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 639

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1910 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghins

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

942

14 December 1910

Enoch Leonard Tonks
Gladys Daphne Jacquelene Johnson

Enoch Leonard Tonks
Gladys Dagman Jacqueline Johnson
💍 1911/1360

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

20
19

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
19 years

Residence of Mrs. Nation, Waipapa Road, Hataitai

10/1525

William Tonks, father of groom; No person in commission having authority to give consent for bride

4 January 1911

Rev. D. W. Blackett

No	942
Date of Notice	14 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Enoch Leonard Tonks	Gladys Daphne Jacquelene Johnson
BDM Match (92%)	Enoch Leonard Tonks	Gladys Dagman Jacqueline Johnson
	💍 1911/1360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Nation, Waipapa Road, Hataitai
Folio	10/1525
Consent	William Tonks, father of groom; No person in commission having authority to give consent for bride
Date of Certificate	4 January 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. W. Blackett

943

24 December 1910

Charles Thomas Leydon
Teresa Elizabeth McMahon

Charles Thomas Leydon
Teresa Elizabeth McMahon
💍 1910/6734

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinder

29
27

Wellington
Wellington

29 years
2 years

Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street

10/7094

24 December 1910

Rev. W. Peoples

No	943
Date of Notice	24 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Leydon	Teresa Elizabeth McMahon
	💍 1910/6734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	29 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street
Folio	10/7094
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Peoples

944

28 December 1910

Harry Stephen Winthrop
Aileen Ann O'Brien

Harry Stephen Winthrop
Aileen Ann O'Brien
💍 1910/6798

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
20

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
Life

St. Mary of the Angels Church

10/7118

Lucy Mary O'Brien, guardian

28 December 1910

Rev. C. J. Venning

No	944
Date of Notice	28 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stephen Winthrop	Aileen Ann O'Brien
	💍 1910/6798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church
Folio	10/7118
Consent	Lucy Mary O'Brien, guardian
Date of Certificate	28 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. J. Venning

945

28 December 1910

William David Stoney-Johnston
Kathleen Coobey

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

29
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
1 day

St. Thomas' Church

10/7059

28 December 1910

Rev. J. W. Bond

No	945
Date of Notice	28 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William David Stoney-Johnston	Kathleen Coobey
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	1 day
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	10/7059
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Bond

946

28 December 1910

George Patrick Farrell
Annie Josephine Alexander

George Patrick Farrell
Annie Josephine Alexander
💍 1910/6670

Widower
Spinster

Telephone Lineman

34
32

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
12 years

St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street

10/7053

28 December 1910

Rev. C. J. Venning

No	946
Date of Notice	28 December 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Patrick Farrell	Annie Josephine Alexander
	💍 1910/6670
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Telephone Lineman
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street
Folio	10/7053
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. J. Venning

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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).