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 June 1910 Registrar Charles E. 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

18 June 1910

Ludvig Martin Ainar Boesen
Hilda Maria Spindler Gorth

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner
School Teacher

31 years
27 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 week
3 weeks

St Peter's Church, Palmerston North

10/2920

18 June 1910

Rev. C. C. Harper

No	83
Date of Notice	18 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ludvig Martin Ainar Boesen	Hilda Maria Spindler Gorth
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner	School Teacher
Age	31 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 week	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2920
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harper

21 June 1910

George Henry Maclean Hickey
Kathleen Spindler Servant

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Servant

23 years
22 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 years

St Patrick's Church, Broad Street, Palmerston North

10/3880

21 June 1910

Rev. Father P. C. Costello

No	84
Date of Notice	21 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Maclean Hickey	Kathleen Spindler Servant
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Servant
Age	23 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church, Broad Street, Palmerston North
Folio	10/3880
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father P. C. Costello

23 June 1910

Herbert Salmons
Elizabeth Ann Gammock

Herbert Salmons
Elizabeth Ann Cammock
💍 1910/2453

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Servant

26 years
21 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 week
3 days

Registrar's Office, Palmerston North

10/2592

23 June 1910

C. E. Shortt

No	85
Date of Notice	23 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Salmons	Elizabeth Ann Gammock
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Salmons	Elizabeth Ann Cammock
	💍 1910/2453
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Servant
Age	26 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 week	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2592
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt

27 June 1910

Frank David Godden
Violet Lewis

Frank David Eden
Violet Lewis
💍 1910/2443

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25 years
18 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

10 years
12 years

Mrs Vincent's, Amesbury Street, Palmerston North

10/2560

William Henry Lewis, father

27 June 1910

Rev. J. J. Thomas

No	86
Date of Notice	27 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank David Godden	Violet Lewis
BDM Match (92%)	Frank David Eden	Violet Lewis
	💍 1910/2443
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Mrs Vincent's, Amesbury Street, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2560
Consent	William Henry Lewis, father
Date of Certificate	27 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Thomas

28 June 1910

William Mark Leopold Moore
Ellen May Hildreth

William Mark Leopold Moore
Ellen May Hildreth
💍 1910/2660

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Buyer
Student

27 years
23 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

2 years
4 days

44 Broad Street, Palmerston North

10/2754

28 June 1910

Rev. David Hird

No	87
Date of Notice	28 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mark Leopold Moore	Ellen May Hildreth
	💍 1910/2660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Buyer	Student
Age	27 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 years	4 days
Marriage Place	44 Broad Street, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2754
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. David Hird

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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).