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).

Page 326

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1906 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

3 January 1906

David Hooey
Bridget Margaret Power

David Hooey
Bridget Margaret Power
💍 1906/2306

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

31
32

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
4 weeks

St. Josephs Church, Boucett Street, Wellington

06/752

3 January 1906

Rev T. O'Shea

No	1
Date of Notice	3 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hooey	Bridget Margaret Power
	💍 1906/2306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Church, Boucett Street, Wellington
Folio	06/752
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev T. O'Shea

3 January 1906

Neville Bidgood Scantlebury
Ethel Octavia Edmeades

Neville Bidgood Scantlebury
Ethel Octavia Edmeades
💍 1906/2122

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

33
24

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
24 years

Residence of Mr. W. Dimock, 7 Tinakori Road, Wellington

06/792

3 January 1906

Rev J. R. Glasson

No	2
Date of Notice	3 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neville Bidgood Scantlebury	Ethel Octavia Edmeades
	💍 1906/2122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. Dimock, 7 Tinakori Road, Wellington
Folio	06/792
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev J. R. Glasson

3 January 1906

Charles Bonser Pearson
Ethel Rosa Taylor

Charles Bouser Pearson
Ethel Rosa Taylor
💍 1906/2121

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

30
30

Wellington
Wellington

9 months
3 days

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

06/791

3 January 1906

Rev Macdonald Aspland

No	3
Date of Notice	3 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Bonser Pearson	Ethel Rosa Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Bouser Pearson	Ethel Rosa Taylor
	💍 1906/2121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	06/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev Macdonald Aspland

3 January 1906

Francis Augustus Clapshaw
Violet Amy Winny

Francis Augustus Clapshaw
Violet Amy Winny
💍 1906/2075

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Conductor

25
20

Wellington
Kilbirnie

2 years
Life

St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington

06/669

18 January 1906

Rev G. P. Davys

No	4
Date of Notice	3 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Augustus Clapshaw	Violet Amy Winny
	💍 1906/2075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Conductor
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	06/669
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev G. P. Davys

3 January 1906

Henry Edward Mainton
Edith Mary Brown

Henry Edward Bainton
Edith Mary Brown
💍 1906/2074

Bachelor
Spinster

Chef

27
29

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
10 months

St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington

06/668

3 January 1906

Rev G. W. J. Maclaverty

No	5
Date of Notice	3 January 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Mainton	Edith Mary Brown
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Edward Bainton	Edith Mary Brown
	💍 1906/2074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chef
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	06/668
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev G. W. J. Maclaverty

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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).