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 688

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

986

29 December 1913

Leonard Henry Jarrett Jenkins
Annie Mildred Wood

Leonard Henry Jarret Jenkins
Annie Mildred Wood
💍 1913/7678

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
23

Wainuiomata
Wainuiomata

4 days
23 years

Wesleyan Church

13/7418

29 December 1913

Rev. J. J. Lewis

No	986
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Henry Jarrett Jenkins	Annie Mildred Wood
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Henry Jarret Jenkins	Annie Mildred Wood
	💍 1913/7678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wainuiomata	Wainuiomata
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	13/7418
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis

987

29 December 1913

Hector Lee
Frances Elizabeth Walker

Hector Lee
Frances Elizabeth Walker
💍 1914/9623

Bachelor
Spinster

Grain & Produce Booker

35
38

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
5 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral

1016

29 December 1913

Rev. A. H. Johnson

No	987
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Lee	Frances Elizabeth Walker
	💍 1914/9623
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grain & Produce Booker
Age	35	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	1016
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Johnson

988

29 December 1913

John Paino
Katherine Morrison McLeod

John Paino
Katherine Morrison McLeod
💍 1913/7616

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

18
20

Rona Bay
Wellington

5 months
12 months

Residence of Mr. McLeod, 32 Main Street, Wellington

13/735

Bartolomeo Paino, Father; Henrietta Lucy McLeod, Mother

29 December 1913

Rev. W. Shirer

No	988
Date of Notice	29 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Paino	Katherine Morrison McLeod
	💍 1913/7616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	18	20
Dwelling Place	Rona Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. McLeod, 32 Main Street, Wellington
Folio	13/735
Consent	Bartolomeo Paino, Father; Henrietta Lucy McLeod, Mother
Date of Certificate	29 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

989

30 December 1913

William Ernest Collins
Olive Julia Ruttledge

William Ernest Collins
Olive Julia Ruttledge
💍 1914/7180

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

23
22

Wellington
Wellington South

3 days
3 days

St. Thomas Church, Newtown

1040

30 December 1913

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	989
Date of Notice	30 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Collins	Olive Julia Ruttledge
	💍 1914/7180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington South
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Newtown
Folio	1040
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

990

30 December 1913

Edmund Murphy
Ellen Mary Breese

Edmund Murphy
Ellen Mary Breese
💍 1913/3591

Bachelor
Widow, 29 July 1910

Storeman

27
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
12 months

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcot Street, Wellington

13/7379

30 December 1913

Rev. J. Symons

No	990
Date of Notice	30 December 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Murphy	Ellen Mary Breese
	💍 1913/3591
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, 29 July 1910
Profession	Storeman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcot Street, Wellington
Folio	13/7379
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 December 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Symons

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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).