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 R. 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

30 May 1910

Charles Albert York
Emma Christina Petersen

Charles Albert York
Emma Christina Petersen
💍 1910/2654

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

15 years
10 years

Lutheran Church, Church Street West, Palmerston North

10/2433

30 May 1910

Rev. Mads Christensen

No	71
Date of Notice	30 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Albert York	Emma Christina Petersen
	💍 1910/2654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Church Street West, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2433
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mads Christensen

30 May 1910

Radivine Wilson
Mary Dorthea Petersen

Edwin Wilson
Mary Dorthea Petersen
💍 1910/2655

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

22
18

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 year
10 years

Lutheran Church, Church Street West, Palmerston North

10/2734

Christian Hansen, father

30 May 1910

Rev. Mads Christensen

No	72
Date of Notice	30 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Radivine Wilson	Mary Dorthea Petersen
BDM Match (83%)	Edwin Wilson	Mary Dorthea Petersen
	💍 1910/2655
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 year	10 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church, Church Street West, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2734
Consent	Christian Hansen, father
Date of Certificate	30 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Mads Christensen

31 May 1910

Ernest Woollright
Angela Beckman

Ernest Woolbright
Angela Beckman
💍 1910/2452

Divorced
Spinster

Architect

33
33

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

6 months
3 months

Registrar's Office, Palmerston North

10/2591

31 May 1910

C. E. Shortt

No	73
Date of Notice	31 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Woollright	Angela Beckman
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest Woolbright	Angela Beckman
	💍 1910/2452
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2591
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1910
Officiating Minister	C. E. Shortt

31 May 1910

Ernest Lewis Gloven
Claryssie Crichton Imrie

Widower
Spinster

Journalist
Journalist

45
31

Palmerston North
Wanganui

2.5 years
2.5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Wanganui

10/1556

31 May 1910

Rev. Dean Michael Grogan, Wanganui

No	74
Date of Notice	31 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Lewis Gloven	Claryssie Crichton Imrie
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Journalist	Journalist
Age	45	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Wanganui
Length of Residence	2.5 years	2.5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Wanganui
Folio	10/1556
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dean Michael Grogan, Wanganui

6 June 1910

Frederick George Friend
Marie Katrina Hansen

Frederick George Friend
Marie Katrina Hansen
💍 1910/2656

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer

26
20

138 Main Street, Palmerston North
Stoney Creek

9 years
20 years

Mr. Hansen's House, Stoney Creek, Palmerston North

10/2735

Niels Christian Hansen, father

6 June 1910

Rev. M. Christensen

No	75
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Friend	Marie Katrina Hansen
	💍 1910/2656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	138 Main Street, Palmerston North	Stoney Creek
Length of Residence	9 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Hansen's House, Stoney Creek, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2735
Consent	Niels Christian Hansen, father
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Christensen

6 June 1910

Charles Thomsen
Lydia Bason

Charles Thomson
Lydia Bacon
💍 1910/8289

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Church Street East, Palmerston North

10/2554

6 June 1910

Rev. George Budd

No	76
Date of Notice	6 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomsen	Lydia Bason
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Thomson	Lydia Bacon
	💍 1910/8289
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Church Street East, Palmerston North
Folio	10/2554
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Budd

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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).