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 445

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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

565

3 August 1906

Martin Jepsen
Minnie Ellen Wade

Marten Jepsen
Minnie Ellen Wade
💍 1906/4432

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

32
17

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
2 years

Residence of M. C. Jepsen, Mein Street, Wellington

06/4500

Ellen Jepsen, mother of bride

3 August 1906

Rev. W. Shirer

No	565
Date of Notice	3 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Jepsen	Minnie Ellen Wade
BDM Match (96%)	Marten Jepsen	Minnie Ellen Wade
	💍 1906/4432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	32	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. C. Jepsen, Mein Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4500
Consent	Ellen Jepsen, mother of bride
Date of Certificate	3 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

566

4 August 1906

Amos Sirett
Ann Jane Kerr

Amos Sirett
Ann Jane Kerr
💍 1906/4554

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Storeman

35
27

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
6 years

Residence of Mr. Gibb, 10 Douglas Wallace Street, Wellington

06/4475

4 August 1906

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	566
Date of Notice	4 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amos Sirett	Ann Jane Kerr
	💍 1906/4554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Storeman
Age	35	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Gibb, 10 Douglas Wallace Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4475
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

567

4 August 1906

Ngam Foo
Chi Tai

Ngan Fir
Chi Tai
💍 1906/4553

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

29
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Residence of Daniel Wong, 80 Tasman Street, Wellington

06/4474

4 August 1906

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	567
Date of Notice	4 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ngam Foo	Chi Tai
BDM Match (81%)	Ngan Fir	Chi Tai
	💍 1906/4553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Daniel Wong, 80 Tasman Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4474
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

568

4 August 1906

Edmund Hill
Lilliah Olive Frances Crocker

Edmund Hill
Lilliah Olive Frances Crocker
💍 1906/4555

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

19 years
7 years

Presbyterian Manse, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington

06/4476

4 August 1906

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	568
Date of Notice	4 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Hill	Lilliah Olive Frances Crocker
	💍 1906/4555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4476
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

569

4 August 1906

Robert Leonard Burt
Elizabeth Louisa Scoones

Robert Leonard Burt
Elizabeth Louisa Scownes
💍 1906/5096

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

7 days
7 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

06/4785

4 August 1906

Rev. J. Dawson

No	569
Date of Notice	4 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Leonard Burt	Elizabeth Louisa Scoones
BDM Match (98%)	Robert Leonard Burt	Elizabeth Louisa Scownes
	💍 1906/5096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 days	7 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4785
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dawson

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).