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 Hastings Quarter ending 31 March 1910 Registrar Robert Braithwaite

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 March 1910

Harry Kemp
Emily Tucker

Harry Kemp
Emily Tucker
💍 1910/646

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Domestic

26
25

Hastings
Havelock

9 months
13 years

Presbyterian Church, Havelock

10/644

18 March 1910

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	10
Date of Notice	18 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Kemp	Emily Tucker
	💍 1910/646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Domestic
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock
Length of Residence	9 months	13 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock
Folio	10/644
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

19 March 1910

Robert Dysart
Margaret Ann Carmichael

Robert Dysart
Margaret Ann Carmichael
💍 1910/644

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Dressmaker

24
25

Hastings
Havelock

3 years
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Havelock

10/642

19 March 1910

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	11
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dysart	Margaret Ann Carmichael
	💍 1910/644
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Dressmaker
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Havelock
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Havelock
Folio	10/642
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

19 March 1910

David Giffin Doole
Mary Jane Chalmers

David Griffin Doole
Mary Jane Charters
💍 1910/673

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

28
26

Hastings
Hastings

2 1/2 years
1 year

St. Matthew's Church, Hastings

10/650

19 March 1910

Rev. J. Hobbs

No	12
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Giffin Doole	Mary Jane Chalmers
BDM Match (92%)	David Griffin Doole	Mary Jane Charters
	💍 1910/673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Hastings
Folio	10/650
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hobbs

19 March 1910

Edward Stevenson
Muriel Scott

Edward Stevenson
Muriel Scott
💍 1910/643

Widower
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

31
23

Hastings
Hastings

2 years
4 months

Presbyterian Church, Hastings

10/641

19 March 1910

Rev. P. Ramsay

No	13
Date of Notice	19 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Stevenson	Muriel Scott
	💍 1910/643
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hastings
Folio	10/641
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Ramsay

21 March 1910

Frederick John Douglas
Elsie Annie Bale

Frederick John Douglas
Elsie Annie Bale
💍 1910/1128

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Household duties

23
23

Havelock
Wellington

23 years
3 weeks

Wesleyan Church, Karori, Wellington

10/1150

21 March 1910

Rev. J. Serpell

No	14
Date of Notice	21 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Douglas	Elsie Annie Bale
	💍 1910/1128
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Household duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Havelock	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Karori, Wellington
Folio	10/1150
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Serpell

24 March 1910

John Joseph Cassin
Miriam Catherine Poppelwell

John Joseph Cassin
Miriam Catherine Poppelwell
💍 1910/670

Bachelor
Spinster

Furniture dealer
Household duties

29
20

Hastings
Hastings

18 years
13 years

Catholic Church, Hastings

10/647

John Poppelwell, father

24 March 1910

Father Keogh

No	15
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Cassin	Miriam Catherine Poppelwell
	💍 1910/670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Furniture dealer	Household duties
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	18 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	10/647
Consent	John Poppelwell, father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Father Keogh

24 March 1910

Denis Donovan
Edith Kate Salvigny

Denis Donovan
Edith Kate Salvigny
💍 1910/665

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer
Housekeeper

49
31

Hastings
Hastings

24 years
9 years

Catholic Church, Hastings

10/646

24 March 1910

Father Keogh

No	16
Date of Notice	24 March 1910
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis Donovan	Edith Kate Salvigny
	💍 1910/665
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer	Housekeeper
Age	49	31
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Hastings
Length of Residence	24 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Hastings
Folio	10/646
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1910
Officiating Minister	Father Keogh

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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).