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 Feilding Quarter ending 30 June 1910 Registrar H. E. M. Registrar

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

26 April 1910

Arthur William Trass
Florence Amy Crenfeldt

Arthur William Trass
Florence Amy Crenfeldt
💍 1910/2727

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist Assistant

20
18

Feilding
Feilding

6 years
8 years

Salvation Army Barracks, Feilding

10/2829

George Trass, Father; William Crenfeldt, Father

26 April 1910

Adjutant Henry Haywood

No	19
Date of Notice	26 April 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Trass	Florence Amy Crenfeldt
	💍 1910/2727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist Assistant
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	6 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks, Feilding
Folio	10/2829
Consent	George Trass, Father; William Crenfeldt, Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1910
Officiating Minister	Adjutant Henry Haywood

16 May 1910

Edward Strong
Mary Murphy

Edward Strong
Mary Murphy
💍 1910/2432

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
36

Feilding
Feilding

7 days
9 days

Registrar's Office, Feilding

10/2571

16 May 1910

The Registrar

No	20
Date of Notice	16 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Strong	Mary Murphy
	💍 1910/2432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	36
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Feilding
Folio	10/2571
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1910
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

16 May 1910

Walter Richard Robinson
Georgina Joughin

Walter Richard Robinson
Georgina Joughin
💍 1910/2433

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
24

Cheltenham
Balyton

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Feilding

10/2572

16 May 1910

The Registrar

No	21
Date of Notice	16 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Richard Robinson	Georgina Joughin
	💍 1910/2433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	24
Dwelling Place	Cheltenham	Balyton
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Feilding
Folio	10/2572
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1910
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

25 May 1910

Peter Henneceey
Margaret Mailliw Waddington

Peter Hennessey
Margaret Maillin Waddington
💍 1910/2707

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
19

Feilding
Feilding

7 years
19 years

Residence of Mary Waddington, Eyre Street, Feilding

10/2532

Mary Waddington, Mother

25 May 1910

Rev. G. Budd

No	22
Date of Notice	25 May 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Henneceey	Margaret Mailliw Waddington
BDM Match (92%)	Peter Hennessey	Margaret Maillin Waddington
	💍 1910/2707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mary Waddington, Eyre Street, Feilding
Folio	10/2532
Consent	Mary Waddington, Mother
Date of Certificate	25 May 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Budd

1 June 1910

Herbert Garden Watson
Margaret Oneill

Herbert Carden Watson
Margaret O'Neill
💍 1910/5475

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

29
22

Wellington
Feilding

3 days
18 months

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

10/5748

1 June 1910

Rev. J. O'Meara

No	23
Date of Notice	1 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Garden Watson	Margaret Oneill
BDM Match (91%)	Herbert Carden Watson	Margaret O'Neill
	💍 1910/5475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	10/5748
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Meara

2 June 1910

Thomas Herbert Wrigly
Olive Annie Booker

Thomas Herbert Ingley
Olive Annie Booker
💍 1910/2424

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
20

Palmerston North
Raonui

3 days
1 month

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

10/2553

William Booker, Father

2 June 1910

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	24
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Wrigly	Olive Annie Booker
BDM Match (91%)	Thomas Herbert Ingley	Olive Annie Booker
	💍 1910/2424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Raonui
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	10/2553
Consent	William Booker, Father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

2 June 1910

Edwin Henry Kerridge
Ellen O'Donnell

Edwin Henry Kerridge
Ellen ODonnell
💍 1910/5476

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

34
28

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

10/5749

2 June 1910

Rev. J. O'Meara

No	25
Date of Notice	2 June 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Henry Kerridge	Ellen O'Donnell
BDM Match (97%)	Edwin Henry Kerridge	Ellen ODonnell
	💍 1910/5476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	10/5749
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Meara

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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).