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 1719

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar J. A. Peckhope

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

101

4 February 1915

Philip George Waide
Olga Nicoline Schweigaard Kaspersen

Philip George Waide
Olga Nicoline Schweigaard Nannestad
💍 1915/8364

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
Life

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

339

4 February 1915

Rev. H. W. Thompson

No	101
Date of Notice	4 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip George Waide	Olga Nicoline Schweigaard Kaspersen
BDM Match (90%)	Philip George Waide	Olga Nicoline Schweigaard Nannestad
	💍 1915/8364
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	339
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Thompson

102

5 February 1915

Magnus Mouat
Minnie Louisa Tyrrell

Magnus Mouat
Minnie Louisa Tyrvell
💍 1915/1695

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

35
23

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
6 months

Residence of Mr. Mouat, 64 Pirie Street, Wellington

3567

5 February 1915

Rev. J. Patterson

No	102
Date of Notice	5 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Magnus Mouat	Minnie Louisa Tyrrell
BDM Match (98%)	Magnus Mouat	Minnie Louisa Tyrvell
	💍 1915/1695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Mouat, 64 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	3567
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Patterson

103

5 February 1915

Walter Charles Elliot
Muriel Gladys Montgomery

Walter Charles Elliot
Muriel Gladys Montgomery
💍 1915/8363

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

22
22

Trentham
Wellington

8 weeks
4 days

Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington

338

5 February 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	103
Date of Notice	5 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Elliot	Muriel Gladys Montgomery
	💍 1915/8363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 weeks	4 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	338
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

104

5 February 1915

David Stanley Lyons
Celia Annie Brown

David Stanley Lyons
Celia Annie Brown
💍 1915/8244

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
12 years

Residence of Mr. W. G. Brown, 48a Devon Street, Wellington

270

5 February 1915

Rev. J. H. Dawson

No	104
Date of Notice	5 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Stanley Lyons	Celia Annie Brown
	💍 1915/8244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. G. Brown, 48a Devon Street, Wellington
Folio	270
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Dawson

105

6 February 1915

John Fredrick Sertkfield Brown
Florence Jane Clegg

John Fredrick Sertifield Brown
Florence Jane Clegg
💍 1915/371

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Engineer

31
21

Trentham
Wellington

7 weeks
1 week

Registrar's Office, Wellington

130

6 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	105
Date of Notice	6 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fredrick Sertkfield Brown	Florence Jane Clegg
BDM Match (98%)	John Fredrick Sertifield Brown	Florence Jane Clegg
	💍 1915/371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Engineer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	130
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).