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 511

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

326

25 April 1910

Merewether Osmond Meadows
Mary Foster Stratton Kimbell

Merewether Osmond Meadows
Mary Foster Strutton Kimbell
💍 1910/2541

Widower
Spinster

Musician

42
19

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
3 years

Residence of Mrs Kimbell, 19 College Green, Wellington

10/2690

Emma Kimbell, Mother

25 April 1910

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	326
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Merewether Osmond Meadows	Mary Foster Stratton Kimbell
BDM Match (98%)	Merewether Osmond Meadows	Mary Foster Strutton Kimbell
	💍 1910/2541
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	42	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Kimbell, 19 College Green, Wellington
Folio	10/2690
Consent	Emma Kimbell, Mother
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

327

25 April 1910

Frederic Leonard Staunton Turnbull
Ivy Evelyn Adelaide McLaughlin

Frederic Leonard Staunton Turnbull
Ivy Evelyn Adelaide McLaughlin
💍 1910/2473

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

18 years
10 years

Wesleyan Church Parsonage, Taranaki Street, Wellington

10/2518

25 April 1910

Rev. J. J. Serpell

No	327
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Leonard Staunton Turnbull	Ivy Evelyn Adelaide McLaughlin
	💍 1910/2473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church Parsonage, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	10/2518
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Serpell

328

25 April 1910

Donald Campbell Graham
Isabella Agnes Ann Wright

Donald Campbell Graham
Isabella Agnes Ann Wright
💍 1910/90

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
12 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

10/2615

Ann Garden Brennan, Mother

25 April 1910

Registrar

No	328
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Campbell Graham	Isabella Agnes Ann Wright
	💍 1910/90
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	10/2615
Consent	Ann Garden Brennan, Mother
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Registrar

329

25 April 1910

John Thompson Duncan
Alice Sophia Duncan

John Thompson
Alice Sophia Duncan
💍 1910/2396

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

21
20

Tawa Flat
Tawa Flat

15 years
2 1/2 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Tawa Flat

10/2490

Charles Duncan, Father

25 April 1910

Rev. F. A. Thompson

No	329
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thompson Duncan	Alice Sophia Duncan
BDM Match (83%)	John Thompson	Alice Sophia Duncan
	💍 1910/2396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Tawa Flat	Tawa Flat
Length of Residence	15 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Tawa Flat
Folio	10/2490
Consent	Charles Duncan, Father
Date of Certificate	25 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. A. Thompson

330

25 April 1910

Alfred Edward Milne
Jeannie Ann Davidson Macintosh

Alfred Edward Milne
Jeannie Ann Davidson MacIntosh
💍 1910/2740

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

20
26

Wellington
Wellington

13 months
7 months

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

10/2844

No person resident in Dominion to give consent

9 May 1910

Rev. M. Aspland

No	330
Date of Notice	25 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Milne	Jeannie Ann Davidson Macintosh
BDM Match (98%)	Alfred Edward Milne	Jeannie Ann Davidson MacIntosh
	💍 1910/2740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	20	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	13 months	7 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	10/2844
Consent	No person resident in Dominion to give consent
Date of Certificate	9 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Aspland

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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).