Intentions to Marry, 1912 Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840449, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1912 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki, Gisborne (1912a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1912b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1912c).

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1912 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodghins

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

804

7 October 1912

Egbert Feist
Isabella Judhope Reid

Egbert Feist
Gabelle Tudhope Reid
💍 1912/7322

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

36
28

Huth
Wanganui

Life
3 days

Residence of Mr. J. Reid, "Waipuna", Brunswick, Wanganui

12/779

7 October 1912

Rev. J. Gibb

No	804
Date of Notice	7 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Egbert Feist	Isabella Judhope Reid
BDM Match (91%)	Egbert Feist	Gabelle Tudhope Reid
	💍 1912/7322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Huth	Wanganui
Length of Residence	Life	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Reid, "Waipuna", Brunswick, Wanganui
Folio	12/779
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

805

8 October 1912

Adam John Mills
Florence Lucilla Kell

Adam John Mills
Florence Lucilla Kell
💍 1912/5255

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Traction Driver

32
23

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
7 years

St. Thomas Church, Wellington

12/88

8 October 1912

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	805
Date of Notice	8 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam John Mills	Florence Lucilla Kell
	💍 1912/5255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Traction Driver
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Wellington
Folio	12/88
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

806

8 October 1912

Harry Kay Bundy
Harriett Hussey

Harry Kay Bundy
Harriet Hussey
💍 1912/8361

Bachelor
Spinster

Drain Layer

28
30

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
8 months

Residence of Mr. H. K. Bundy, 104 Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington

12/735

8 October 1912

Rev. D. B. F. Carlisle

No	806
Date of Notice	8 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Kay Bundy	Harriett Hussey
BDM Match (97%)	Harry Kay Bundy	Harriet Hussey
	💍 1912/8361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drain Layer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. K. Bundy, 104 Rintoul Street, Newtown, Wellington
Folio	12/735
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. B. F. Carlisle

807

8 October 1912

John Evan Williams
Margaret Cook

John Evan Williams
Margaret Cook
💍 1912/7041

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
4 months

St. John's Manse, The Terrace, Wellington

12/743

8 October 1912

Rev. J. Gibb

No	807
Date of Notice	8 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Evan Williams	Margaret Cook
	💍 1912/7041
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St. John's Manse, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	12/743
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

808

9 October 1912

Donald Cameron
Ada M. and Luke

Donald Cameron
Ada Maud Luke
💍 1912/7043

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Detective

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
17 years

St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington

12/7434

9 October 1912

Rev. J. Gilson Smith

No	808
Date of Notice	9 October 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Cameron	Ada M. and Luke
BDM Match (90%)	Donald Cameron	Ada Maud Luke
	💍 1912/7043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Detective
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	12/7434
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gilson Smith

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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).