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 1731

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar G. G. Hodgkins

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

161

24 February 1915

Peter Henry Christensen
Agnes Olive Macdougall

Peter Henry Christensen
Agnes Olive Macdougall
💍 1915/7661

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

27
24

Wellington
Wellington

27 yrs
19 yrs

St James' Church, Wellington South

304

24 February 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	161
Date of Notice	24 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Henry Christensen	Agnes Olive Macdougall
	💍 1915/7661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 yrs	19 yrs
Marriage Place	St James' Church, Wellington South
Folio	304
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

162

26 February 1915

Henry Edward Timms
Margaret Kirk Anderson

Henry Edward Timms
Margaret Kirk Anderson
💍 1915/360

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

29
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
14 days

Registrar's Office Wellington

143

26 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	162
Date of Notice	26 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Timms	Margaret Kirk Anderson
	💍 1915/360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	143
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

163

27 February 1915

Alfred John Levick
Kate Adelaide Hills

Alfred John Levick
Kate Adelaide Hills
💍 1915/2235

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
28

Wellington
Wellington

8 yrs
15 yrs

St Thomas Church Wellington

4139

27 February 1915

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	163
Date of Notice	27 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred John Levick	Kate Adelaide Hills
	💍 1915/2235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 yrs	15 yrs
Marriage Place	St Thomas Church Wellington
Folio	4139
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

164

01 March 1915

Frank Haslett Jones
Bessie Duff Gailey

Frank Haslett Jones
Bessie Duff Halley
💍 1915/361

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
22

Wellington
Wellington

10 yrs
10 yrs

Registrar's Office Wellington

144

01 March 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	164
Date of Notice	01 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Haslett Jones	Bessie Duff Gailey
BDM Match (94%)	Frank Haslett Jones	Bessie Duff Halley
	💍 1915/361
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 yrs	10 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	144
Consent
Date of Certificate	01 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

165

01 March 1915

Bertie Dean commonly known as Bertie Carpenter
Elsie May Kell

Bertie Carpenter
Elsie May Kell
💍 1915/7642

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

Life
9 yrs

Residence of Mr F Kell 22 Russell Terrace Wellington

301

01 March 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	165
Date of Notice	01 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Dean commonly known as Bertie Carpenter	Elsie May Kell
BDM Match (67%)	Bertie Carpenter	Elsie May Kell
	💍 1915/7642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	9 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr F Kell 22 Russell Terrace Wellington
Folio	301
Consent
Date of Certificate	01 March 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).