Intentions to Marry, 1915 Mauriceville to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840460, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1915 is bound in six volumes (a to f) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1915d contains pages 1501-1972, covering districts from Mauriceville to Wellington

Page 1537

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar A. Shorth

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

09 February 1915

Oscar Albert Jorgensen
Ruth McMillan

Oscar Albert Jorgensen
Ruth McMillan
💍 1915/8798

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect
Nurse

32
19

Palmerston North
Dannevirke

4 years
3 months

Presbyterian Manse Dannevirke

947

Wilhelmina McMillan mother

09 February 1915

Rev A. Grant Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	09 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Albert Jorgensen	Ruth McMillan
	💍 1915/8798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect	Nurse
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	4 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Dannevirke
Folio	947
Consent	Wilhelmina McMillan mother
Date of Certificate	09 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Grant Presbyterian

10 February 1915

John Malcolm Old
Kathleen Agnes Gleeson

John Malcolm Old
Kathleen Agnes Gleeson
💍 1915/8980

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

25
26

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 years

St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Palmerston North

1132

10 February 1915

Rev J. F. MacManus Roman Catholic

No	12
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Malcolm Old	Kathleen Agnes Gleeson
	💍 1915/8980
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Palmerston North
Folio	1132
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J. F. MacManus Roman Catholic

13 February 1915

Andrew Alexander Winman
Ellen Ruby Terry

Andrew Alexander Drinnan
Ellen Ruby Terry
💍 1915/8976

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

28
23

Palmerston North
Linton

8 months
1 year

St Columba's Church of England Linton

1128

13 February 1915

Rev H. G. Rosher Anglican

No	13
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Alexander Winman	Ellen Ruby Terry
BDM Match (94%)	Andrew Alexander Drinnan	Ellen Ruby Terry
	💍 1915/8976
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Linton
Length of Residence	8 months	1 year
Marriage Place	St Columba's Church of England Linton
Folio	1128
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Rosher Anglican

15 February 1915

James Nelson Harris
Mildred Lawrence

James Nelson Harris
Mildred Lawrence
💍 1915/8979

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

24
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North

1131

15 February 1915

Rev Alex Doull Presbyterian

No	14
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Nelson Harris	Mildred Lawrence
	💍 1915/8979
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North
Folio	1131
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev Alex Doull Presbyterian

20 February 1915

Joseph Ivy Knight
Daisy Vivien Tallott

Joseph Fry Knight
Daisy Vivian Tallott
💍 1915/8958

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

21
24

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

1126

20 February 1915

Rev H. G. Rosher Anglican

No	15
Date of Notice	20 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ivy Knight	Daisy Vivien Tallott
BDM Match (92%)	Joseph Fry Knight	Daisy Vivian Tallott
	💍 1915/8958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	1126
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Rosher Anglican

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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).