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 562

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

381

17 May 1913

George Henry Wilson
Louisa Ellen Loftus

George Henry Wilson
Louisa Ellen Loftus
💍 1913/3811

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Machinist

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
4 years

Church of Christ, Vivian Street, Wellington

13/3335

17 May 1913

W. G. O. Johnston

No	381
Date of Notice	17 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Wilson	Louisa Ellen Loftus
	💍 1913/3811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Machinist
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3335
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1913
Officiating Minister	W. G. O. Johnston

382

17 May 1913

Thomas Walker Sharp
Nora Agnes Burke

Thomas Walker Phaup
Nora Agnes Burke
💍 1913/3409

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

27
29

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
3 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

13/3284

17 May 1913

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	382
Date of Notice	17 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Walker Sharp	Nora Agnes Burke
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Walker Phaup	Nora Agnes Burke
	💍 1913/3409
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3284
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

383

19 May 1913

Patrick Charles Banley
Nellie Louise Chilcol

Bachelor
Spinster

Musician

40
23

Wellington
Wellington

15 months
10 years

St. Mary of The Angels Church, Wellington

13/3285

19 May 1913

Rev. J. Herring

No	383
Date of Notice	19 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Charles Banley	Nellie Louise Chilcol
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Musician
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of The Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	13/3285
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Herring

384

19 May 1913

Herbert Clarence Bambridge
Margaret Millicent Cummings

Herbert Clarence Cambridge
Margaret Millicent Cummings
💍 1913/3411

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
13 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

13/3286

19 May 1913

Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett

No	384
Date of Notice	19 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Clarence Bambridge	Margaret Millicent Cummings
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert Clarence Cambridge	Margaret Millicent Cummings
	💍 1913/3411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	13/3286
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett

385

19 May 1913

Albert Norris
Anna Lucy Langford

Albert Morris
Anna Lucy Langford
💍 1913/3761

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

30
26

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

30 years
12 years

St. James Church, Lower Hutt

13/3259

19 May 1913

Rev. J. Jones

No	385
Date of Notice	19 May 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Norris	Anna Lucy Langford
BDM Match (96%)	Albert Morris	Anna Lucy Langford
	💍 1913/3761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	30 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	13/3259
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jones

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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).