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 718

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

10 January 1910

Andrew Mikkelson
Margaret Mason

Andrew Mikkelson
Margaret Mason
💍 1910/5570

Widower
Spinster

Railway Signalman

34
27

Westport
Sergeants Hill

11 months
10 years

In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport

10/5769

10 January 1910

Rev. T. Walshe

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Mikkelson	Margaret Mason
	💍 1910/5570
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Railway Signalman
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Westport	Sergeants Hill
Length of Residence	11 months	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Westport
Folio	10/5769
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Walshe

31 January 1910

David Henry Hartill
Margaret Mary Walsh

David Henry Hartill
Margaret Mary Walsh
💍 1910/5571

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
22

Westport
Westport

4 days
7 days

In the residence of Mr. Patrick Walsh, Peel Street, Westport

10/5770

31 January 1910

Rev. E. Bergin

No	2
Date of Notice	31 January 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henry Hartill	Margaret Mary Walsh
	💍 1910/5571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	4 days	7 days
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. Patrick Walsh, Peel Street, Westport
Folio	10/5770
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Bergin

7 February 1910

Thomas Bevarland
Mary Clarke

Thomas Bevarland
Mary Clarke
💍 1910/1159

Thomas George Dean
Mabel Clarke
💍 1911/1154

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Miner

33
34

Millerton
Westport

5 years
34 years

In the Church of England, Westport

10/1184

7 February 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	3
Date of Notice	7 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Bevarland	Mary Clarke
	💍 1910/1159
BDM Match (63%)	Thomas George Dean	Mabel Clarke
	💍 1911/1154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Miner
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Millerton	Westport
Length of Residence	5 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England, Westport
Folio	10/1184
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

14 February 1910

Lewis Frederick Guinness
Annie Eveline Marshall

Lewis Frederick Guinness
Annie Eveline Marshall
💍 1910/1137

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraph Lineman

28
20

Havelock N.Z.
Westport

2 years
20 years

In the residence of Mr. John Marshall, Romilly Street, Westport

10/1185

John Marshall, Father

14 February 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	4
Date of Notice	14 February 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Frederick Guinness	Annie Eveline Marshall
	💍 1910/1137
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraph Lineman
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Havelock N.Z.	Westport
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. John Marshall, Romilly Street, Westport
Folio	10/1185
Consent	John Marshall, Father
Date of Certificate	14 February 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

5 March 1910

Frederick William Fell
Annie Eileen Jane Ferguson

Frederick William Fell
Annie Eileen Jane Ferguson
💍 1910/1139

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
19

Westport
Westport

3 years
19 years

In the residence of Mr. A. E. Ferguson, Brougham Street, Westport

10/1187

Alfred Ernest Ferguson, Father

5 March 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	5
Date of Notice	5 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Fell	Annie Eileen Jane Ferguson
	💍 1910/1139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. A. E. Ferguson, Brougham Street, Westport
Folio	10/1187
Consent	Alfred Ernest Ferguson, Father
Date of Certificate	5 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Dart

8 March 1910

Conrad Harris Manssen
Emily Ethel Mills

Conrad Marris Manssen
Emily Ethel Mills
💍 1910/1138

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
31

Westport
Westport

9 months
3 months

In the Church of England, Westport

10/1186

8 March 1910

Rev. J. R. Dart

No	6
Date of Notice	8 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conrad Harris Manssen	Emily Ethel Mills
BDM Match (98%)	Conrad Marris Manssen	Emily Ethel Mills
	💍 1910/1138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Westport	Westport
Length of Residence	9 months	3 months
Marriage Place	In the Church of England, Westport
Folio	10/1186
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 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).