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 March 1912 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

27 January 1912

Walter Clinton Whiting
Janet Provis

Walter Clinton Whiting
Janet Provis
💍 1912/1166

Bachelor
Spinster

Stable Keeper

37
28

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
9 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church

12/767

27 January 1912

Rev. C. J. Venning

No	76
Date of Notice	27 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Clinton Whiting	Janet Provis
	💍 1912/1166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stable Keeper
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church
Folio	12/767
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. J. Venning

29 January 1912

Arthur William Daniel
Elsie Llewellyn Quicke

Arthur William Daniel
Elsie Llewellyn Quicke
💍 1912/154

Bachelor
Spinster

Club Steward

28
21

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
7 years

Registrar's Office

12/118

29 January 1912

G. G. Hodgkins, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	29 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Daniel	Elsie Llewellyn Quicke
	💍 1912/154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Club Steward
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	12/118
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1912
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Registrar

29 January 1912

Dan Boyle
Ida Roberts

Dan Coyle
Ida Roberts
💍 1912/1080

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

24 years
6 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street

12/657

29 January 1912

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	78
Date of Notice	29 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dan Boyle	Ida Roberts
BDM Match (94%)	Dan Coyle	Ida Roberts
	💍 1912/1080
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Manse, Pirie Street
Folio	12/657
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

29 January 1912

Alfred William Hazelwood
Stella Morris

Alfred William Hazelwood
Stella Morris
💍 1912/1098

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

32
24

Wellington
Kilbirnie

30 years
12 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

12/723

29 January 1912

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	79
Date of Notice	29 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Hazelwood	Stella Morris
	💍 1912/1098
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	30 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	12/723
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1912
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

29 January 1912

William Hedburg
Dinah Margaret Gibbs

William Hedburg
Donah Margaret Gibbs
💍 1912/155

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

23
20

S. S. Arahura, at Lowestoft
Wellington

about 6 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

12/119

No person resolution in the Dom licensed

15 February 1912

G. G. Hodgkins, Registrar

No	80
Date of Notice	29 January 1912
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hedburg	Dinah Margaret Gibbs
BDM Match (98%)	William Hedburg	Donah Margaret Gibbs
	💍 1912/155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	S. S. Arahura, at Lowestoft	Wellington
Length of Residence	about 6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	12/119
Consent	No person resolution in the Dom licensed
Date of Certificate	15 February 1912
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, Registrar

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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).