Intentions to Marry, 1905 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840428, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1905 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1905a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1905b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1905c).

Page 348

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1905 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodgkins

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

161

4 March 1905

John Doughty
Martha Tasker

John Donoghue
Martha Tasker
💍 1905/138

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
Life

Registrar's Office, Wellington

05/658

4 March 1905

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	161
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Doughty	Martha Tasker
BDM Match (85%)	John Donoghue	Martha Tasker
	💍 1905/138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	05/658
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

162

4 March 1905

Henry William Hall
Adeline Helen Mackie

Henry William Hall
Adeline Helen Mackie
💍 1905/5919

Widower (7/5/1902)
Spinster

Plasterer

35
22

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
Life

Presbyterian Manse, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington

05/747

4 March 1905

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	162
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Hall	Adeline Helen Mackie
	💍 1905/5919
Condition	Widower (7/5/1902)	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	05/747
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

163

4 March 1905

Douglas Brothe Revell
Katrine Marie Ashwin

Douglas Rollo Revell
Katrine Marie Ashwin
💍 1905/6889

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

1 month
10 years

St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington

05/2332

4 March 1905

Rev. R. Coffey

No	163
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Brothe Revell	Katrine Marie Ashwin
BDM Match (88%)	Douglas Rollo Revell	Katrine Marie Ashwin
	💍 1905/6889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 month	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington
Folio	05/2332
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

164

4 March 1905

Robert Glenious Reid
Mary Leeming

Robert Elenious Reid
Mary Leeming
💍 1905/5957

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
23

Porirua
Porirua

1 year
4.5 years

Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

05/812

4 March 1905

Rev. B. Metson

No	164
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Glenious Reid	Mary Leeming
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Elenious Reid	Mary Leeming
	💍 1905/5957
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Porirua
Length of Residence	1 year	4.5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	05/812
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Metson

165

4 March 1905

Leonz Edward Meier
Emma Ann Going McIntyre

Leony Edward Meier
Emma Ann Young McIntyre
💍 1905/5920

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
22 years

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

05/748

4 March 1905

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	165
Date of Notice	4 March 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonz Edward Meier	Emma Ann Going McIntyre
BDM Match (93%)	Leony Edward Meier	Emma Ann Young McIntyre
	💍 1905/5920
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	05/748
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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 1903. 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).