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 481

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1905 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghins

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

803

28 November 1905

Peter Maloney
Katherine Matilda Russell

Peter Maloney
Katherine Matilda Russell
💍 1905/3603

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

28
28

Hutt
Hutt

3 days
Life

Roman Catholic Church, Hutt

05/6082

28 November 1905

Rev. I. J. Land

No	803
Date of Notice	28 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Maloney	Katherine Matilda Russell
	💍 1905/3603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Hutt	Hutt
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Hutt
Folio	05/6082
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. J. Land

804

29 November 1905

Hugh Rees
Ada Davie

Hugh Rees
Ada Davie
💍 1905/3628

Bachelor
Widow (June 1903)

Miner

37
37

Wellington
Wellington

5 months
3 months

Residence of Mr. Fox, 40 Ghuznee Street, Wellington

05/6107

29 November 1905

Rev. J. J. North

No	804
Date of Notice	29 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Rees	Ada Davie
	💍 1905/3628
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (June 1903)
Profession	Miner
Age	37	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Fox, 40 Ghuznee Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6107
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. North

805

29 November 1905

Frederick Richard Amstice
Florence Matilda Greeks

Frederick Richard Anstice
Florence Matilda Greeks
💍 1905/3584

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
19

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
Life

Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

05/6087

Richard Greeks, Father

29 November 1905

Rev. P. W. Fairclough

No	805
Date of Notice	29 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Amstice	Florence Matilda Greeks
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Richard Anstice	Florence Matilda Greeks
	💍 1905/3584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6087
Consent	Richard Greeks, Father
Date of Certificate	29 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Fairclough

806

29 November 1905

Thomas Green
Elizabeth Cameron

Thomas Green
Elizabeth Cameron
💍 1905/3470

Bachelor
Divorcee (Decree Absolute 18 November 1905)

Accountant

32
34

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
5 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

05/5948

29 November 1905

G. G. Hodghins, Deputy Registrar

No	806
Date of Notice	29 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Green	Elizabeth Cameron
	💍 1905/3470
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee (Decree Absolute 18 November 1905)
Profession	Accountant
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	05/5948
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1905
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodghins, Deputy Registrar

807

29 November 1905

David Henry Round
Mary Ann Baker

David Henry Round
Mary Anne Baker
💍 1905/3573

Bachelor
Divorcee (Decree Absolute 29 November 1904)

Labourer

25
26

Kaiwarra
Wellington

17 years
4 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

05/6075

29 November 1905

Rev. J. McNamara

No	807
Date of Notice	29 November 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Henry Round	Mary Ann Baker
BDM Match (97%)	David Henry Round	Mary Anne Baker
	💍 1905/3573
Condition	Bachelor	Divorcee (Decree Absolute 29 November 1904)
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Kaiwarra	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6075
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 November 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McNamara

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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).