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 601

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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

571

1 August 1913

Arthur Herbert McGill
Helen Wilson

Arthur Herbert McGill
Helen Wilson
💍 1913/5720

Bachelor
Divorced, decree absolute 31 May 1913

Monumental mason

32
27

Wellington
Johnsonville

25 years
2 weeks

Residence of Mrs. M. Wilson, Ballance Street, Johnsonville

13/5283

1 August 1913

Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

No	571
Date of Notice	1 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Herbert McGill	Helen Wilson
	💍 1913/5720
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced, decree absolute 31 May 1913
Profession	Monumental mason
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	25 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. M. Wilson, Ballance Street, Johnsonville
Folio	13/5283
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

572

1 August 1913

Frank Finney
Blanche Susan Shaw

Frank Tinney
Blanche Susan Shaw
💍 1913/5719

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

25
21

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
5 years

Residence of Mr. H. R. Hustler, Porirua Road, Johnsonville

13/5288

1 August 1913

Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

No	572
Date of Notice	1 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Finney	Blanche Susan Shaw
BDM Match (96%)	Frank Tinney	Blanche Susan Shaw
	💍 1913/5719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. R. Hustler, Porirua Road, Johnsonville
Folio	13/5288
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

573

2 August 1913

Edgar Selwyn Hope
Lena Mary Mackellar

Edgar Selwyn Hope
Lena Mary Mackellar
💍 1913/6278

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheepfarmer

29
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
1 month

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

13/6040

2 August 1913

Rev. G. J. Askew

No	573
Date of Notice	2 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Selwyn Hope	Lena Mary Mackellar
	💍 1913/6278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheepfarmer
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	13/6040
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. Askew

574

2 August 1913

John Mahony
Johanna Ellen Murphy

John Mahony
Johanna Ellen Murphy
💍 1913/5610

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

12 months
12 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington

13/5267

2 August 1913

Rev. J. Herring

No	574
Date of Notice	2 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mahony	Johanna Ellen Murphy
	💍 1913/5610
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 months	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	13/5267
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Herring

575

2 August 1913

Daniel David Elias
Elsie Florence Pascoe

Daniel David Elias
Elsie Florence Pascoe
💍 1913/6279

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
18

Wellington
Wellington

27 years
2 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

13/6041

Edward John Pascoe, father

2 August 1913

Rev. G. J. Askew

No	575
Date of Notice	2 August 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel David Elias	Elsie Florence Pascoe
	💍 1913/6279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	13/6041
Consent	Edward John Pascoe, father
Date of Certificate	2 August 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. J. Askew

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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).