Intentions to Marry, 1911 Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840446, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1911 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, (1911a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1911b), and Canterbury, Otago, Chatham Islands (1911c).

Page 562

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1911 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

397

13 May 1911

Albert Frederick Burnett
Airini Winifred Harckham

Albert Frederick Burnette
Airini Winifred Harckham
💍 1911/6068

Bachelor
Spinster

Drain Layer

28
20

Wellington
Wellington

19 years
Life

Primitive Methodist Church Manse, Webb Street, Wellington

11/5980

no person resident in Dominion having authority to give consent

27 May 1911

Rev. W. S. Potter

No	397
Date of Notice	13 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Frederick Burnett	Airini Winifred Harckham
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Frederick Burnette	Airini Winifred Harckham
	💍 1911/6068
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drain Layer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	Life
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Manse, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	11/5980
Consent	no person resident in Dominion having authority to give consent
Date of Certificate	27 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter

398

15 May 1911

Stuart Meredith Allen
Alice Mortimore Bradshaw

Stuart Meredith Allen
Alice Mortimore Bradshaw
💍 1911/2810

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
4 days

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

11/2517

15 May 1911

Arch. C. C. Harper

No	398
Date of Notice	15 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stuart Meredith Allen	Alice Mortimore Bradshaw
	💍 1911/2810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	11/2517
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Arch. C. C. Harper

399

15 May 1911

Percy William Bowman
Mary Elizabeth Wallace

Percy William Bowman
Mary Elizabeth Wallace
💍 1911/2900

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
20

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
1 year

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington

11/2557

Augustus Wallace, father

15 May 1911

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	399
Date of Notice	15 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy William Bowman	Mary Elizabeth Wallace
	💍 1911/2900
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	11/2557
Consent	Augustus Wallace, father
Date of Certificate	15 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

400

15 May 1911

Edmund George Manning
Clara Ellen McLean

Edmund George Manning
Clara Ellen McLean
💍 1911/3044

Widower
Widow

Sawmiller

47
35

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church, Kilbirnie

11/2684

15 May 1911

Rev. H. G. Blackburne

No	400
Date of Notice	15 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund George Manning	Clara Ellen McLean
	💍 1911/3044
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	47	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Kilbirnie
Folio	11/2684
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne

401

15 May 1911

Gilbert Bland Hamilton
Enid Ava Elgar

Gilbert Claud Hamilton
Enid Awa Elgar
💍 1911/2907

Bachelor
Spinster

Imperial Army Officer

32
20

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
4 days

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

11/2588

Charles Elgar, father

15 May 1911

Rev. W. Sprott

No	401
Date of Notice	15 May 1911
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Bland Hamilton	Enid Ava Elgar
BDM Match (92%)	Gilbert Claud Hamilton	Enid Awa Elgar
	💍 1911/2907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Imperial Army Officer
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	11/2588
Consent	Charles Elgar, father
Date of Certificate	15 May 1911
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Sprott

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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).