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 427

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar G. 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

481

27 June 1906

Felix Henry Barrett
Eva May Marshment

Felix Henry Barrett
Eva May Marshment
💍 1906/2853

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
23

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
Life

St. Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

06/2544

27 June 1906

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	481
Date of Notice	27 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Felix Henry Barrett	Eva May Marshment
	💍 1906/2853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	06/2544
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

482

27 June 1906

Sydney D'Evelyn Beatty
Jane Mitchell

Sydney D'Evelyn Beatty
Jane Mitchell
💍 1906/2821

Bachelor
Divorce (Decree absolute 27/3/1902)

Photographer

30
30

Wellington
Wellington

17 months
12 months

St. Andrews Church, Manse, Hill Street, Wellington

06/2511

27 June 1906

Rev. J. G. Smith

No	482
Date of Notice	27 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney D'Evelyn Beatty	Jane Mitchell
	💍 1906/2821
Condition	Bachelor	Divorce (Decree absolute 27/3/1902)
Profession	Photographer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 months	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Manse, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	06/2511
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Smith

483

27 June 1906

Samuel Paull
Ellen Leary

Samuel Panll
Ellen Leary
💍 1906/1090

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

27
21

Wellington
Wellington

14 months
21 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

06/2435

27 June 1906

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	483
Date of Notice	27 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Paull	Ellen Leary
BDM Match (96%)	Samuel Panll	Ellen Leary
	💍 1906/1090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 months	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	06/2435
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 June 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

484

28 June 1906

Albert Ernest Williams
Ethel Constance Reid

Albert Ernest Williams
Ethel Constance Reid
💍 1906/1091

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
17

Wellington
Wellington

22 years
Life

Registrars Office, Wellington

06/2436

Robt. Reid, Father

28 June 1906

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	484
Date of Notice	28 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Williams	Ethel Constance Reid
	💍 1906/1091
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 years	Life
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	06/2436
Consent	Robt. Reid, Father
Date of Certificate	28 June 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

485

28 June 1906

Henry Tiffer
Louise Maude Lilley

Henry Fiffer
Louise Maude Lilley
💍 1906/4790

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
29

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
2 years

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

06/4555

28 June 1906

Rev. M. Aspland

No	485
Date of Notice	28 June 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Tiffer	Louise Maude Lilley
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Fiffer	Louise Maude Lilley
	💍 1906/4790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	06/4555
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Aspland

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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).