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 642

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1913 Registrar Joseph Lissant Palethorpe

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

761

14 October 1913

Herbert Edward Ledgard Burton
Eleanor Miriam Blow

Herbert Edward Ledgan Burton
Eleanor Miriam Blow
💍 1913/7553

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
22 years

St Mark's Church, Wellington

13/7291

14 October 1913

Rev. C. Y. Askew

No	761
Date of Notice	14 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edward Ledgard Burton	Eleanor Miriam Blow
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Edward Ledgan Burton	Eleanor Miriam Blow
	💍 1913/7553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	13/7291
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Y. Askew

762

14 October 1913

Hugh Owen Williams
Alice May Collins

Hugh Owen Williams
Alice May Collins
💍 1913/7680

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

23
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
25 years

Residence of Miss Collins, 210 Taranaki Street, Wellington

13/7420

14 October 1913

Rev. W. S. Potter

No	762
Date of Notice	14 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Owen Williams	Alice May Collins
	💍 1913/7680
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Miss Collins, 210 Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	13/7420
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter

763

14 October 1913

Frank Frederick Hercock
Ireda Mabel Clifford

Frank Frederick Harcock
Freda Mabel Clifford
💍 1913/3602

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
26

Wallaceville
Wallaceville

3 days
Life

Presbyterian Church, Wallaceville

13/7389

14 October 1913

Rev. S. J. Ushes

No	763
Date of Notice	14 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Frederick Hercock	Ireda Mabel Clifford
BDM Match (95%)	Frank Frederick Harcock	Freda Mabel Clifford
	💍 1913/3602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wallaceville	Wallaceville
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Wallaceville
Folio	13/7389
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Ushes

764

15 October 1913

William Henry Job
Selena Mabel Harris

William Henry Job
Helena Mabel Harris
💍 1913/7662

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

31
20

Lower Hutt
Eastbourne

3 years
Life

St Alban's Church, Muritai

13/7406

Thomas Harris, father

15 October 1913

Rev. E. J. Cola

No	764
Date of Notice	15 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Job	Selena Mabel Harris
BDM Match (97%)	William Henry Job	Helena Mabel Harris
	💍 1913/7662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	31	20
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Eastbourne
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Alban's Church, Muritai
Folio	13/7406
Consent	Thomas Harris, father
Date of Certificate	15 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Cola

765

15 October 1913

Einar Ove Laar
Lucretia Peach

Einar Ove Haar
Lucretia Peach
💍 1913/7661

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Porter

33
36

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St Michael's Church, Newlands, Johnsonville

13/7425

15 October 1913

Rev. Y. O. B. Petrie

No	765
Date of Notice	15 October 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Einar Ove Laar	Lucretia Peach
BDM Match (96%)	Einar Ove Haar	Lucretia Peach
	💍 1913/7661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Porter
Age	33	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Michael's Church, Newlands, Johnsonville
Folio	13/7425
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Y. O. B. Petrie

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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).