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 1601

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

286

6 April 1914

Percival Albon Knapp Dorsett Johnson
Margaret Hannah Goodhall

Percival Albon Knapp Cowaett Johnson
Margaret Hannah Goodhall
💍 1914/8426

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith's Striker

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
21 years

Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington

2102

6 April 1914

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	286
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Albon Knapp Dorsett Johnson	Margaret Hannah Goodhall
BDM Match (96%)	Percival Albon Knapp Cowaett Johnson	Margaret Hannah Goodhall
	💍 1914/8426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith's Striker
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	2102
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

287

6 April 1914

Percy William King
Jeanie Sinclair Reid

Percy William King
Jeanie Reid Sinclair
💍 1914/8892

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
29

Wellington
Island Bay

8 years
2 years

Residence of Mr G. King, 65 Tiber Street, Island Bay, Wellington

3488

6 April 1914

Mr J. Bain

No	287
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy William King	Jeanie Sinclair Reid
BDM Match (75%)	Percy William King	Jeanie Reid Sinclair
	💍 1914/8892
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Island Bay
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr G. King, 65 Tiber Street, Island Bay, Wellington
Folio	3488
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Mr J. Bain

288

6 April 1914

John Cameron
Janet McLean

John Cameron
Janet McLean
💍 1914/7763

John Saxton
Ethel McLean
💍 1914/4938

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

42
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

1956

6 April 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	288
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cameron	Janet McLean
	💍 1914/7763
BDM Match (67%)	John Saxton	Ethel McLean
	💍 1914/4938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	42	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	1956
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

289

6 April 1914

Charles Harry Barton
Florence Elizabeth Christian

Charles Harry Barton
Florence Elizabeth Christian
💍 1914/8445

Widower (February 1898)
Spinster

Brassfounder

45
40

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
12 months

Residence of Mr J. W. Self, 1 Torquay Terrace, Wellington

2139

6 April 1914

Staff Capt. F. Wallace

No	289
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Harry Barton	Florence Elizabeth Christian
	💍 1914/8445
Condition	Widower (February 1898)	Spinster
Profession	Brassfounder
Age	45	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. W. Self, 1 Torquay Terrace, Wellington
Folio	2139
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Staff Capt. F. Wallace

290

6 April 1914

Ernest Kingston
Lorraine Lindon Maud Temple Brown

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

40
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
5 years

St Mark's Church, Wellington

5685

6 April 1914

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	290
Date of Notice	6 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Kingston	Lorraine Lindon Maud Temple Brown
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	5685
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

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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).