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 1618

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

371

22 April 1914

Charles Chipplin Robins
Kathleen Agnes Leddy

Charles Chipplin Robins
Kathleen Agnes Liddy
💍 1914/8423

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

40
29

Kaiwarra
Kaiwarra

15 years
13 years

Sacred Heart Basilica Hill Street Wellington

2117

22 April 1914

Rev. J. M. Hickson

No	371
Date of Notice	22 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Chipplin Robins	Kathleen Agnes Leddy
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Chipplin Robins	Kathleen Agnes Liddy
	💍 1914/8423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Kaiwarra	Kaiwarra
Length of Residence	15 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica Hill Street Wellington
Folio	2117
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Hickson

372

24 April 1914

Osborne Barnard Hickman
Mabel Clare Bourke

Osborne Bernard Hickman
Mabel Clare Bourke
💍 1914/896

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
Life

St Patrick's Church Kilbirnie

4638

24 April 1914

Archbishop T. O'Shea

No	372
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Osborne Barnard Hickman	Mabel Clare Bourke
BDM Match (98%)	Osborne Bernard Hickman	Mabel Clare Bourke
	💍 1914/896
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Church Kilbirnie
Folio	4638
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Archbishop T. O'Shea

373

24 April 1914

Allen Werner
Julia Cleary

Allen Werner
Julia Cleary
💍 1914/8424

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
2 years

Basilica of the Sacred Heart Wellington

2118

24 April 1914

Rev. J. Tymons

No	373
Date of Notice	24 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allen Werner	Julia Cleary
	💍 1914/8424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Basilica of the Sacred Heart Wellington
Folio	2118
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Tymons

374

25 April 1914

James Henry Sherwin
Nellie Haynes Beatrice Flyger

James Henry Sherwin
Nellie Haynes Beatrice Hyger
💍 1914/8483

Widower 11 December 1911
Spinster

Railway Foreman

54
34

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

1 week
1 week

St James' Church Lower Hutt

2153

25 April 1914

Rev. G. B. Stephenson

No	374
Date of Notice	25 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Sherwin	Nellie Haynes Beatrice Flyger
BDM Match (97%)	James Henry Sherwin	Nellie Haynes Beatrice Hyger
	💍 1914/8483
Condition	Widower 11 December 1911	Spinster
Profession	Railway Foreman
Age	54	34
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St James' Church Lower Hutt
Folio	2153
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson

375

27 April 1914

Charles Leslie Weedon
Githa Winifred Mabey

Charles Leslie Weedon
Githa Winifred Mabey
💍 1914/7773

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

18
17

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

3 days
15 years

Residence of Mr. J. Mabey Epuni Hamlet Lower Hutt

2413

Maud Wink Mother, James Richmond Mabey Father

27 April 1914

Rev. J. McCaw

No	375
Date of Notice	27 April 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Leslie Weedon	Githa Winifred Mabey
	💍 1914/7773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	18	17
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Mabey Epuni Hamlet Lower Hutt
Folio	2413
Consent	Maud Wink Mother, James Richmond Mabey Father
Date of Certificate	27 April 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

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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).