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 1722

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

883

2 November 1914

Henry Gilbert Horsley
Alice Florence Manson

Henry Gilbert Horsley
Alice Florence Manson
💍 1914/4841

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
3 months

Presbyterian Church, Roseneath, Wellington

14/8662

2 November 1914

Rev. H. Beggs

No	883
Date of Notice	2 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Gilbert Horsley	Alice Florence Manson
	💍 1914/4841
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Roseneath, Wellington
Folio	14/8662
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

884

3 November 1914

Donald Andrew Peart
Marjorie Beauchamp

Donald Andrew Peart
Marjorie Beauchamp
💍 1914/5312

Bachelor
Spinster

Assistant Paymaster Royal Navy

31
22

H.M.S. Torch
Wellington

12 days
2 hours

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

14/9241

3 November 1914

Rev. A. M. Harvey

No	884
Date of Notice	3 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Andrew Peart	Marjorie Beauchamp
	💍 1914/5312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Assistant Paymaster Royal Navy
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	H.M.S. Torch	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 days	2 hours
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	14/9241
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Harvey

885

3 November 1914

Thomas Henry Targett
Lina Challinor

Thomas Henry Wyeth
Lina Challinor
💍 1914/9514

Bachelor
Divorced (decree absolute 15 Sep 1914)

Fellmonger

36
42

Petone
Petone

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

14/7042

3 November 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	885
Date of Notice	3 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Targett	Lina Challinor
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Henry Wyeth	Lina Challinor
	💍 1914/9514
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (decree absolute 15 Sep 1914)
Profession	Fellmonger
Age	36	42
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	14/7042
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

886

3 November 1914

John Charles Johnson
Beatrice Sarah Levy

John Charles Johnson
Beatrice Sarah Levy
💍 1914/4797

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Tablet Porter

27
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
17 years

St Anne's Church, Green Street, Wellington

14/8644

Clara Levy, mother

3 November 1914

Rev. W. J. Peoples

No	886
Date of Notice	3 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Charles Johnson	Beatrice Sarah Levy
	💍 1914/4797
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Tablet Porter
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	17 years
Marriage Place	St Anne's Church, Green Street, Wellington
Folio	14/8644
Consent	Clara Levy, mother
Date of Certificate	3 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Peoples

887

4 November 1914

Joseph Williams
Charlotte Borman

Joseph Williams
Charlotte Borman
💍 1914/9515

Bachelor
Divorced (decree absolute 14 Dec 1913)

Painter

34
39

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

14/7043

4 November 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	887
Date of Notice	4 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Williams	Charlotte Borman
	💍 1914/9515
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced (decree absolute 14 Dec 1913)
Profession	Painter
Age	34	39
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	14/7043
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy 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).