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 Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar G. G. Dodds

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

741

25 September 1907

Ernest Alfred Liddle
Maud Florence Martelli

Ernest Alford Liddle
Maud Florence Maskell
💍 1907/5400

Bachelor
Divorced

Clerk

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

29 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. Martelli, Central Terrace, Kelburne

07/5798

25 September 1907

Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

No	741
Date of Notice	25 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Liddle	Maud Florence Martelli
BDM Match (88%)	Ernest Alford Liddle	Maud Florence Maskell
	💍 1907/5400
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	29 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Martelli, Central Terrace, Kelburne
Folio	07/5798
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

742

25 September 1907

John Edmond Harry Stone
Thyra Eugenie Miller

John Edmond Harry
Thyra Eugenie Miller
💍 1907/5346

Bachelor
Spinster

Mason

29
30

Wellington
Wellington

15 months
2 hours

Anglican Church, Wadestown

07/5744

25 September 1907

Rev. T. G. Ray

No	742
Date of Notice	25 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edmond Harry Stone	Thyra Eugenie Miller
BDM Match (87%)	John Edmond Harry	Thyra Eugenie Miller
	💍 1907/5346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mason
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 months	2 hours
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Wadestown
Folio	07/5744
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Ray

743

27 September 1907

William Elder Martin
Elizabeth Ann Stratford

William Elder Martin
Elizabeth Ann Stratford
💍 1907/5436

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

26
32

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
3 years

Church of Christ, Vivian Street

07/5263

27 September 1907

Mr. H. T. Morrison

No	743
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Elder Martin	Elizabeth Ann Stratford
	💍 1907/5436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	26	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Vivian Street
Folio	07/5263
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Mr. H. T. Morrison

744

27 September 1907

Alexander Jack Ker
Edith Annie Brown

Alexander Jack Ker
Edith Annie Brown
💍 1907/6408

Widower
Widow

Accountant

48
50

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
20 years

St. Andrew's Manse, Hill Street

07/6961

27 September 1907

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	744
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Jack Ker	Edith Annie Brown
	💍 1907/6408
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Accountant
Age	48	50
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Manse, Hill Street
Folio	07/6961
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

745

27 September 1907

Charles Frederick Young
Alice Maynard Preetwith

Charles Frederick Young
Alice Maynard Beckwith
💍 1907/5382

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

22
23

Petone
Petone

12 months
2 years

Anglican Church, Petone

07/5757

27 September 1907

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	745
Date of Notice	27 September 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick Young	Alice Maynard Preetwith
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Frederick Young	Alice Maynard Beckwith
	💍 1907/5382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	12 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Petone
Folio	07/5757
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 September 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

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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).