Intentions to Marry, 1913 Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840452, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1913 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1913a), Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1913b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1913c).

Page 514

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1913 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

151

28 February 1913

Sylvester Norman Verity
Sybil Selina Mitchell

Sylvester Norman Verity
Sybil Selina Mitchell
💍 1913/1741

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Classer

23
22

Pelone
Lower Hutt

3 years
2 years

Residence of M. C. Newberry, 11a Somerset Avenue, Wellington

13/1205

28 February 1913

Rev J. J. Lewis

No	151
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sylvester Norman Verity	Sybil Selina Mitchell
	💍 1913/1741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Classer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Pelone	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. C. Newberry, 11a Somerset Avenue, Wellington
Folio	13/1205
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. Lewis

152

28 February 1913

Arthur Edward Burch
Eva Milne Thompson

Arthur Edward Burch
Eva Milne Thompson
💍 1913/1558

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
21

Wellington
Kaiwarra

Life
Life

Residence of Mr. J. Thompson, Ngaio Vale, Kaiwarra

13/1144

28 February 1913

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	152
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Burch	Eva Milne Thompson
	💍 1913/1558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kaiwarra
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Thompson, Ngaio Vale, Kaiwarra
Folio	13/1144
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

153

28 February 1913

Francis John Foley
Christina Kalovna Erickson

Francis John Foley
Christina Kalovna Erickson
💍 1913/898

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

32
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
2 weeks

Registrars Office, Wellington

13/131

28 February 1913

Registrar

No	153
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John Foley	Christina Kalovna Erickson
	💍 1913/898
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	13/131
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

154

28 February 1913

William McCullough
Agnes Coleman

William McCullough
Agnes Coleman
💍 1913/1566

Widower
Widow

Painter

42
54

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
20 years

St. Peters Church, Wellington

13/1129

28 February 1913

Rev Arch C. C. Harper

No	154
Date of Notice	28 February 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McCullough	Agnes Coleman
	💍 1913/1566
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	42	54
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	13/1129
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev Arch C. C. Harper

155

1 March 1913

Arthur Charles Maisey
Anna Bertha Elizabeth Heinrichs

Arthur Charles Maisey
Anna Bertha Elizabeth Henricks
💍 1913/1677

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
23

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
7 years

St. Pauls Pro. Cathedral, Wellington

13/1089

1 March 1913

Rev A. M. Johnson

No	155
Date of Notice	1 March 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Maisey	Anna Bertha Elizabeth Heinrichs
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Charles Maisey	Anna Bertha Elizabeth Henricks
	💍 1913/1677
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Pro. Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	13/1089
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev A. M. Johnson

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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).