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 454

District of Brunnerton Quarter ending 31 December 1906 Registrar G. G. Hodgshins

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

605

27 August 1906

Edward Jarrett Jenkins
Eliza Tunny

Edward Jarrett Jenkins
Eliza Tunny
💍 1906/4399

Widower
Widow

Carpenter

48
45

Petone
Petone

19 years
4 years

Church of England, Petone

06/4465

27 August 1906

Rev. J. L. Russell

No	605
Date of Notice	27 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Jarrett Jenkins	Eliza Tunny
	💍 1906/4399
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carpenter
Age	48	45
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	19 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Petone
Folio	06/4465
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Russell

606

27 August 1906

Charles McAnally
Florence Williams

Charles McAnally
Florence Williams
💍 1906/1368

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

24 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

06/4426

27 August 1906

G. G. Hodgshins, Deputy Registrar

No	606
Date of Notice	27 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles McAnally	Florence Williams
	💍 1906/1368
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	06/4426
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgshins, Deputy Registrar

607

28 August 1906

Sydney Alexander Johnston
Mary Ellen Kelly

Sydney Alexander Johnson
Mary Ellen Kelly
💍 1906/4456

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

27
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
13 years

Sacred Heart Church, Wellington

06/4517

28 August 1906

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	607
Date of Notice	28 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Alexander Johnston	Mary Ellen Kelly
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Alexander Johnson	Mary Ellen Kelly
	💍 1906/4456
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Wellington
Folio	06/4517
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

608

28 August 1906

Bruce Dalharry
Florence Millicent Allman Marchant

Bruce Balharry
Florence Millicent Allman Marchant
💍 1906/5587

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
29

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
10 years

St. Paul's Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington

06/5398

28 August 1906

Rev. J. H. Sprott

No	608
Date of Notice	28 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bruce Dalharry	Florence Millicent Allman Marchant
BDM Match (96%)	Bruce Balharry	Florence Millicent Allman Marchant
	💍 1906/5587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington
Folio	06/5398
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Sprott

609

28 August 1906

Percival Ernest Petherick
Annie Maud Russell

Percival Ernest Petherick
Annie Maud Russell
💍 1906/4392

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

31 years
23 years

St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

06/4459

28 August 1906

Rev. C. W. J. Maclaverty

No	609
Date of Notice	28 August 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Ernest Petherick	Annie Maud Russell
	💍 1906/4392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	31 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	06/4459
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. 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).