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 720

District of Buller Quarter ending 30 June 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

13 April 1910

James Murphy
Mary Agnes Annie Hanrahan

James Murphy
Mary Agnes Annie Hanrahan
💍 1910/5481

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

30
29

Westport
Westport

22 years
10 days

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5754

13 April 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	13
Date of Notice	13 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Murphy	Mary Agnes Annie Hanrahan
	💍 1910/5481
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	22 years	10 days
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5754
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

19 April 1910

Joseph Chamberlain Young
Gladys Edith Kemp

Joseph Chamberlain Young
Gladys Edith Kemp
💍 1910/2905

Widower
Spinster

Auctioneer

32
20

Westport
Karamea

2 years
3 years

In the residence of Captain A. L. Kemp, Karamea Heads

10/2972

A. L. Kemp, Father

19 April 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	14
Date of Notice	19 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Chamberlain Young	Gladys Edith Kemp
	💍 1910/2905
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Westport	Karamea
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Captain A. L. Kemp, Karamea Heads
Folio	10/2972
Consent	A. L. Kemp, Father
Date of Certificate	19 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

28 April 1910

Thomas Kenrick Drummond
Mary Agnes Taylor

Thomas Kenrick Drummond
Mary Agnes Taylor
💍 1910/2865

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
21

Westport
Westport

3 days
3 days

In the Presbyterian Church, Westport

10/2919

28 April 1910

Rev. T. Miller

No	15
Date of Notice	28 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Kenrick Drummond	Mary Agnes Taylor
	💍 1910/2865
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Westport
Folio	10/2919
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Miller

4 May 1910

Joseph Andrew Kidd
Minnie McGirr

Joseph Andrew Kidd
Minnie McGirr
💍 1910/5484

Widower
Spinster

Railway Foreman

45
41

Westport
Westport

2 1/2 years
8 weeks

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5756

4 May 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	16
Date of Notice	4 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Andrew Kidd	Minnie McGirr
	💍 1910/5484
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Railway Foreman
Age	45	41
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	8 weeks
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5756
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

17 May 1910

Martin Henry Codyre
Jane Agnes Kelly

Martin Henry Codyre
Jane Agnes Kelly
💍 1910/5485

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

22
19

Westport
Westport

22 years
6 months

In the residence of H. J. Codyre, Russell St., Westport

10/5757

J. T. Kelly, Father

17 May 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	17
Date of Notice	17 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Henry Codyre	Jane Agnes Kelly
	💍 1910/5485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	22 years	6 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of H. J. Codyre, Russell St., Westport
Folio	10/5757
Consent	J. T. Kelly, Father
Date of Certificate	17 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

30 May 1910

Robert Nicholson
Cassandra Hannah Walker

Robert Nicholson
Cassandra Hannah Walker
💍 1910/2902

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
23

Dunedin
Westport

27 years
4 years

In the residence of Thomas Walker, Derby Street, Westport

10/2969

30 May 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	18
Date of Notice	30 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Nicholson	Cassandra Hannah Walker
	💍 1910/2902
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Westport
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Thomas Walker, Derby Street, Westport
Folio	10/2969
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

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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).