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 497

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 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

881

22 December 1905

Henry Frederick Andrews
Mary Heathorn Uren

Henry Frederick Andrews
Mary Heathorne Uren
💍 1905/3613

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
10 days

Residence of Mr. Goad, Gitanna Street, Wellington

05/6116

22 December 1905

Rev. T. K. Ewen

No	881
Date of Notice	22 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Frederick Andrews	Mary Heathorn Uren
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Frederick Andrews	Mary Heathorne Uren
	💍 1905/3613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Goad, Gitanna Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6116
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. K. Ewen

882

22 December 1905

Charles John Bartlett
Catherine Agnes Hyde

Charles John Bartlett
Catherine Agnes Hyde
💍 1905/3457

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
33

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

12 months
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

05/5959

22 December 1905

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	882
Date of Notice	22 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Bartlett	Catherine Agnes Hyde
	💍 1905/3457
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	33
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	12 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	05/5959
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 December 1905
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

883

23 December 1905

David Thomas Henry Bevan
Ellen Mary Blewman

David Thomas Henry Bevan
Ellen Mary Blewman
💍 1906/2305

Bachelor
Spinster

Tanner

26
20

Kaiwarra
Wellington

Life
10 years

St. Joseph's Church, Ponchle Street, Wellington

06/1751

James Blewman, Father

23 December 1905

Rev. J. O'Fred

No	883
Date of Notice	23 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Thomas Henry Bevan	Ellen Mary Blewman
	💍 1906/2305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tanner
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Kaiwarra	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Ponchle Street, Wellington
Folio	06/1751
Consent	James Blewman, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Fred

884

23 December 1905

William Lee
Jessie Mabel Redman

William Lee
Jessie Mabel Redman
💍 1905/3614

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
30

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
6 months

Residence of Mr. W. Lee, 26 Roxburgh Street, Wellington

05/6117

23 December 1905

Rev. J. J. North

No	884
Date of Notice	23 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lee	Jessie Mabel Redman
	💍 1905/3614
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. Lee, 26 Roxburgh Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6117
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. North

885

23 December 1905

James Thomas Gunn
Annie Elizabeth Guise

James Thomas Gunn
Annie Elizabeth Guise
💍 1905/3551

Bachelor
Spinster

Student

30
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
Life

St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

05/6052

23 December 1905

Rev. J. Gibb, D.D.

No	885
Date of Notice	23 December 1905
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Gunn	Annie Elizabeth Guise
	💍 1905/3551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Student
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	05/6052
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1905
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb, D.D.

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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).