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 1773

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar J. G. L. Hewitt

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

361

27 April 1915

Charles Ernest Meadsley
Amy Howard Dickey

Charles Ernest Maudsley
Amy Howard Dickey
💍 1915/520

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

41
26

Wellington
Rotorua

3 weeks
3 days

Anglican Church, Rotorua

2595

27 April 1915

Rev. K. E. Maclean

No	361
Date of Notice	27 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Ernest Meadsley	Amy Howard Dickey
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Ernest Maudsley	Amy Howard Dickey
	💍 1915/520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	41	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Rotorua
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Rotorua
Folio	2595
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. K. E. Maclean

362

27 April 1915

William Lorne Robinson
Edith Lillian Cary

William Lorne Robinson
Edith Lilian Cary
💍 1915/13580

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 9 September 1912

Chef

33
34

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

1997

27 April 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	362
Date of Notice	27 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lorne Robinson	Edith Lillian Cary
BDM Match (97%)	William Lorne Robinson	Edith Lilian Cary
	💍 1915/13580
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 9 September 1912
Profession	Chef
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	1997
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

363

27 April 1915

William Gray
Martha Ryan

William Gray
Martha Ryan
💍 1915/904

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

43
33

Wellington
Tawa Flat

3 days
Life

Residence of Mr D. Ryan, Tawa Flat

2942

27 April 1915

Rev. J. J. Lane

No	363
Date of Notice	27 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gray	Martha Ryan
	💍 1915/904
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	43	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Tawa Flat
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr D. Ryan, Tawa Flat
Folio	2942
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lane

364

27 April 1915

Philip John Train
Gladys Irene Hignall Brown

Philip John Frain
Gladys Irene Wignall Brown
💍 1915/653

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
2 years

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

2757

27 April 1915

Archdeacon G. C. Harper

No	364
Date of Notice	27 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip John Train	Gladys Irene Hignall Brown
BDM Match (95%)	Philip John Frain	Gladys Irene Wignall Brown
	💍 1915/653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	2757
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon G. C. Harper

365

27 April 1915

Arthur Beal Peters
Emma Tattle

Arthur Cecil Peters
Emma Tattle
💍 1915/13581

Bachelor
Widow 13 May 1908

Cook

36
49

Lyall Bay
Wellington

8 months
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

1998

27 April 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	365
Date of Notice	27 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Beal Peters	Emma Tattle
BDM Match (92%)	Arthur Cecil Peters	Emma Tattle
	💍 1915/13581
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 13 May 1908
Profession	Cook
Age	36	49
Dwelling Place	Lyall Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	1998
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 April 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).