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 551

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodgkins

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

518

19 July 1910

Henry Bardsley
Frances Louisa Boddington

Henry Bardslay
Francis Louisa Boddington
💍 1910/4220

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
19

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
16 years

St Johns Manor, Woolcombe Street, Wellington

10/4398

Louisa Worden, mother

19 July 1910

Rev J Gibb D.D.

No	518
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bardsley	Frances Louisa Boddington
BDM Match (94%)	Henry Bardslay	Francis Louisa Boddington
	💍 1910/4220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Manor, Woolcombe Street, Wellington
Folio	10/4398
Consent	Louisa Worden, mother
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J Gibb D.D.

519

19 July 1910

James William Lawson Pettit
Cecilia Wright Telford

James William Lawson Pettit
Cecilia Wright Telford
💍 1910/4223

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Mechanic

22
19

Wellington
Wellington

18 years
19 months

St Andrews Church, Wellington

10/4401

John Telford, father

19 July 1910

Rev J.G. Smith

No	519
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Lawson Pettit	Cecilia Wright Telford
	💍 1910/4223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Mechanic
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 years	19 months
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church, Wellington
Folio	10/4401
Consent	John Telford, father
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev J.G. Smith

520

19 July 1910

Arthur Leo Trede
Ellen Phillips

Arthur Leo Vrada
Ellen Phillips
💍 1910/4357

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Yardman

28
27

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
19 years

Residence of Mr. H.J. Phillips, 94 Rolleston Street, Wellington

10/4538

19 July 1910

Rev H Shirer

No	520
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leo Trede	Ellen Phillips
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur Leo Vrada	Ellen Phillips
	💍 1910/4357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Yardman
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H.J. Phillips, 94 Rolleston Street, Wellington
Folio	10/4538
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev H Shirer

521

19 July 1910

John Elliott Walden
Harriet Priscilla Baker

John Elliott Walden
Harriet Priscilla Baker
💍 1910/4496

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

32
20

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
10 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

10/4680

George Baker, father

19 July 1910

Registrar

No	521
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Elliott Walden	Harriet Priscilla Baker
	💍 1910/4496
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	10/4680
Consent	George Baker, father
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

522

19 July 1910

Claude Malcolm Banks
Emmeline Rhoda Biddington

Claude Malcolm Nauls
Emmeline Rhoda Biddington
💍 1910/4327

Bachelor
Spinster

Managing Director

37
26

Wellington
Wellington

18 years
8 months

St Peters Church, Wellington

10/4512

19 July 1910

Rev G.P. Davys

No	522
Date of Notice	19 July 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Claude Malcolm Banks	Emmeline Rhoda Biddington
BDM Match (93%)	Claude Malcolm Nauls	Emmeline Rhoda Biddington
	💍 1910/4327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Managing Director
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 years	8 months
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	10/4512
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev G.P. Davys

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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).