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 552

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1913 Registrar Gilbert Graham Hodgkins

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

331

22 April 1913

Lewis Charles Tolley
Amelia Ann Gaskin

Lewis Charles Tolley
Amelia Ann Gaskin
💍 1913/3753

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
27

Wellington
Akaroa

3 days
Life

Roman Catholic Church, Akaroa

13/3228

22 April 1913

Rev. P. W. Symons

No	331
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Charles Tolley	Amelia Ann Gaskin
	💍 1913/3753
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Akaroa
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Akaroa
Folio	13/3228
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Symons

332

22 April 1913

Arthur Caleb John Janthe
Daisy Edith Anderson

Arthur Caleb John Jautke
Daisy Edith Anderson
💍 1913/6452

Bachelor
Divorced (decree absolute 8 April 1913)

Clerk

31
40

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
11 years

Residence of Mrs. Anderson, 35 Colombo Street, Wellington

13/6016

22 April 1913

Rev. Josiah Ward

No	332
Date of Notice	22 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Caleb John Janthe	Daisy Edith Anderson
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Caleb John Jautke	Daisy Edith Anderson
	💍 1913/6452
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (decree absolute 8 April 1913)
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Anderson, 35 Colombo Street, Wellington
Folio	13/6016
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. Josiah Ward

333

24 April 1913

Andrew Bonnell
Edith Margaret Hall-Brown

Andrew Connell
Edith Margaret Hall-Brown
💍 1913/3777

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

32
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
1 day

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

13/3274

24 April 1913

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	333
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Bonnell	Edith Margaret Hall-Brown
BDM Match (96%)	Andrew Connell	Edith Margaret Hall-Brown
	💍 1913/3777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	1 day
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	13/3274
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

334

24 April 1913

James Patrick Hassell
May Caroline Emily O'Barrs

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

36
35

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
35 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

13/2218

24 April 1913

Registrar

No	334
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Patrick Hassell	May Caroline Emily O'Barrs
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	36	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	13/2218
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Registrar

335

24 April 1913

Henry McLaughlan
Phoebe Annie Woods

Henry McLaughlan
Phoebe Annie Woods
💍 1913/3692

Widower (3 January 1908)
Widow (20 June 1910)

Carter

42
54

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
34 years

Residence of Mrs. Woods, 46 Frederick Street, Wellington

13/3315

24 April 1913

Rev. W. S. Porter

No	335
Date of Notice	24 April 1913
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry McLaughlan	Phoebe Annie Woods
	💍 1913/3692
Condition	Widower (3 January 1908)	Widow (20 June 1910)
Profession	Carter
Age	42	54
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Woods, 46 Frederick Street, Wellington
Folio	13/3315
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1913
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Porter

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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).