Intentions to Marry, 1914 Wellington, Hawkes Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840455, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1914 is bound in three volumes - Auckland, Taranaki (1914a), Wellington, Hawke's Bay, Marlborough, Nelson, Westland (1914b), and Canterbury, Otago, Southland, Chatham Islands (1914c).

Page 1231

District of Carterton Quarter ending 31 March 1914 Registrar Davy George Fletcher Sustins

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

6 January 1914

Henry Arthur Phiep
Mary Christina Conway

Henry Arthur Philp
Mary Christina Conway
💍 1914/7294

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
32

Carterton
Carterton

3 days
32 years

Methodist Church Carterton

1130

6 January 1914

C. H. Standage, Methodist

No	1
Date of Notice	6 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Arthur Phiep	Mary Christina Conway
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Arthur Philp	Mary Christina Conway
	💍 1914/7294
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	32
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Carterton
Folio	1130
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1914
Officiating Minister	C. H. Standage, Methodist

14 January 1914

Walter Wendon Webb
Ellen Adie Wilkie

Walter Wendon Webb
Ellen Adie Wilkie
💍 1914/7296

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Domestic

31
38

Carterton
Carterton

3 days
6 weeks

Presbyterian Church Carterton

1132

14 January 1914

L. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Wendon Webb	Ellen Adie Wilkie
	💍 1914/7296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Domestic
Age	31	38
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Carterton
Folio	1132
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	L. Thompson, Presbyterian

14 January 1914

Gilbert Tremaine
Mabel Dorothy Waters

Gilbert Tremaine
Mabel Dorothy Waters
💍 1914/7295

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

21
19

Carterton
Carterton

3 days
17 years

Residence of Herbert Waters, Carterton

1131

Herbert Waters, Father

14 January 1914

L. Thompson, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	14 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Tremaine	Mabel Dorothy Waters
	💍 1914/7295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	3 days	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Herbert Waters, Carterton
Folio	1131
Consent	Herbert Waters, Father
Date of Certificate	14 January 1914
Officiating Minister	L. Thompson, Presbyterian

21 January 1914

John Arthur Saunders
Effie Doris Whitehead

John Arthur Saunders
Effie Doris Whitehead
💍 1914/7297

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
23

Carterton
Carterton

9 days
9 days

Residence of G. R. Saunders, Carterton

1133

21 January 1914

C. H. Standage, Methodist

No	4
Date of Notice	21 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Saunders	Effie Doris Whitehead
	💍 1914/7297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	9 days	9 days
Marriage Place	Residence of G. R. Saunders, Carterton
Folio	1133
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1914
Officiating Minister	C. H. Standage, Methodist

31 January 1914

Walter Baird Martin
Isobel Hope Cormack

Walter Baird Martin
Isobel Hope Cormack
💍 1914/8311

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic duties

30
24

Carterton
Carterton

3 days
21 years

St Marks Church Carterton

1903

31 January 1914

Robert Young, Anglican

No	5
Date of Notice	31 January 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Baird Martin	Isobel Hope Cormack
	💍 1914/8311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	3 days	21 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Carterton
Folio	1903
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1914
Officiating Minister	Robert Young, Anglican

19 February 1914

Leonard Walker Minot
Annie Gregor

Leonard Walter Nimot
Annie Grengor
💍 1914/7298

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
19

Carterton
Carterton

26 years
3 days

Residence of John Gregor, Carterton

1134

John Gregor, Father

19 February 1914

Thomas Kinkead, Roman Catholic

No	6
Date of Notice	19 February 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Walker Minot	Annie Gregor
BDM Match (89%)	Leonard Walter Nimot	Annie Grengor
	💍 1914/7298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	26 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of John Gregor, Carterton
Folio	1134
Consent	John Gregor, Father
Date of Certificate	19 February 1914
Officiating Minister	Thomas Kinkead, Roman Catholic

2 March 1914

Simon Dalgliesh
Elizabeth Mellor Hulme Lindop

Simon Dalgliesh
Elizabeth Mellor Hulme Lindop
💍 1914/8312

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

46
29

Carterton
Carterton

12 years
29 years

St Marks Church Carterton

1904

2 March 1914

Robert Young, Anglican

No	7
Date of Notice	2 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Dalgliesh	Elizabeth Mellor Hulme Lindop
	💍 1914/8312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	46	29
Dwelling Place	Carterton	Carterton
Length of Residence	12 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Carterton
Folio	1904
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Robert Young, Anglican

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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).