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 1351

District of Mauriceville Quarter ending 30 September 1914 Registrar James O'Neil

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

11 July 1914

Robert Alan Cameron
Florence Jessie Young

Robert Alan Cameron
Florence Jessie Young
💍 1914/1880

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic

35
28

Mauriceville
Mauriceville

3 years
15 years

Residence of Mr. F. H. Kummer

5551

15 July 1914

Rev. A. T. Thompson of Masterton

No	2
Date of Notice	11 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alan Cameron	Florence Jessie Young
	💍 1914/1880
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Mauriceville	Mauriceville
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. F. H. Kummer
Folio	5551
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. T. Thompson of Masterton

17 July 1914

Hans Henry Christensen
Kate Amelia Larsen

Hans Henry Christensen
Kate Amelia Larsen
💍 1914/2415

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

27
20

Mauriceville
Mauriceville

27 years
20 years

Methodist Church, Mauriceville North, N.Z.

6015

Lars Larsen, Father

20 July 1914

Rev. J. McBain of Eketahuna

No	3
Date of Notice	17 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Henry Christensen	Kate Amelia Larsen
	💍 1914/2415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Mauriceville	Mauriceville
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mauriceville North, N.Z.
Folio	6015
Consent	Lars Larsen, Father
Date of Certificate	20 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McBain of Eketahuna

28 July 1914

Walter Larsen
Elizabeth Hildesley

Walter Larsen
Elizabeth Fildesley
💍 1914/18

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

28
21

Mauriceville via Alfredton
Mangamahoe

2 1/2 years
21 years

Church of England, Mangamahoe

5559

31 July 1914

Rev. Walker of Eketahuna

No	4
Date of Notice	28 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Larsen	Elizabeth Hildesley
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Larsen	Elizabeth Fildesley
	💍 1914/18
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Mauriceville via Alfredton	Mangamahoe
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mangamahoe
Folio	5559
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. Walker of Eketahuna

15 August 1914

Fredrick Robert Gould Riddick
Lucy Whiting

Fredrick Robert Riddick
Lucy Whiting
💍 1914/2418

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

26
27

Mangamahoe
Mangamahoe

3 days
24 years

Methodist Church, Mauriceville North, N.Z.

6018

18 August 1914

Rev. J. McBain of Eketahuna

No	5
Date of Notice	15 August 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fredrick Robert Gould Riddick	Lucy Whiting
BDM Match (90%)	Fredrick Robert Riddick	Lucy Whiting
	💍 1914/2418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Mangamahoe	Mangamahoe
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Mauriceville North, N.Z.
Folio	6018
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 August 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McBain of Eketahuna

1 September 1914

Peter Mortensen
Annie Petersen

Peter Mortensen
Annie Petersen
💍 1914/1910

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

46
43

Mauriceville West
Mauriceville

40 years
40 years

Office of Registrar, Mauriceville

5558

3 September 1914

J. O'Neil, Registrar

No	6
Date of Notice	1 September 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Mortensen	Annie Petersen
	💍 1914/1910
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	46	43
Dwelling Place	Mauriceville West	Mauriceville
Length of Residence	40 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Mauriceville
Folio	5558
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1914
Officiating Minister	J. O'Neil, Registrar

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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).