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).

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District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1910 Registrar Charles Edward Shortt

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

109

16 August 1910

Thomas Ernest Terry
Annie Hurley

Thomas Earnest Terry
Annie Hurley
💍 1910/4370

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
26 years

Roman Catholic Church

10/4457

16 August 1910

Rev. P. C. Costello

No	109
Date of Notice	16 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ernest Terry	Annie Hurley
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Earnest Terry	Annie Hurley
	💍 1910/4370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	10/4457
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. C. Costello

110

16 August 1910

John Fitch
Frances Caroline Pallant

John Fitch
Frances Caroline Pallant
💍 1910/5242

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Toilet Specialist

32
29

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 days
18 months

House No. 11 Queen Street, Palmerston North

10/5580

16 August 1910

Rev. J. J. Thomas

No	110
Date of Notice	16 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fitch	Frances Caroline Pallant
	💍 1910/5242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Toilet Specialist
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 days	18 months
Marriage Place	House No. 11 Queen Street, Palmerston North
Folio	10/5580
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Thomas

111

18 August 1910

James Patrick Connor
Emily Ellen Trask

James Patrick Connor
Emily Ellen Trask
💍 1910/8133

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

37
42

Sematai, Stoney Creek
Palmerston North

1 1/2 years
11 years

Mrs. Trask's Residence, Featherston Street, Palmerston North

10/4607

18 August 1910

Rev. A. Would

No	111
Date of Notice	18 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Patrick Connor	Emily Ellen Trask
	💍 1910/8133
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	37	42
Dwelling Place	Sematai, Stoney Creek	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Trask's Residence, Featherston Street, Palmerston North
Folio	10/4607
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Would

112

20 August 1910

Timothy Rowland Passey
Edith Mary Passey

Timothy Rowland
Edith Mary Pascey
💍 1910/4326

Timothy John Quaid
Edith May Marsh
💍 1911/2330

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

22
22

Siakitahuna
Longburn

22 years
4 years

All Saints Church, Palmerston North

10/4531

20 August 1910

Rev. C. C. Harper

No	112
Date of Notice	20 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy Rowland Passey	Edith Mary Passey
BDM Match (81%)	Timothy Rowland	Edith Mary Pascey
	💍 1910/4326
BDM Match (60%)	Timothy John Quaid	Edith May Marsh
	💍 1911/2330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Siakitahuna	Longburn
Length of Residence	22 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/4531
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 August 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harper

113

31 August 1910

Arthur Fisher
Catherine Patton

Arthur Fisher
Catherine Patton
💍 1910/4513

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer
Housemaid

46
36

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
2 months

Registrar's Office, Palmerston North

10/4619

31 August 1910

C. E. Shortt

No	113
Date of Notice	31 August 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Fisher	Catherine Patton
	💍 1910/4513
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Housemaid
Age	46	36
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Palmerston North
Folio	10/4619
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt

114

3 September 1910

Walter Augustine Kimpton
Rocella Marion Cook

Walter Augustus Kimpton
Estella Marion Cook
💍 1910/4420

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Company Manager
Domestic Duties

28
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 years
7 years

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North

10/4608

3 September 1910

Rev. A. Would

No	114
Date of Notice	3 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Augustine Kimpton	Rocella Marion Cook
BDM Match (86%)	Walter Augustus Kimpton	Estella Marion Cook
	💍 1910/4420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Company Manager	Domestic Duties
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/4608
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Would

115

6 September 1910

Edwin Edward Wood
Edith Mary Turner

Edwin Edward Charles Wood
Edith Mary Turner
💍 1910/8134

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Division (Ag. Dept.)
Domestic Duties

32
24

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
19 years

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North

10/4609

6 September 1910

Rev. A. Would

No	115
Date of Notice	6 September 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Edward Wood	Edith Mary Turner
BDM Match (84%)	Edwin Edward Charles Wood	Edith Mary Turner
	💍 1910/8134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Division (Ag. Dept.)	Domestic Duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/4609
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Would

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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).