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 1725

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

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

131

13 February 1915

Neil Herbert Nankivell
Florence May Anderson

Neil Herbert Nankivell
Florence May Anderson
💍 1915/8240

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

25
24

Petone
Lower Hutt

17 years
16 months

Residence of Mrs. Paul, Laery Street, Lower Hutt

266

13 February 1915

Rev. M. P. W. Lascelles

No	131
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Neil Herbert Nankivell	Florence May Anderson
	💍 1915/8240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Petone	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	17 years	16 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Paul, Laery Street, Lower Hutt
Folio	266
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. P. W. Lascelles

132

13 February 1915

Joseph Iremonger
Kittie Elizabeth Caldwell

Joseph Iremonger
Kittie Elizabeth Caldwell
💍 1915/8378

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

23
21

Somes Island
Wellington

7 years
13 years

Residence of Mr. Greenwood, 27 Vivian Street, Wellington

329

13 February 1915

Rev. W. J. Comrie

No	132
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Iremonger	Kittie Elizabeth Caldwell
	💍 1915/8378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Somes Island	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	13 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Greenwood, 27 Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	329
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Comrie

133

15 February 1915

Robert Newton Scott
Margaret Annie Baylis

Robert Newton Scott
Margaret Annie Baylis
💍 1915/8380

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
18

Wellington
Wellington

Life
Life

St. James' Manse, Wellington

331

margaret annie Baylis, mother

15 February 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	133
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Newton Scott	Margaret Annie Baylis
	💍 1915/8380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Wellington
Folio	331
Consent	margaret annie Baylis, mother
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

134

15 February 1915

Charles William Burke
Ellen Emma Witcombe

Charles William Burke
Ellen Emma Witcombe
💍 1915/8247

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer & Station Employee

47
44

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
5 days

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

272

15 February 1915

Arch. C. C. Harper

No	134
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Burke	Ellen Emma Witcombe
	💍 1915/8247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer & Station Employee
Age	47	44
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	272
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Arch. C. C. Harper

135

15 February 1915

Charles Arthur Millson
Margaret Davis

Charles Arthur Millson
Margaret Davies
💍 1915/8379

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
6 months

St. James' Church, Wellington

330

15 February 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	135
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Arthur Millson	Margaret Davis
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Arthur Millson	Margaret Davies
	💍 1915/8379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Wellington
Folio	330
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

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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).