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 1599

District of Rangitikei Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Robert Archibald Bayliffe

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

4 January 1915

Hector Leveson Power
Florence Mary Jefferson

Hector Leveson Gower
Florence May Jefferson
💍 1915/7798

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

25
27

Leedstown
Marton

Life
Life

Church of England, Marton

1152

4 January 1915

Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Marton

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Leveson Power	Florence Mary Jefferson
BDM Match (95%)	Hector Leveson Gower	Florence May Jefferson
	💍 1915/7798
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Leedstown	Marton
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Church of England, Marton
Folio	1152
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Marton

7 January 1915

Harold Hambridge
Ivy Phillips

Harold Mansbridge
Ivy Phillips
💍 1915/8955

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

24
20

Turakina
Turakina

7 days
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Turakina

1082

Lydia Phillips, Mother

7 January 1915

Rev. M. Doolaghty, Marton

No	2
Date of Notice	7 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Hambridge	Ivy Phillips
BDM Match (91%)	Harold Mansbridge	Ivy Phillips
	💍 1915/8955
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Turakina	Turakina
Length of Residence	7 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Turakina
Folio	1082
Consent	Lydia Phillips, Mother
Date of Certificate	7 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Doolaghty, Marton

12 January 1915

Ernest James Chapman
Myrtis Sopp

Ernest James Chapman
Myrtle Sopp
💍 1915/460

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic Duties

26
25

Marton Junction
Feilding

11 months
Life

Registrar Office, Feilding

1068

12 January 1915

Registrar of Marriages, Feilding

No	3
Date of Notice	12 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest James Chapman	Myrtis Sopp
BDM Match (91%)	Ernest James Chapman	Myrtle Sopp
	💍 1915/460
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Marton Junction	Feilding
Length of Residence	11 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar Office, Feilding
Folio	1068
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Feilding

14 January 1915

Andrew Sharp Burns
Elsie May Martin

Andrew Sharp Burns
Hilda May Martin
💍 1915/7807

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
Domestic Duties

31
25

Marton
Marton Junction

1 month
9 months

Druids Hall, Marton

1155

14 January 1915

Thomas Rowe, Rongotea

No	4
Date of Notice	14 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Sharp Burns	Elsie May Martin
BDM Match (84%)	Andrew Sharp Burns	Hilda May Martin
	💍 1915/7807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	Domestic Duties
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton Junction
Length of Residence	1 month	9 months
Marriage Place	Druids Hall, Marton
Folio	1155
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Thomas Rowe, Rongotea

19 January 1915

Edward Martin Johnston
Grace Iris Lonie

Edward Martin Monckton
Grace Iris Lane
💍 1915/7808

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

26
21

Marton
Marton

14 days
Life

Church of England, Marton

1156

19 January 1915

Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Marton

No	5
Date of Notice	19 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Martin Johnston	Grace Iris Lonie
BDM Match (85%)	Edward Martin Monckton	Grace Iris Lane
	💍 1915/7808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	14 days	Life
Marriage Place	Church of England, Marton
Folio	1156
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Marton

20 January 1915

Walter Edwin John Humphries
Florence Evelyn Blight

Walter Edwin Jeffery Humphries
Florence Evelyn Slight
💍 1915/8970

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Duties

26
24

Marton
Marton

4 years
Life

Residence of Mr. G. Bell, Marton

1145

20 January 1915

Rev. J. J. Mather, Methodist, Marton

No	6
Date of Notice	20 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edwin John Humphries	Florence Evelyn Blight
BDM Match (88%)	Walter Edwin Jeffery Humphries	Florence Evelyn Slight
	💍 1915/8970
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Duties
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. Bell, Marton
Folio	1145
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Mather, Methodist, Marton

27 January 1915

Norman John George Owen
Ruth May Bishop

Norman John George Owen
Ruth May Bishop
💍 1915/7806

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

42
31

Marton
Marton

3 days
20 years

Church of England, Marton

1154

27 January 1915

Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman John George Owen	Ruth May Bishop
	💍 1915/7806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	42	31
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Marton
Folio	1154
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

27 January 1915

Frederick Earle Riddiford
Helen Josephine Tytherly Edston

Frederick Earle Riddiford
Helen Josephine Tytherley Easton
💍 1915/7805

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
22

Marton
Marton

3 days
10 days

Church of England, Marton

1153

27 January 1915

Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	27 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Earle Riddiford	Helen Josephine Tytherly Edston
BDM Match (97%)	Frederick Earle Riddiford	Helen Josephine Tytherley Easton
	💍 1915/7805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Church of England, Marton
Folio	1153
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. H. Kitcat, Church of England

2 February 1915

Leonard John Hodder
Martha Gordon Rankin

Leonard John Hodson
Martha Gordon Baskin
💍 1915/8973

Bachelor
Spinster

Presbyterian Home Missionary
Milliner

31
22

Marton
Marton

2 days
2 days

Presbyterian Church, Marton

1148

2 February 1915

Rev. A. Porter, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard John Hodder	Martha Gordon Rankin
BDM Match (87%)	Leonard John Hodson	Martha Gordon Baskin
	💍 1915/8973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Presbyterian Home Missionary	Milliner
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	2 days	2 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Marton
Folio	1148
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Porter, Presbyterian

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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).