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 Wairau Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Richard Booth Dudley Eyre

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

15 March 1910

Herbert Neave Booker
Ellen Spence Boyce

Herbert Neave Booker
Ellen Spence Boyce
💍 1910/1452

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Inamalute
Renwicktown

20 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Renwicktown

10/1172

Robert Boyce, father

15 March 1910

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	12
Date of Notice	15 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Neave Booker	Ellen Spence Boyce
	💍 1910/1452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Inamalute	Renwicktown
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Renwicktown
Folio	10/1172
Consent	Robert Boyce, father
Date of Certificate	15 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

21 March 1910

Herbert Yelverton Monro
Zoe Lilian Mary Maud Houston

Herbert Gelverton Monro
Zoe Lilian Mary Maud Clouston
💍 1910/1447

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

25
27

Bankhouse, Waihopai
Blenheim

2 years
2 years

Church of the Nativity, Blenheim

10/1168

21 March 1910

Rev. T. S. Grace

No	13
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Yelverton Monro	Zoe Lilian Mary Maud Houston
BDM Match (94%)	Herbert Gelverton Monro	Zoe Lilian Mary Maud Clouston
	💍 1910/1447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Bankhouse, Waihopai	Blenheim
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Nativity, Blenheim
Folio	10/1168
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. S. Grace

21 March 1910

Cecil Richard Jellyman
Olive Allport

Cecil Richard Jellyman
Olive Allport
💍 1910/1441

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
19

Spring Creek
Spring Creek

20 years
3 weeks

House of Albert Neal, Upper Spring Creek

10/1162

Thomas Allport, father

21 March 1910

Rev. J. M. Wollstein

No	14
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Richard Jellyman	Olive Allport
	💍 1910/1441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Spring Creek	Spring Creek
Length of Residence	20 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Albert Neal, Upper Spring Creek
Folio	10/1162
Consent	Thomas Allport, father
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Wollstein

22 March 1910

David John Boyce
Mabel Louisa Ganes

David John Boyce
Mabel Louisa Gaue
💍 1910/1443

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
25

Upper Spring Creek
Upper Spring Creek

8 years
20 years

Church of England. Upper Spring Creek

10/1164

22 March 1910

Rev. J. M. Wollstein

No	15
Date of Notice	22 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David John Boyce	Mabel Louisa Ganes
BDM Match (94%)	David John Boyce	Mabel Louisa Gaue
	💍 1910/1443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Upper Spring Creek	Upper Spring Creek
Length of Residence	8 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England. Upper Spring Creek
Folio	10/1164
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Wollstein

23 March 1910

Noel Paton
Eleanor May Aroa

Noel Paton
Eleanor May Aroa
💍 1910/1446

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
27

Blenheim
Blenheim

6 years
8 years

Church of the Nativity, Blenheim

10/1167

23 March 1910

Rev. T. S. Grace

No	16
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Noel Paton	Eleanor May Aroa
	💍 1910/1446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	6 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of the Nativity, Blenheim
Folio	10/1167
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. S. Grace

23 March 1910

Henry Joseph Stace, junior
Jane Chaytor

Henry Joseph Stace Junior
Jane Chaytor
💍 1910/1442

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Overseer

32
33

Marshlands
Marshlands

9 years
2 years

Church of England, Spring Creek

10/1163

23 March 1910

Rev. J. M. Wollstein

No	17
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joseph Stace, junior	Jane Chaytor
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Joseph Stace Junior	Jane Chaytor
	💍 1910/1442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Overseer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Marshlands	Marshlands
Length of Residence	9 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Spring Creek
Folio	10/1163
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Wollstein

26 March 1910

Roderick Charles Newman
Margaret Elizabeth Black

Roderick Charles Newman
Margaret Elizabeth Black
💍 1910/1453

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

23
22

Blenheim
Blenheim

3 days
2 years

Presbyterian Manse, Springlands, Blenheim

10/1173

26 March 1910

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	18
Date of Notice	26 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roderick Charles Newman	Margaret Elizabeth Black
	💍 1910/1453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Springlands, Blenheim
Folio	10/1173
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

31 March 1910

Caleb Frank Walker
Winifred Keating

Caleb Frank Walker
Winifred Keating
💍 1910/2812

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
28

Blenheim
Blenheim

30 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

10/2895

31 March 1910

Rev. J. R. Holley

No	19
Date of Notice	31 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caleb Frank Walker	Winifred Keating
	💍 1910/2812
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	30 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	10/2895
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Holley

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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).