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 609

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

792

8 November 1910

Alfred Henry Montagus Maning
Kathleen Adelaide Ror

Alfred Henry Montague Maning
Kathleen Adelaide Noe
💍 1910/7690

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
29

Wellington
Invercargill

6 months
5 years

St Johns Church, Invercargill

10/8048

8 November 1910

Archdeacon H. Stocker

No	792
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Montagus Maning	Kathleen Adelaide Ror
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Henry Montague Maning	Kathleen Adelaide Noe
	💍 1910/7690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 months	5 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church, Invercargill
Folio	10/8048
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon H. Stocker

793

8 November 1910

Cyril Alfred Holland
Ada Mary Brough

Cyril Alford Hubband
Ada Mary Brough
💍 1910/6593

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
4 years

Residence of N.A.J.H. Holland, Coutts Street, Kilbirnie

10/4024

8 November 1910

Rev. W. Douglas

No	793
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Alfred Holland	Ada Mary Brough
BDM Match (88%)	Cyril Alford Hubband	Ada Mary Brough
	💍 1910/6593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of N.A.J.H. Holland, Coutts Street, Kilbirnie
Folio	10/4024
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Douglas

794

8 November 1910

Herbert John Carroll
Ethel May Hall

Herbert John Carroll
Ethel May Hall
💍 1910/6503

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

27
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

10/6890

8 November 1910

Registrar

No	794
Date of Notice	8 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Carroll	Ethel May Hall
	💍 1910/6503
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	10/6890
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

795

9 November 1910

Kenneth Gordon Lucas
Hilda Gladys Harland

Kenneth Gordon Lucas
Hilda Gladys Harland
💍 1910/6592

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

22
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
24 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

10/7015

9 November 1910

Rev. W. Baumber

No	795
Date of Notice	9 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Gordon Lucas	Hilda Gladys Harland
	💍 1910/6592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	10/7015
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Baumber

796

9 November 1910

Wilfred Goodman Talbot
Annie Coltman

Wilfred Goodman Talbot
Annie Coltman
💍 1910/6727

Bachelor
Spinster

Professional Accountant

33
23

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
7 years

St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington

10/7110

9 November 1910

Rev. C.J. Jennings

No	796
Date of Notice	9 November 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Goodman Talbot	Annie Coltman
	💍 1910/6727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Professional Accountant
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	10/7110
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.J. Jennings

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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).