Intentions to Marry, 1907 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840434, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1907 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1907a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1907b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1907c).

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District of Levin Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar William Charles Nation

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

216

16 July 1907

John Ames
Elizabeth Mary Taylor

John Ames
Elizabeth Mary Taylor
💍 1907/5214

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

25
24

Levin
Levin

Two days
Two weeks

Church of England, Levin

07/4940

16 July 1907

Rev. A. E. Worsley

No	216
Date of Notice	16 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ames	Elizabeth Mary Taylor
	💍 1907/5214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Two days	Two weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Levin
Folio	07/4940
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Worsley

217

26 July 1907

Alexander Chilcott Wilson
Henrietta Maude King

Alexander Chilcott Wilson
Henrietta Maude King
💍 1907/5211

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm hand
Home duties

34
21

Koputaroa
Koputaroa

Three years
Two years

Residence of Rev. McCaw, Levin

07/4937

26 July 1907

Rev. McCaw

No	217
Date of Notice	26 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Chilcott Wilson	Henrietta Maude King
	💍 1907/5211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm hand	Home duties
Age	34	21
Dwelling Place	Koputaroa	Koputaroa
Length of Residence	Three years	Two years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. McCaw, Levin
Folio	07/4937
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. McCaw

218

27 July 1907

John Smith
Matilda Mork

John Smith
Matilda Monk
💍 1907/5197

John Smith
Caroline Eliza Morgan
💍 1907/990

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmill hand
Home duties

35
25

Levin
Levin

Fourteen years
Four years

Registry Office, Levin

07/4943

27 July 1907

W. C. Nation, Registrar

No	218
Date of Notice	27 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Smith	Matilda Mork
BDM Match (96%)	John Smith	Matilda Monk
	💍 1907/5197
BDM Match (69%)	John Smith	Caroline Eliza Morgan
	💍 1907/990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmill hand	Home duties
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Fourteen years	Four years
Marriage Place	Registry Office, Levin
Folio	07/4943
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1907
Officiating Minister	W. C. Nation, Registrar

219

30 July 1907

Alexander Dean
Jessie Emma Nicholson

Alexander Dean
Jessie Emma Nicholson
💍 1907/5215

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

28
20

Horowhenua
Horowhenua

Three years
Eighteen years

Church of England, Levin

07/4941

J. Nicholson, father

30 July 1907

Rev. A. E. Worsley

No	219
Date of Notice	30 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Dean	Jessie Emma Nicholson
	💍 1907/5215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Horowhenua	Horowhenua
Length of Residence	Three years	Eighteen years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Levin
Folio	07/4941
Consent	J. Nicholson, father
Date of Certificate	30 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Worsley

220

3 August 1907

William Henry Roberts
Elsie Elizabeth Dean

William Henry Roberts
Elsie Elizabeth Dean
💍 1907/5216

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

20
17

Horowhenua
Horowhenua

Five years
Two years

Wesleyan Church, Levin

07/4942

John Henry Roberts, father; Ann Dean, mother

3 August 1907

Rev. J. Wrigley

No	220
Date of Notice	3 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Roberts	Elsie Elizabeth Dean
	💍 1907/5216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Horowhenua	Horowhenua
Length of Residence	Five years	Two years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Levin
Folio	07/4942
Consent	John Henry Roberts, father; Ann Dean, mother
Date of Certificate	3 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley

221

24 August 1907

Gilbert Arthur Richards
Mary Madeline Anderson

Gilbert Arthur Richards
Mary Madoliene Anderson
💍 1907/5212

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Home duties

28
22

Levin
Levin

Three days
Three years

Presbyterian Church, Levin

07/4938

24 August 1907

Rev. J. McCaw

No	221
Date of Notice	24 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Arthur Richards	Mary Madeline Anderson
BDM Match (96%)	Gilbert Arthur Richards	Mary Madoliene Anderson
	💍 1907/5212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Home duties
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	Three years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Levin
Folio	07/4938
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

222

27 August 1907

David Stuart Mackenzie
Mabel Helen Bartholomew

David Stuart MacKenzie
Mabel Helen Bartholomew
💍 1907/5213

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist
Home duties

25
23

Levin
Levin

Five years
Sixteen years

Residence of Mr. P. Bartholomew, Levin

07/4939

27 August 1907

Rev. J. McCaw

No	222
Date of Notice	27 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Stuart Mackenzie	Mabel Helen Bartholomew
BDM Match (98%)	David Stuart MacKenzie	Mabel Helen Bartholomew
	💍 1907/5213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist	Home duties
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Five years	Sixteen years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. P. Bartholomew, Levin
Folio	07/4939
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

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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).