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 499

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

266

4 April 1910

Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie
Annie Spratt Maguire

Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie
Annie Spratt Maguire
💍 1910/2665

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

32
31

Wellington
Wellington

Life
years

St. Mark's Church Wellington

10/2784

4 April 1910

Rev. A. H. Johnson

No	266
Date of Notice	4 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Stuart Wilmor McKenzie	Annie Spratt Maguire
	💍 1910/2665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church Wellington
Folio	10/2784
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Johnson

267

5 April 1910

David Elliot Halliday
Jane McKay Halliday

David Elliot
Jane McRay Halliday
💍 1910/2753

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Stock

36
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St. Andrew's Church The Terrace Wellington

10/2836

5 April 1910

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	267
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Elliot Halliday	Jane McKay Halliday
BDM Match (76%)	David Elliot	Jane McRay Halliday
	💍 1910/2753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Stock
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church The Terrace Wellington
Folio	10/2836
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

268

5 April 1910

George Valentine Corlet
Annie Patricia Hurley

George Valentine Corlet
Annie Patricia Hurley
💍 1910/3598

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

34
25

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
4 days

St. Anne's Church Wellington

10/3753

5 April 1910

Rev. A. Herring

No	268
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Valentine Corlet	Annie Patricia Hurley
	💍 1910/3598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church Wellington
Folio	10/3753
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Herring

269

5 April 1910

William Mayo Mathieson
Ellen Eliza Mathieson

William Mayo
Ellen Eliza Mathiason
💍 1910/2566

Bachelor
Absolute Divorcee Decree 5 April 1910

Fruit Grower

42
40

Wellington
Wellington

9 days
7 days

Residence of Capt. Watson 100 Rintoul Street Wellington

10/2666

5 April 1910

Rev. W. Shirer

No	269
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mayo Mathieson	Ellen Eliza Mathieson
BDM Match (75%)	William Mayo	Ellen Eliza Mathiason
	💍 1910/2566
Condition	Bachelor	Absolute Divorcee Decree 5 April 1910
Profession	Fruit Grower
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Capt. Watson 100 Rintoul Street Wellington
Folio	10/2666
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

270

5 April 1910

Ernest Bone Haskell
Evelyn Violet Haskell

Ernest Bone
Evelyn Violet Maud Haskell
💍 1910/2559

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

26
28

Brooklyn
Brooklyn

5 years
28 years

Residence of Mr. Hines Jackson 28 Street Brooklyn Wellington

10/2685

5 April 1910

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	270
Date of Notice	5 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Bone Haskell	Evelyn Violet Haskell
BDM Match (69%)	Ernest Bone	Evelyn Violet Maud Haskell
	💍 1910/2559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Brooklyn	Brooklyn
Length of Residence	5 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Hines Jackson 28 Street Brooklyn Wellington
Folio	10/2685
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).