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 593

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

712

6 October 1910

Thomas Gibb Thyne
Margaret Lilian Mitchell

Thomas Gibb Thyne
Margaret Lillian Mitchell
💍 1910/6651

Widower
Spinster

Bookbinder

37
24

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
16 years

St. Luke's Church, Wadestown

10/6991

6 October 1910

Rev. T. G. Kay

No	712
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Gibb Thyne	Margaret Lilian Mitchell
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Gibb Thyne	Margaret Lillian Mitchell
	💍 1910/6651
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Wadestown
Folio	10/6991
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Kay

713

6 October 1910

George Clark Niven
Eva May Edmeades

George Clarke Niven
Eva May Edmeades
💍 1910/6984

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootshop Manager

28
25

Masterton
Petone

3 years
17 years

Baptist Church, Buick St, Petone

10/6979

6 October 1910

Rev. T. A. Williams

No	713
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Clark Niven	Eva May Edmeades
BDM Match (97%)	George Clarke Niven	Eva May Edmeades
	💍 1910/6984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootshop Manager
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Petone
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Buick St, Petone
Folio	10/6979
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. A. Williams

714

6 October 1910

Frank Mulders
Gwladys Louisa Holmes

Frank Mulders
Gwladys Louisa Holmes
💍 1910/6712

Widower
Spinster

Chauffeur

31
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
Life

St. Mark's Church

10/7071

Joseph Holmes, Father

6 October 1910

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	714
Date of Notice	6 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Mulders	Gwladys Louisa Holmes
	💍 1910/6712
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	10/7071
Consent	Joseph Holmes, Father
Date of Certificate	6 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

715

7 October 1910

Warren Joseph Cuttance
Minnie Isabel Wakelin

Warren Joseph Cuttance
Minnie Isabel Wakelin
💍 1910/6999

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

20
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
20 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Manse, Pirie Street

10/6970

Joseph Cuttance, Father

7 October 1910

Rev. J. K. Ellcoth

No	715
Date of Notice	7 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Warren Joseph Cuttance	Minnie Isabel Wakelin
	💍 1910/6999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Manse, Pirie Street
Folio	10/6970
Consent	Joseph Cuttance, Father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Ellcoth

716

7 October 1910

John Staples
Florence Sarah Mence

John Staples
Florence Sarah Mence
💍 1910/6549

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

30
18

Wellington
Wellington

30 years
2 years

Vestry of St. James' Presbyterian Church

10/6930

Henry George Mence, Father

7 October 1910

Rev. W. Shirer

No	716
Date of Notice	7 October 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Staples	Florence Sarah Mence
	💍 1910/6549
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	30 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Vestry of St. James' Presbyterian Church
Folio	10/6930
Consent	Henry George Mence, Father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

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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).