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 1733

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1914 Registrar J. P. Stanhope

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

938

21 November 1914

Sydney Ewart Haynes Lowrick
Ruby Winifred Angove

Sydney Ewart Haynes Lowick
Ruby Winifred Angove
💍 1914/3204

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 15 September 1914

Commercial Traveller

30
30

Wellington
Wellington

2 months
9 weeks

Registrar's Office Wellington

7059

21 November 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	938
Date of Notice	21 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Ewart Haynes Lowrick	Ruby Winifred Angove
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Ewart Haynes Lowick	Ruby Winifred Angove
	💍 1914/3204
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 15 September 1914
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	9 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7059
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

939

23 November 1914

Edwin Vincent Cruttenden
Alice Botterill

Edwin Vincent Cruttenden
Alice Botterill
💍 1914/4690

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Traveller

32
30

Petone
Petone

18 months
2 weeks

St. Augustines Church Petone

8588

23 November 1914

Rev. G. B. Stephenson

No	939
Date of Notice	23 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Vincent Cruttenden	Alice Botterill
	💍 1914/4690
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Traveller
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	18 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church Petone
Folio	8588
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson

940

23 November 1914

Erasmus Baxter
Annie Stewart Fernandez

Erasmus Baxter
Annie Stewart Fernandez
💍 1914/4769

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Manager

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
10 years

St. Pauls Pro. Cathedral Wellington

8616

23 November 1914

Rev. C. H. Harvey

No	940
Date of Notice	23 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Erasmus Baxter	Annie Stewart Fernandez
	💍 1914/4769
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Manager
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Pro. Cathedral Wellington
Folio	8616
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Harvey

941

23 November 1914

Walter Henry Barnett
Alma Blanche Cox

Walter Henry Barnett
Alma Blanche Cox
💍 1914/4590

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
28

Wellington
Wellington

17 years
2 years

All Saints Church Kilbirnie

8488

23 November 1914

Rev. H. G. Blackburne

No	941
Date of Notice	23 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Barnett	Alma Blanche Cox
	💍 1914/4590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church Kilbirnie
Folio	8488
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne

942

23 November 1914

Albert Henry Coles
Frances Isabel Knight

Albert Henry Coles
Frances Isabel Knight
💍 1914/4764

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

28
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
21 years

Presbyterian Church Island Bay

8612

23 November 1914

Rev. J. Bain

No	942
Date of Notice	23 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Coles	Frances Isabel Knight
	💍 1914/4764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Island Bay
Folio	8612
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Bain

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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).