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 1629

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

426

18 May 1914

Francis Henry Edwards
Violet Boesen

Francis Henry Edwards
Violet Boesen
💍 1914/8465

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
23

Petone
Petone

10 years
10 years

St James Church, Lower Hutt

2151

18 May 1914

Rev. J. Jones

No	426
Date of Notice	18 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Edwards	Violet Boesen
	💍 1914/8465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St James Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	2151
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jones

427

18 May 1914

Charles Kerr Drummond
Mabel Winifred Harris

Charles Ken Drummond
Mabel Winifred Harris
💍 1914/8412

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

36
23

Wellington
Wellington

9 months
9 months

Presbyterian Church, Mouritai, Eastbourne

2085

18 May 1914

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	427
Date of Notice	18 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Kerr Drummond	Mabel Winifred Harris
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Ken Drummond	Mabel Winifred Harris
	💍 1914/8412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mouritai, Eastbourne
Folio	2085
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

428

18 May 1914

Fritz Roemert Bunckenburg
Vida Mary Neely

Fritz Roemert Bunkenburg
Vida Mary Neely
💍 1914/8413

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
22

Wellington
Wadestown

30 years
22 years

Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie St, Wellington

2086

18 May 1914

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	428
Date of Notice	18 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fritz Roemert Bunckenburg	Vida Mary Neely
BDM Match (98%)	Fritz Roemert Bunkenburg	Vida Mary Neely
	💍 1914/8413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wadestown
Length of Residence	30 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie St, Wellington
Folio	2086
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

429

19 May 1914

Percy Leonard Mansfield
Janet John Johnson

Percy Leonard Mansfield
Janet Johnson
💍 1914/7775

Bachelor
Spinster

Monumental Mason

26
18

Karori
Hataitai

26 years
2 years

Residence of Mr Nicoll, Kohiri Road, Hataitai

2415

No person in N.Z. having authority by law to give consent

2 June 1914

Rev. J. McCaw

No	429
Date of Notice	19 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Leonard Mansfield	Janet John Johnson
BDM Match (86%)	Percy Leonard Mansfield	Janet Johnson
	💍 1914/7775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Monumental Mason
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Karori	Hataitai
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Nicoll, Kohiri Road, Hataitai
Folio	2415
Consent	No person in N.Z. having authority by law to give consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

430

20 May 1914

Duncan Graham Campbell
Amy Gladys Marmont

Duncan Graham Campbell
Amy Gladys Marmont
💍 1914/5984

Bachelor
Spinster

Corn Merchant

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 years

St Pauls Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

3545

20 May 1914

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	430
Date of Notice	20 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Graham Campbell	Amy Gladys Marmont
	💍 1914/5984
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Corn Merchant
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	3545
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

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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).