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Ferguson	Ethel Alice Adamson
	💍 1910/1187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Interwanganui	Greymouth
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Greymouth
Folio	10/1253
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas McCarthy

30 March 1910

Henry Morgan
Edith Margaret Henne

Henry Morgan
Edith Margaret Henne
💍 1910/1236

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

29
28

Stafford
Stafford

3 days
3 days

Holy Trinity Church in Greymouth

10/1250

30 March 1910

Rev. Geo. W. York

No	29
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Morgan	Edith Margaret Henne
	💍 1910/1236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Stafford	Stafford
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church in Greymouth
Folio	10/1250
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. W. York

30 March 1910

James Patrick Galbraith
Edith Emily Hall

James Patrick Galbraith
Edith Emily Hall
💍 1910/1188

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

26
24

Greymouth
Greymouth

10 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church at Greymouth

10/1254

30 March 1910

Rev. D. P. Caruo, Dean

No	30
Date of Notice	30 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Patrick Galbraith	Edith Emily Hall
	💍 1910/1188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Greymouth	Greymouth
Length of Residence	10 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church at Greymouth
Folio	10/1254
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. P. Caruo, Dean

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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).