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 1819

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar J. H. Palethorpe

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

588

12 July 1915

James Edmond Ray
Louisa Thirza Holland

James Edmond Ray
Louisa Thurza Holland
💍 1915/14482

Bachelor
Spinster

Hospital Attendant

37
43

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
5 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

4540

12 July 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	588
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edmond Ray	Louisa Thirza Holland
BDM Match (98%)	James Edmond Ray	Louisa Thurza Holland
	💍 1915/14482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hospital Attendant
Age	37	43
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4540
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

589

12 July 1915

Hector Charles Johnson
Dorothy Ivanhoe Chisholm

Hector Charles Johnson
Dorothy Ivanhoe Chisholm
💍 1915/5196

Bachelor
Spinster

School teacher

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
9 years

St. Thomas' Church Newtown Wellington

7389

12 July 1915

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	589
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Charles Johnson	Dorothy Ivanhoe Chisholm
	💍 1915/5196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School teacher
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church Newtown Wellington
Folio	7389
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

590

12 July 1915

Martin Dennis Everton
Doris Blanche Hill

Martin Dennis Everton
Doris Blanche Hill
💍 1915/3631

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
23

Wellington
Lower Hutt

18 months
3 years

Presbyterian Church Lower Hutt

5796

12 July 1915

Rev. J. McCaw

No	590
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Dennis Everton	Doris Blanche Hill
	💍 1915/3631
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Lower Hutt
Folio	5796
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

591

12 July 1915

William Henry Brett
Ivy Clara Hall

William Henry Brett
Ivy Clara Hall
💍 1915/14483

Bachelor
Widow 16 April 1913

Farmer

33
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
7 days

Registrar's Office Wellington

4541

12 July 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	591
Date of Notice	12 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Brett	Ivy Clara Hall
	💍 1915/14483
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 16 April 1913
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4541
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

592

13 July 1915

Robert Staines
Margaret Christina Gedye

Robert Staines
Margaret Christina Gedye
💍 1915/3632

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

32
33

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. E. Meyer, 45 Moxham Avenue, Kilbirnie, Wellington

5797

13 July 1915

Rev. J. J. Chapman

No	592
Date of Notice	13 July 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Staines	Margaret Christina Gedye
	💍 1915/3632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. E. Meyer, 45 Moxham Avenue, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Folio	5797
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Chapman

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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).