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 442

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1907 Registrar S. Hodgkinson

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

601

30 July 1907

Patrick David McMahon
Julia Carroll

Patrick David McMahon
Julia Carroll
💍 1907/3730

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
33

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
5 years

St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street

07/5215

30 July 1907

Rev. T. O'Shea

No	601
Date of Notice	30 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick David McMahon	Julia Carroll
	💍 1907/3730
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street
Folio	07/5215
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. O'Shea

602

31 July 1907

William Duncan Alfred Chisholm
Dorothy Louise Muntz Winstanley

William Duncan Alfred Chisholm
Dorothy Louise Muntz Winstanley
💍 1907/5351

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
17

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
2 weeks

St. Mark's Church

07/5126

John Sidney Winstanley (Father)

31 July 1907

Rev. J. S. Bartlell

No	602
Date of Notice	31 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Duncan Alfred Chisholm	Dorothy Louise Muntz Winstanley
	💍 1907/5351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	07/5126
Consent	John Sidney Winstanley (Father)
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Bartlell

603

31 July 1907

Charles Archibald McFadzean
Mary Ann Josephine Thorby

Charles Archibald McFadzean
Mary Ann Josephine Thorby
💍 1907/2798

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
3 years

Registrar's Office

07/5091

31 July 1907

Registrar

No	603
Date of Notice	31 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Archibald McFadzean	Mary Ann Josephine Thorby
	💍 1907/2798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	07/5091
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Registrar

604

31 July 1907

Frank Michael John Jenkins
Edith Rose Barnard

Frank Michael John Jenkins
Edith Rosa Burnard
💍 1907/5348

Widower
Spinster

Tally Clerk

35
33

Wellington
Wellington South

15 years
33 years

St. Thomas' Church

07/5746

31 July 1907

Rev. J. Walter

No	604
Date of Notice	31 July 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Michael John Jenkins	Edith Rose Barnard
BDM Match (94%)	Frank Michael John Jenkins	Edith Rosa Burnard
	💍 1907/5348
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Tally Clerk
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington South
Length of Residence	15 years	33 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	07/5746
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Walter

605

1 August 1907

Andrew Patrick Sheehan
Sarah Marcella Fitzmaurice

Andrew Patrick Sheehan
Sarah Marcella Fitzmaurice
💍 1907/3731

Bachelor
Spinster

Signalman

23
21

Petone
Wellington

4 years
3 years

Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill Street

07/5216

1 August 1907

Rev. A. B. Moloney

No	605
Date of Notice	1 August 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Patrick Sheehan	Sarah Marcella Fitzmaurice
	💍 1907/3731
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Signalman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill Street
Folio	07/5216
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Moloney

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).