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 1605

District of Rangitikei Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar R. A. 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

02 October 1915

William Henry Giles
Marian Bessie Marshall

William Henry Miles
Marian Bessie Marshall
💍 1915/6896

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

26
26

Greatford
Greatford

3 days
7 days

Church of England Greatford

9282

02 October 1915

Rev. John Blackburn Greatford

No	45
Date of Notice	02 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Giles	Marian Bessie Marshall
BDM Match (97%)	William Henry Miles	Marian Bessie Marshall
	💍 1915/6896
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Greatford	Greatford
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Greatford
Folio	9282
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Blackburn Greatford

16 October 1915

John Scott Rutherford
Alice Beatrice Bowen

John Scott Rutherford
Alice Beatrice Bowen
💍 1915/6888

Widower
Spinster

Sheep Farmer
Domestic Duties

64
34

Albury
Turakina

40 years
34 years

In the Residence of Mr C Bowen "Pembroke Vale" Turakina

9280

16 October 1915

Rev. Jas Wilson Turakina

No	46
Date of Notice	16 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Scott Rutherford	Alice Beatrice Bowen
	💍 1915/6888
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	64	34
Dwelling Place	Albury	Turakina
Length of Residence	40 years	34 years
Marriage Place	In the Residence of Mr C Bowen "Pembroke Vale" Turakina
Folio	9280
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas Wilson Turakina

27 October 1915

Charles Lewis Preegher
Line Christensen

Charles Lewis Krugher
Line Christensen
💍 1915/6897

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21
21

Crofton
Crofton

3 days
3 months

In the Residence of Mr Mads Christensen Crofton Marton

9283

27 October 1915

Rev. Tho Coatsworth

No	47
Date of Notice	27 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Lewis Preegher	Line Christensen
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Lewis Krugher	Line Christensen
	💍 1915/6897
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Crofton	Crofton
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	In the Residence of Mr Mads Christensen Crofton Marton
Folio	9283
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Tho Coatsworth

20 November 1915

Archibald Frederick Valentine Brown
Irene Beatrice Brinsley

Archibald Frederick Valentine Brown
Irene Beatrice Brinsley
💍 1915/6835

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Milliner

26
26

Marton
Wanganui

3 1/2 years
8 years

Church of England Aramoho

9320

20 November 1915

Rev. S. Ogden Aramoho

No	48
Date of Notice	20 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Frederick Valentine Brown	Irene Beatrice Brinsley
	💍 1915/6835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Milliner
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Marton	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Aramoho
Folio	9320
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Ogden Aramoho

22 November 1915

Peter Morrison McLaren
Joyce Violet De Luen

Peter Morrison McLaren
Joyce Violet de Luen
💍 1915/6834

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Domestic Duties

24
21

Wanganui
Marton

3 days
4 months

St Paul's Church Wanganui

9319

22 November 1915

Rev J. D. McKenzie Wanganui

No	49
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Morrison McLaren	Joyce Violet De Luen
BDM Match (98%)	Peter Morrison McLaren	Joyce Violet de Luen
	💍 1915/6834
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Domestic Duties
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Marton
Length of Residence	3 days	4 months
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church Wanganui
Folio	9319
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev J. D. McKenzie Wanganui

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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).