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 1717

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar J. H. Luckthorpe

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

1 February 1915

Ernest William Hall
Margaret Christina Morton

Ernest William Hall
Margaret Christina Morton
💍 1915/8270

Bachelor
Spinster

Train Examiner

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
2 years

Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington

352

1 February 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	91
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Hall	Margaret Christina Morton
	💍 1915/8270
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Train Examiner
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	352
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

2 February 1915

Percy Alexander Hooley
Elsie Caroline Baulder

Percy Alexander Morley
Elsie Caroline Maulder
💍 1915/362

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

14 months
12 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

127

2 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	92
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Alexander Hooley	Elsie Caroline Baulder
BDM Match (93%)	Percy Alexander Morley	Elsie Caroline Maulder
	💍 1915/362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	127
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

2 February 1915

William Iredale
Nellie McCauley

William Iredale
Nellie McCauley
💍 1915/369

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

30
24

Trentham
Wellington

6 weeks
8 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

128

2 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	93
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Iredale	Nellie McCauley
	💍 1915/369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	128
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

2 February 1915

John Leggott
Irene Maud Hunt

John Leggott
Irene Maud Hunt
💍 1915/8278

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

24
24

Timaru
Wellington

Life
14 months

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

354

2 February 1915

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	94
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leggott	Irene Maud Hunt
	💍 1915/8278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Timaru	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	14 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	354
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

2 February 1915

Cecil Bertie Williams
Olive Elizabeth Hogg

Cecil Bertie Williams
Olive Elizabeth Hogg
💍 1915/8280

Bachelor
Widow (23 September 1914)

Engineer

34
35

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
10 years

St Andrews Manse, 84 Hill Street, Wellington

356

2 February 1915

Rev. J. G. Smith

No	95
Date of Notice	2 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Bertie Williams	Olive Elizabeth Hogg
	💍 1915/8280
Condition	Bachelor	Widow (23 September 1914)
Profession	Engineer
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Manse, 84 Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	356
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Smith

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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).