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 1695

District of Waverley Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar Isaac Peter Crichton

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

5 July 1915

Frederick Newman
Ruby Stella Johnston

Frederick Newman
Ruby Stella Johnston
💍 1915/4553

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

21 years
24 years

Waverley
Waverley

1 week
24 years

Residence of Naomi Johnston, Waverley

6754

5 July 1915

Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

No	10
Date of Notice	5 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Newman	Ruby Stella Johnston
	💍 1915/4553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	21 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	1 week	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Naomi Johnston, Waverley
Folio	6754
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

16 July 1915

William Gordon Anstis
Catherine Mylchrest-Quayle

William Gordon Austis
Catherine Mylchrest Ouayle
💍 1915/5907

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

27 years
24 years

Waverley
Waverley

4 days
5 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Waverley

8279

16 July 1915

Revd Father Edward Duffy, Patea

No	11
Date of Notice	16 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gordon Anstis	Catherine Mylchrest-Quayle
BDM Match (94%)	William Gordon Austis	Catherine Mylchrest Ouayle
	💍 1915/5907
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	27 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	4 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Waverley
Folio	8279
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Revd Father Edward Duffy, Patea

21 July 1915

Sydney Joseph Tidswell
Margaret-Isabell Harvey

Sydney Joseph Lidswell
Margaret Isabell Harvey
💍 1915/4554

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Assistant
Domestic Duties

21 years
23 years

Waverley
Waverley

3 days
18 months

Residence of George Martin Harvey, Kohi, Waverley

6755

21 July 1915

Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

No	12
Date of Notice	21 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Joseph Tidswell	Margaret-Isabell Harvey
BDM Match (96%)	Sydney Joseph Lidswell	Margaret Isabell Harvey
	💍 1915/4554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Assistant	Domestic Duties
Age	21 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	3 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of George Martin Harvey, Kohi, Waverley
Folio	6755
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

31 July 1915

John Ballantine
Edith Maud Peapell

John Ballantine
Edith Maud Peapell
💍 1915/3603

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Manager
Domestic

27 years
21 years

Waverley
Waverley

1 year
5 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Waverley

5770

31 July 1915

Isaac Peter Crichton, Registrar of Marriages, Waverley

No	13
Date of Notice	31 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ballantine	Edith Maud Peapell
	💍 1915/3603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Manager	Domestic
Age	27 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Waverley	Waverley
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Waverley
Folio	5770
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Isaac Peter Crichton, Registrar of Marriages, Waverley

31 August 1915

Alfred Ernest Barron
Charlotte Christina Armstrong

Alfred Ernest Barron
Charlotte Christina Armstrong
💍 1915/4557

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Manager
Domestic Servant

26 years
21 years

Waitotara
Waitotara

3 days
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Waverley

6758

31 August 1915

Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

No	14
Date of Notice	31 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest Barron	Charlotte Christina Armstrong
	💍 1915/4557
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Manager	Domestic Servant
Age	26 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Waitotara	Waitotara
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Waverley
Folio	6758
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Revd Donald McIvor, Waverley

10 September 1915

Alfred Harold Handley
Frieda Leonore Morse

Alfred Harold Handley
Frieda Leonore Morse
💍 1915/3604

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

29 years
24 years

Nukumaru
Waitotara

29 years
24 years

Anglican Church, Waitotara

5771

10 September 1915

Revd William James Hands, Waverley

No	15
Date of Notice	10 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Harold Handley	Frieda Leonore Morse
	💍 1915/3604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	29 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Nukumaru	Waitotara
Length of Residence	29 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Waitotara
Folio	5771
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Revd William James Hands, Waverley

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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).