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 1587

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1914 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

221

18 March 1914

Leonard Philip Parker Double
Margaret Gladys McCall

Leonard Philip Parker Double
Margarite Gladys McCall
💍 1914/7177

Divorced Decree absolute 15 May 1911
Spinster

Labourer

32
23

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
Life

Residence of Mr. McCall, 84 Constable Street, Wellington

1037

18 March 1914

Rev. W. Shires

No	221
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Philip Parker Double	Margaret Gladys McCall
BDM Match (96%)	Leonard Philip Parker Double	Margarite Gladys McCall
	💍 1914/7177
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 15 May 1911	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. McCall, 84 Constable Street, Wellington
Folio	1037
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shires

222

18 March 1914

James Henry Cohen Stuart
Everil Beatrice St. Helier Maggie

James Henry Cohen Stuart
Everil Beatrice St Helier Haggie
💍 1914/371

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
2 1/2 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

18 March 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	222
Date of Notice	18 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Cohen Stuart	Everil Beatrice St. Helier Maggie
BDM Match (97%)	James Henry Cohen Stuart	Everil Beatrice St Helier Haggie
	💍 1914/371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	2 1/2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	62
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

223

19 March 1914

Charles Alfred Stephen Corless
Annie Isabel McDougall

Charles Alfred Stephen Corlett
Annie Isabel McDougall
💍 1914/372

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

19 March 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	223
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Stephen Corless	Annie Isabel McDougall
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Alfred Stephen Corlett	Annie Isabel McDougall
	💍 1914/372
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	63
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

224

19 March 1914

Roads Robert Gordon Matheson
Jane Henderson known as Jean Henderson

Mads Robert Gordon Matheson
Jean Henderson
💍 1914/7256

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
26

Wellington
Wellington South

7 years
12 years

Methodist Church, Wellington South

1116

19 March 1914

Rev. J. Ward

No	224
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roads Robert Gordon Matheson	Jane Henderson known as Jean Henderson
BDM Match (65%)	Mads Robert Gordon Matheson	Jean Henderson
	💍 1914/7256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington South
Length of Residence	7 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Wellington South
Folio	1116
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ward

225

19 March 1914

Julian Vernon Radcliffe
Frances Isabel Irene Hurcomb

Julian Vernon Radcliffe
Frances Isabel Irene Hurcomb
💍 1914/7263

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
33

Ngaio
Ngaio

27 years
2 years

All Saints' Parish Hall, Ngaio

1122

19 March 1914

Rev. H. F. Wilson

No	225
Date of Notice	19 March 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Julian Vernon Radcliffe	Frances Isabel Irene Hurcomb
	💍 1914/7263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	33
Dwelling Place	Ngaio	Ngaio
Length of Residence	27 years	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Parish Hall, Ngaio
Folio	1122
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Wilson

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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).