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 31 March 1910 Registrar C. M. Lindsay

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

2 March 1910

William John James Balch
Annie Purnell Spines

William John James
Annie Purnell
💍 1910/820

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

33
23

Feilding
Feilding

7 months
2 months

Wesleyan Church

10/724

2 March 1910

Rev. R. B. Finsley

No	6
Date of Notice	2 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John James Balch	Annie Purnell Spines
BDM Match (70%)	William John James	Annie Purnell
	💍 1910/820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	7 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	10/724
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. B. Finsley

9 March 1910

Clive James Woods
Phebe Jane Thorby

Clive James Woods
Phebe Jane Thorby
💍 1910/803

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
34

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
3 days

Church of England

10/731

9 March 1910

Rev. A. S. Lanes Jones

No	7
Date of Notice	9 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clive James Woods	Phebe Jane Thorby
	💍 1910/803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	34
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	10/731
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. Lanes Jones

12 March 1910

John Frederick Bradey
Dorkis Priscilla Beatrice Ivy

John Frederick Bradey
Dorkis Priscilla Beatrice Ivy Constance Kate Dorothy True
💍 1910/807

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

20
18

Bunnythorpe
Taonui

3 days
3 years

Residence of Otto Edward True

10/735

John William Bradey, father of groom; Otto Edward True, father of bride

12 March 1910

Rev. Geo. Budd

No	8
Date of Notice	12 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Bradey	Dorkis Priscilla Beatrice Ivy
BDM Match (75%)	John Frederick Bradey	Dorkis Priscilla Beatrice Ivy Constance Kate Dorothy True
	💍 1910/807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Bunnythorpe	Taonui
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Otto Edward True
Folio	10/735
Consent	John William Bradey, father of groom; Otto Edward True, father of bride
Date of Certificate	12 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Budd

21 March 1910

Stanley James Quarrie
Phoebe Clarissa Thompson

Stanley James Quarrie
Phoebe Clarissa Thompson
💍 1910/821

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
28

Halcombe
Feilding

3 days
2 months

Primitive Methodist Church, Manchester Street, Feilding

10/725

21 March 1910

Rev. S. W. Jones

No	9
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley James Quarrie	Phoebe Clarissa Thompson
	💍 1910/821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Halcombe	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Manchester Street, Feilding
Folio	10/725
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. W. Jones

23 March 1910

Charles Buckingham Lucas
Ellen Maud Gurnay

Charles Buckingham Lucas
Ellen Maud Gurney
💍 1910/808

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

44
21

Coyton
Coyton

3 years
2 weeks

Presbyterian Manse, Feilding

10/736

23 March 1910

Rev. George Budd

No	10
Date of Notice	23 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Buckingham Lucas	Ellen Maud Gurnay
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Buckingham Lucas	Ellen Maud Gurney
	💍 1910/808
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	44	21
Dwelling Place	Coyton	Coyton
Length of Residence	3 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Feilding
Folio	10/736
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Budd

24 March 1910

William James Young
Mary Elizabeth Thompson

William James Young
Mary Elizabeth Thompson
💍 1910/810

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
21

Mount Stewart
Feilding

4 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Sanson

10/737

24 March 1910

Rev. Charles A. Sims

No	11
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Young	Mary Elizabeth Thompson
	💍 1910/810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Mount Stewart	Feilding
Length of Residence		4 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Sanson
Folio	10/737
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles A. Sims

29 March 1910

William Walter Edgerley
Maude Mary Annie Dearth

William Walter Edgerley
Maude Mary Annie Death
💍 1910/804

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

27
22

Auckland
Sanson

3 days
3 days

Church of England

10/732

29 March 1910

Rev. E. J. Sola

No	12
Date of Notice	29 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Walter Edgerley	Maude Mary Annie Dearth
BDM Match (98%)	William Walter Edgerley	Maude Mary Annie Death
	💍 1910/804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Sanson
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	10/732
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Sola

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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).