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 420

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1907 Registrar G. G. 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

506

24 June 1907

John Ingram
Cassie Mabel Rosina Goodey

John Ingram Cassie
Mabel Rosina Goodey
💍 1907/3079

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
18

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
2 years

St. Andrews Church Manse, Hill Street

07/3112

Mary Ellen Goodey, Mother

24 June 1907

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	506
Date of Notice	24 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ingram	Cassie Mabel Rosina Goodey
BDM Match (67%)	John Ingram Cassie	Mabel Rosina Goodey
	💍 1907/3079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church Manse, Hill Street
Folio	07/3112
Consent	Mary Ellen Goodey, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

507

24 June 1907

Herbert John Abram
Ellie Alice Griffin

Herbert John Abram
Ellie Alice Griffin
💍 1907/2739

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
20 years

Rent Terrace, Presbyterian Church

07/3012

24 June 1907

Rev. J. P. Elliott

No	507
Date of Notice	24 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Abram	Ellie Alice Griffin
	💍 1907/2739
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Rent Terrace, Presbyterian Church
Folio	07/3012
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Elliott

508

24 June 1907

Thomas Westwood
Margaret Maud O'Halloran

Thomas Westwood
Margaret Maud O'Hallaran
💍 1907/4658

Bachelor
Divorced

Commercial Traveller

28
30

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
18 months

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street

07/4021

24 June 1907

Rev. F. W. Fairclough

No	508
Date of Notice	24 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Westwood	Margaret Maud O'Halloran
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Westwood	Margaret Maud O'Hallaran
	💍 1907/4658
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street
Folio	07/4021
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Fairclough

509

25 June 1907

John Mc'Nally
Rachel Sutherland

John McNally
Rachel Sutherland
💍 1907/4676

Bachelor
Spinster

Slater

40
37

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
7 years

Rent Terrace, Presbyterian Church Manse, Pirie Street

07/4062

25 June 1907

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	509
Date of Notice	25 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mc'Nally	Rachel Sutherland
BDM Match (96%)	John McNally	Rachel Sutherland
	💍 1907/4676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Slater
Age	40	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Rent Terrace, Presbyterian Church Manse, Pirie Street
Folio	07/4062
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1907
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

510

25 June 1907

Thomas Francis Parker
Julia Annie Ash

Thomas Francis Parker
Julia Annie Ash
💍 1907/2980

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

30
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
19 years

St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street

07/2987

25 June 1907

Rev. T. O'Shea

No	510
Date of Notice	25 June 1907
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Parker	Julia Annie Ash
	💍 1907/2980
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street
Folio	07/2987
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 June 1907
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).