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 1721

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar G. P. Stanhope

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

111

9 February 1915

Dugald McCallum
Elsie Maud Hewson

Dugald McCallum
Elsie Maud Hewson
💍 1915/8476

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk N.Z. Railways

27
27

Petone
Petone

15 years
22 years

Residence of Mr. S. W. Hewson, 7 Richmond Street, Petone

525

9 February 1915

Staff Captain J. Wallace

No	111
Date of Notice	9 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dugald McCallum	Elsie Maud Hewson
	💍 1915/8476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk N.Z. Railways
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	15 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. S. W. Hewson, 7 Richmond Street, Petone
Folio	525
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Staff Captain J. Wallace

112

10 February 1915

Percy James Braithwaite
Andrena Alice Hunter

Percy James Braithwaite
Anderena Alice Hunter
💍 1915/373

Bachelor
Widow, Decree absolute 4 October 1912

Seaman

34
33

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

132

10 February 1915

Registrar

No	112
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy James Braithwaite	Andrena Alice Hunter
BDM Match (98%)	Percy James Braithwaite	Anderena Alice Hunter
	💍 1915/373
Condition	Bachelor	Widow, Decree absolute 4 October 1912
Profession	Seaman
Age	34	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	132
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

113

10 February 1915

Vincent Cox
Queenie Elvira Angerstein

Vincent Cox
Queenie Elvira Angerstein
💍 1915/8237

Bachelor
Divorced, Decree absolute 12/11/1914

Commercial Traveller

32
26

Wellington
Wellington

Life
Life

Residence of Mr. G. Kirkland, Majoribanks Street, Wellington

263

10 February 1915

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	113
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Cox	Queenie Elvira Angerstein
	💍 1915/8237
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced, Decree absolute 12/11/1914
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. Kirkland, Majoribanks Street, Wellington
Folio	263
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

114

10 February 1915

Robert John Burtice
Mary Ann Thew

Robert John Curtice
Mary Ann Thew
💍 1915/374

Bachelor
Divorced, Decree absolute 4 February 1915

Labourer

37
45

Wellington
Wellington

30 years
32 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

133

10 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	114
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Burtice	Mary Ann Thew
BDM Match (97%)	Robert John Curtice	Mary Ann Thew
	💍 1915/374
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced, Decree absolute 4 February 1915
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	45
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	30 years	32 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	133
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

115

10 February 1915

Arthur Taylor
Maria Margaret Leonora Rose

Arthur Taylor
Maria Margaret Leonora Rose
💍 1915/8381

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

2 1/2 years
5 years

Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington

332

10 February 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	115
Date of Notice	10 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Taylor	Maria Margaret Leonora Rose
	💍 1915/8381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 35 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	332
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).