Intentions to Marry, 1906 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840431, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1906 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1906a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1906b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1906c).

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District of Levin Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar M. C. Nation

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

16 January 1906

Lionel Brough
Ida Elton Tucker

Lionel Brough Stansell
Ivy Elton Tucker
💍 1906/1862

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic duties

25
27

Levin
Levin

Three days
One month

Residence of Mr Ernest E. Tucker, Levin

06/561

16 January 1906

Rev. J. Wrigley

No	20
Date of Notice	16 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Brough	Ida Elton Tucker
BDM Match (73%)	Lionel Brough Stansell	Ivy Elton Tucker
	💍 1906/1862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	One month
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Ernest E. Tucker, Levin
Folio	06/561
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley

16 January 1906

John Joseph Melton
Gertrude Rippin

John Joseph Melton
Gertrude Rippin
💍 1906/1863

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Domestic duties

26
24

Levin
Levin

Twelve years
Ten years

Residence of Mr John Rippin, Levin

06/562

16 January 1906

Rev. J. Wrigley

No	21
Date of Notice	16 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Melton	Gertrude Rippin
	💍 1906/1863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Twelve years	Ten years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Rippin, Levin
Folio	06/562
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley

29 January 1906

August Lipinore
Mary Ann Johnston

August Lipinske
Mary Ann Johnson
💍 1906/1826

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

26
24

Levin
Levin

Seven days
Three years

Catholic Church, Levin

06/495

29 January 1906

Rev. Father Melu

No	22
Date of Notice	29 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	August Lipinore	Mary Ann Johnston
BDM Match (90%)	August Lipinske	Mary Ann Johnson
	💍 1906/1826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Seven days	Three years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Levin
Folio	06/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Melu

2 February 1906

Frederick George Roe
Emma Amelia Henton

Frederick George Roe
Emma Amelia Newton
💍 1906/960

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant
School teacher

40
22

Levin
Shannon

Sixteen years
Two years

Residence of Mr John Henton, Shannon

06/297

2 February 1906

Rev. Isaac Jolly

No	23
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Roe	Emma Amelia Henton
BDM Match (94%)	Frederick George Roe	Emma Amelia Newton
	💍 1906/960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant	School teacher
Age	40	22
Dwelling Place	Levin	Shannon
Length of Residence	Sixteen years	Two years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Henton, Shannon
Folio	06/297
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Jolly

10 February 1906

Charles Henry Owen
Louisa Grace

Charles Henry Owen
Louisa Grace
💍 1906/983

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
26

Ohau
Ohau

Three and a half years
Three years

Church of England, Ohau

06/2320

10 February 1906

Rev. A. E. Warsley

No	24
Date of Notice	10 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Owen	Louisa Grace
	💍 1906/983
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Ohau	Ohau
Length of Residence	Three and a half years	Three years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Ohau
Folio	06/2320
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Warsley

15 March 1906

Frederick Henry James
Catherine Hay Smith

Frederick Henry James
Catherine Hay Smith
💍 1906/1827

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

34
33

Levin
Levin

Nine years
Four years

Residence of Mr James Harmsworth, Cape Settlement

06/496

15 March 1906

Rev. M. H. Arnold

No	25
Date of Notice	15 March 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry James	Catherine Hay Smith
	💍 1906/1827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Nine years	Four years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James Harmsworth, Cape Settlement
Folio	06/496
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. H. Arnold

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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).