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 553

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

336

24 April 1913

Lelge George Wigert
Olive Adams

Helge George Wigert
Olive Adams
💍 1913/3693

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
2 years

The Parsonage, Webb Street, Wellington

13/3316

24 April 1913

Rev. W. S. Potter

No	336
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lelge George Wigert	Olive Adams
BDM Match (97%)	Helge George Wigert	Olive Adams
	💍 1913/3693
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Parsonage, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3316
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter

337

24 April 1913

Herbert Kerr Edie
Alice Burran

Herbert Kerr Edie
Alice Curran
💍 1913/3428

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Draughtsman

21
19

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
4 months

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington

13/3279

Michael Burran, Father

24 April 1913

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	337
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Kerr Edie	Alice Burran
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert Kerr Edie	Alice Curran
	💍 1913/3428
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Draughtsman
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	13/3279
Consent	Michael Burran, Father
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

338

24 April 1913

Albert Samuel Burrows
Grace Alma Eginlon

Albert Samuel Burrows
Grace Alma Eginton
💍 1913/3402

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

17 years
2 1/2 years

St. Peters Church, Wellington

13/3304

24 April 1913

Arch. G. G. Harper

No	338
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Samuel Burrows	Grace Alma Eginlon
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Samuel Burrows	Grace Alma Eginton
	💍 1913/3402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	13/3304
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Arch. G. G. Harper

339

25 April 1913

Allan Gracie Montgomery
Ruby Evangel Sewell

Allen Gracie Montgomery
Ruby Evangel Hewett
💍 1913/3826

Bachelor
Spinster

Art. Dealer

29
22

Wellington
Kilbirnie

7 years
Life

Salvation Army Citadel, Vivian Street, Wellington

13/3349

25 April 1913

Adjt. J. G. Belksham

No	339
Date of Notice	25 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Gracie Montgomery	Ruby Evangel Sewell
BDM Match (90%)	Allen Gracie Montgomery	Ruby Evangel Hewett
	💍 1913/3826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Art. Dealer
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	7 years	Life
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Citadel, Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3349
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Adjt. J. G. Belksham

340

25 April 1913

Charles Francis Edwin Murphy
Christina Ingram Rankin Johnstone

Charles Francis Edwin Murphy
Christina Ingram Rankin Johnstone
💍 1913/3427

Bachelor
Spinster

News Vendor

32
29

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
5 years

The Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington

13/3278

25 April 1913

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	340
Date of Notice	25 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Francis Edwin Murphy	Christina Ingram Rankin Johnstone
	💍 1913/3427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	News Vendor
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3278
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1913
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).