Intentions to Marry, 1908 Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840437, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1908 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Hawke's Bay (1908a), Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1908b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1908c).

Page 431

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1908 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

521

20 June 1908

Walter James Reed
Annie Naylor

Walter James Reed
Annie Naylor
💍 1908/4638

Widower June 1894
Spinster

Agent

49
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 wks
3 wks

Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington

08/3108

20 June 1908

Rev. J. J. North

No	521
Date of Notice	20 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter James Reed	Annie Naylor
	💍 1908/4638
Condition	Widower June 1894	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	49	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 wks	3 wks
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	08/3108
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. North

522

20 June 1908

George Thomas Smith
Isabella Stewart

George Thomas Smith
Isabella Stewart
💍 1908/4497

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

29
31

Wellington
Wellington

Life
3 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

08/2960

20 June 1908

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	522
Date of Notice	20 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Smith	Isabella Stewart
	💍 1908/4497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	08/2960
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

523

22 June 1908

Llewellyn William Pearce Reeve
Aileen Agnes Maud Brice

Llewellyn William Pearce Reeve
Aileen Agnes Maud Brice
💍 1908/4615

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
18

Petone
Petone

3 1/2 years
17 years

Wesleyan Methodist Church, Petone

08/3084

Elizabeth Brice (Mother)

22 June 1908

Rev. R. Wilson

No	523
Date of Notice	22 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn William Pearce Reeve	Aileen Agnes Maud Brice
	💍 1908/4615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	18
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Methodist Church, Petone
Folio	08/3084
Consent	Elizabeth Brice (Mother)
Date of Certificate	22 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Wilson

524

22 June 1908

Charles Ernest Henry Hickey
Amy Millicent Eversleigh

Charles Ernest Henry Hickey
Mary Nullicent Eversleigh
💍 1908/4498

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

28
27

Wellington
Wellington

17 years
18 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

08/2961

22 June 1908

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	524
Date of Notice	22 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ernest Henry Hickey	Amy Millicent Eversleigh
BDM Match (90%)	Charles Ernest Henry Hickey	Mary Nullicent Eversleigh
	💍 1908/4498
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	08/2961
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

525

22 June 1908

Harry Zoutendyke
Euphemia Colquhoun Sinclair

Harry Zontendyk
Euphemia Colquhoun Sinclair
💍 1908/4546

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

25
19

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
4 months

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington

08/2993

There is no person resident in The Dominion having authority to give Consent

6 July 1908

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	525
Date of Notice	22 June 1908
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Zoutendyke	Euphemia Colquhoun Sinclair
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Zontendyk	Euphemia Colquhoun Sinclair
	💍 1908/4546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	08/2993
Consent	There is no person resident in The Dominion having authority to give Consent
Date of Certificate	6 July 1908
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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 1908. 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).