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 402

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1906 Registrar G. 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

355

30 April 1906

Francis Niall
Rosella Trudgeon

Francis Niall
Rosella Trudgeon
💍 1906/1054

Bachelor
Spinster

Slaughterman

26
17

Petone
Petone

13 months
18 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

06/2400

Eliza Trudgeon, Mother

30 April 1906

G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

No	355
Date of Notice	30 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Niall	Rosella Trudgeon
	💍 1906/1054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slaughterman
Age	26	17
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	13 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	06/2400
Consent	Eliza Trudgeon, Mother
Date of Certificate	30 April 1906
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Deputy Registrar

356

30 April 1906

Robert Worden Wills
Olive Louise Alexander

Robert Worden Wills
Olive Louise Alexander
💍 1906/3088

Bachelor
Spinster

Laundryman

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

22 years
15 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

06/2587

30 April 1906

Rev. I. Dawson

No	356
Date of Notice	30 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Worden Wills	Olive Louise Alexander
	💍 1906/3088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laundryman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	06/2587
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Dawson

357

30 April 1906

Henry Mosley
Eva Mary Brown

Harry Mosley
Eva Mary Brown
💍 1906/1155

Bachelor
Spinster

Loom Turner

33
26

Petone
Petone

4 years
26 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Manse 25 Pirie Street, Wellington

06/2499

30 April 1906

Rev. I. K. Elliott

No	357
Date of Notice	30 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Mosley	Eva Mary Brown
BDM Match (92%)	Harry Mosley	Eva Mary Brown
	💍 1906/1155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Loom Turner
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Manse 25 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	06/2499
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. K. Elliott

358

30 April 1906

William Arthur Scott
Mary Christina McArdle

William Arthur Scott
Mary Christina McArdle
💍 1906/2825

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

30
24

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
10 years

Catholic Church, Wellington South

06/2515

30 April 1906

Rev. I. Ainsworth

No	358
Date of Notice	30 April 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Scott	Mary Christina McArdle
	💍 1906/2825
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Wellington South
Folio	06/2515
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Ainsworth

359

1 May 1906

James Henry Trethewey
Ethel Alice Paterson

James Henry Trethewey
Ethel Alice Paterson
💍 1906/1121

Bachelor
Spinster

Finisher

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
6 years

Residence of Mrs. Paterson, 3 Owen Street, Wellington

06/2466

1 May 1906

Rev. W. Jenner

No	359
Date of Notice	1 May 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Trethewey	Ethel Alice Paterson
	💍 1906/1121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Finisher
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Paterson, 3 Owen Street, Wellington
Folio	06/2466
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 May 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jenner

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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).