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 1785

District of Picton Quarter ending 30 June 1914 Registrar James John France

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

14 April 1914

William George Ivamy
Catherine Elizabeth Davis-Goff

William George Ivamy
Catherine Elizabeth Davis-Goff
💍 1914/5698

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

26 years
20 years

Picton
Picton

5 years
2 years

St Josephs Church, Picton

14/3134

W. H. Condon Step Father

14 April 1914

Rev J. T. Herbert Picton

No	8
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Ivamy	Catherine Elizabeth Davis-Goff
	💍 1914/5698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	26 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Picton	Picton
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Josephs Church, Picton
Folio	14/3134
Consent	W. H. Condon Step Father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev J. T. Herbert Picton

14 April 1914

William Wilkins
Ellen Jane Gale

William Wilkins
Ellen Jane Gale
💍 1914/2226

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Domestic

29 years
30 years

Nelson
Koromiko

3 days
3 days

Church of England, Picton

14/5924

14 April 1914

Rev T. J. Smith Picton

No	9
Date of Notice	14 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wilkins	Ellen Jane Gale
	💍 1914/2226
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Domestic
Age	29 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Koromiko
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Picton
Folio	14/5924
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev T. J. Smith Picton

20 April 1914

David Leslie Cragg
Eliza Selina Kenethina Nina McKenzie

David Leslie Cregg
Eliza Selina Kerathine Nina McKenzie
💍 1914/2284

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Domestic

28 years
24 years

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
7 days

Holy Trinity Church, Picton

14/5925

20 April 1914

Rev T. J. Smith Picton

No	10
Date of Notice	20 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Leslie Cragg	Eliza Selina Kenethina Nina McKenzie
BDM Match (93%)	David Leslie Cregg	Eliza Selina Kerathine Nina McKenzie
	💍 1914/2284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Domestic
Age	28 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Picton
Folio	14/5925
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev T. J. Smith Picton

30 May 1914

Thomas Oliver Carkeek
Eva Edith Standen

Thomas Oliver Carkeek
Eva Edith Standen
💍 1914/5675

Bachelor
Divorced

Labourer
Domestic

35 years
34

Picton
Picton

4 years
16 months

Residence of Mrs. George Atwood, Picton

14/3135

30 May 1914

Rev W. Armstrong Picton

No	11
Date of Notice	30 May 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Oliver Carkeek	Eva Edith Standen
	💍 1914/5675
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	35 years	34
Dwelling Place	Picton	Picton
Length of Residence	4 years	16 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. George Atwood, Picton
Folio	14/3135
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 May 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Armstrong Picton

5 June 1914

Thomas Allport
Emily Rachel Le Cornie

Thomas Allport
Emily Rachel Le Cornie
💍 1914/5676

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Domestic

29 years
27

Picton
Picton

29 years
1 year

Residence of Thomas Allport, Picton

14/3136

5 June 1914

Rev W. Armstrong Picton

No	12
Date of Notice	5 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Allport	Emily Rachel Le Cornie
	💍 1914/5676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Domestic
Age	29 years	27
Dwelling Place	Picton	Picton
Length of Residence	29 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Thomas Allport, Picton
Folio	14/3136
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Armstrong Picton

15 June 1914

Percival John Young
Louisa Eliza Sophia Tobbell

Percival John Young
Louisa Eliza Sophia Tobbell
💍 1914/5682

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

23 years
22 years

Picton
Picton

20 years
5 years

Methodist Church, Picton

14/3144

15 June 1914

Rev J. R. B. Woolloxall

No	13
Date of Notice	15 June 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival John Young	Louisa Eliza Sophia Tobbell
	💍 1914/5682
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	23 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Picton	Picton
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Picton
Folio	14/3144
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 June 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev J. R. B. Woolloxall

4 July 1914

Alfred Reynolds
Effie Mary Miller

Alfred Reynolds
Effie Mary Müller
💍 1914/2305

Bachelor
Spinster

Surfaceman
Domestic

31 years
18 years

Picton
Picton

Life
Life

Office of the Registrar of Marriages Picton

4 July 1914

Jas J France Registrar

No	14
Date of Notice	4 July 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Reynolds	Effie Mary Miller
BDM Match (94%)	Alfred Reynolds	Effie Mary Müller
	💍 1914/2305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surfaceman	Domestic
Age	31 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Picton	Picton
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Picton
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1914
Officiating Minister	Jas J France 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).