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 343

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1906 Registrar Groenkine

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

1 February 1906

Charles Lanigan O'Keeffe
Margaret Foster

Charles Lanigan OKeeffe
Margaret Foster
💍 1906/2148

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

27
37

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

18 months
18 months

Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt

06/768

1 February 1906

Rev. J. Land

No	86
Date of Notice	1 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Lanigan O'Keeffe	Margaret Foster
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Lanigan OKeeffe	Margaret Foster
	💍 1906/2148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	27	37
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	06/768
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Land

1 February 1906

Arthur John Frederick Eason
Ethel May Ball

Arthur John Frederick Eason
Ethel May Ball
💍 1906/2029

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

36
21

Johnsonville
Johnsonville

22 years
12 years

St. Johns Church, Johnsonville

06/694

1 February 1906

Rev. J. Rosser

No	87
Date of Notice	1 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Frederick Eason	Ethel May Ball
	💍 1906/2029
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	22 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Church, Johnsonville
Folio	06/694
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Rosser

2 February 1906

William Andrew Gorbey
Mary Jane Cordes

William Andrew Gorbey
Mary Jane Cordes
💍 1906/1653

Bachelor
Spinster

Gaol Warder

34
32

Wellington
Thames

4 weeks
Life

St. George's Church

06/292

2 February 1906

Rev. T. O'Callaghan

No	88
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Andrew Gorbey	Mary Jane Cordes
	💍 1906/1653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gaol Warder
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Thames
Length of Residence	4 weeks	Life
Marriage Place	St. George's Church
Folio	06/292
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Callaghan

2 February 1906

Frederick George Dalziell
Peane Fidelis Grace

Frederick George Dalziell
Pearl Fidelis Grace
💍 1906/2149

Bachelor
Spinster

Barrister

40
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
Life

Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street, Wellington

06/769

2 February 1906

Rev. W. J. Lewis

No	89
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Dalziell	Peane Fidelis Grace
BDM Match (95%)	Frederick George Dalziell	Pearl Fidelis Grace
	💍 1906/2149
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barrister
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	Life
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	06/769
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Lewis

2 February 1906

Italo Giovanni Campi
Margaret Honora Nagne

Italo Giovanni Campi
Margaret Honora Hague
💍 1906/2163

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

28
29

Wellington
Wellington

4.5 years
6 weeks

St. Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

06/759

2 February 1906

Rev. T. O'Shea

No	90
Date of Notice	2 February 1906
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Italo Giovanni Campi	Margaret Honora Nagne
BDM Match (95%)	Italo Giovanni Campi	Margaret Honora Hague
	💍 1906/2163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4.5 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Josephs Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	06/759
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1906
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Shea

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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).