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 529

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

416

2 June 1910

William Collingbourne Hewitt
Flo Scoth

William Collingbourne Hewitt
Flo Scott
💍 1910/2670

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

22
24

Wellington
Kilbirnie

3 days
14 days

St Andrews Church, The Terrace, Wellington

10/2797

2 June 1910

Rev. W. Douglas

No	416
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Collingbourne Hewitt	Flo Scoth
BDM Match (94%)	William Collingbourne Hewitt	Flo Scott
	💍 1910/2670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	10/2797
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Douglas

417

4 June 1910

William Newman
Mary Eliza Brooks

William Newman
Mary Eliza Brooks
💍 1910/2584

Widower 17 March 1907
Spinster

Farmer

60
39

Titahi Bay
Titahi Bay

24 years
10 years

Residence of C. Robinson, 141 Daniel Street, Wellington

10/2660

4 June 1910

Rev. M. A. Evans

No	417
Date of Notice	4 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Newman	Mary Eliza Brooks
	💍 1910/2584
Condition	Widower 17 March 1907	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	60	39
Dwelling Place	Titahi Bay	Titahi Bay
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of C. Robinson, 141 Daniel Street, Wellington
Folio	10/2660
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. A. Evans

418

6 June 1910

Harry Elden Crosth
Martha Comrie McCaffrey

Harry Elden Crook
Martha Comrie McCaffrey
💍 1910/2545

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
18

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
4 days

The Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington

10/2695

Patrick McCaffrey, father

6 June 1910

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	418
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Elden Crosth	Martha Comrie McCaffrey
BDM Match (92%)	Harry Elden Crook	Martha Comrie McCaffrey
	💍 1910/2545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	10/2695
Consent	Patrick McCaffrey, father
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

419

6 June 1910

William Ernest Raymond Henley
Irene Neville Henley

William Ernest Raymond
Irene Neville Henley
💍 1910/2494

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
11 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

10/2641

Clara Jane Henley, mother

6 June 1910

Registrar

No	419
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Raymond Henley	Irene Neville Henley
BDM Match (88%)	William Ernest Raymond	Irene Neville Henley
	💍 1910/2494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	10/2641
Consent	Clara Jane Henley, mother
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

420

6 June 1910

Robert Arnot Nicol
Ellen Fleming

Robert Arnot Nicol
Ellen Fleming
💍 1910/2671

Bachelor
Widow 29 December 1892

Seedsman

30
45

Khandallah
Khandallah

6 years
3 months

Presbyterian Manse, Duncan Terrace, Kilbirnie

10/2798

6 June 1910

Rev. W. Douglas

No	420
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Arnot Nicol	Ellen Fleming
	💍 1910/2671
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 29 December 1892
Profession	Seedsman
Age	30	45
Dwelling Place	Khandallah	Khandallah
Length of Residence	6 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Duncan Terrace, Kilbirnie
Folio	10/2798
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Douglas

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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).