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).

Page 427

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar Gilbert Graham 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

536

4 July 1907

Albert Edward Frangley
Ethel May Weaver

Albert Edward Prangley
Ethel May Weaver
💍 1907/5444

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
20

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
life

Residence of Mr. F. W. Weaver, 27 Hanson Street, Wellington

07/5253

Frederick William Weaver (Father)

4 July 1907

Mr. A. F. Turner

No	536
Date of Notice	4 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Frangley	Ethel May Weaver
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Edward Prangley	Ethel May Weaver
	💍 1907/5444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. F. W. Weaver, 27 Hanson Street, Wellington
Folio	07/5253
Consent	Frederick William Weaver (Father)
Date of Certificate	4 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. F. Turner

537

4 July 1907

William George Lintern
Emily Essa Beasley

William George Lintern
Emily Essa Beasley
💍 1907/2800

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

30
25

Petone
Wellington

2 years
6 years

Registrars Office

07/5075

4 July 1907

Registrar

No	537
Date of Notice	4 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Lintern	Emily Essa Beasley
	💍 1907/2800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	07/5075
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

538

4 July 1907

Joseph William Scott
Maria Elizabeth Tavendale

Joseph William Scott
Maria Elizabeth Tavendale
💍 1907/5945

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
23

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
3 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral

07/6001

4 July 1907

Rev. T. H. Sprott

No	538
Date of Notice	4 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Scott	Maria Elizabeth Tavendale
	💍 1907/5945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	07/6001
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. H. Sprott

539

5 July 1907

Frederick Jervase Lyons Radford
Myrtle Isobel Weavers

Frederick Jervase Lyons Radford
Myrtle Isobel Weavers
💍 1907/5366

Bachelor
Spinster

Marine Officer

27
17

Wellington
Wellington

2 1/2 years
7 years

Presbyterian Church Manse, Dixie Street

07/5765

George Weavers (Father)

5 July 1907

Rev. J. R. Elliott

No	539
Date of Notice	5 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Jervase Lyons Radford	Myrtle Isobel Weavers
	💍 1907/5366
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marine Officer
Age	27	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Manse, Dixie Street
Folio	07/5765
Consent	George Weavers (Father)
Date of Certificate	5 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Elliott

540

6 July 1907

Edwin Lionel Legge
Emma Anderson

Edwin Lionel Legge
Emma Anderson
💍 1907/5449

Bachelor
Divorced

Carrier

41
30

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
12 months

Residence of Mr. J. H. Thompson, 58 Austin Street

07/5254

6 July 1907

Rev. W. Tudor Jones

No	540
Date of Notice	6 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Lionel Legge	Emma Anderson
	💍 1907/5449
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Carrier
Age	41	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. H. Thompson, 58 Austin Street
Folio	07/5254
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Tudor Jones

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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).