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 1851

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar W. W. Pasthorpe

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

748

26 August 1915

Stephen Albert Burnett
Beatrice Kate Chandler

Stephen Albert Burnett
Beatrice Kate Chandler
💍 1915/3729

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

32
21

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
3 years

Methodist Church Webb Street Wellington

5902

26 August 1915

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	748
Date of Notice	26 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Albert Burnett	Beatrice Kate Chandler
	💍 1915/3729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Webb Street Wellington
Folio	5902
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

749

26 August 1915

Charles William Cook
Helena Gallien

Charles William Cook
Helena Gallien
💍 1915/3736

Bachelor
Spinster

Metal Worker

38
40

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
17 years

Residence of Mrs Cook 128 Ghuznee Street Wellington

5903

26 August 1915

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	749
Date of Notice	26 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Cook	Helena Gallien
	💍 1915/3736
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metal Worker
Age	38	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Cook 128 Ghuznee Street Wellington
Folio	5903
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

750

27 August 1915

Lionel Thomas Major Bodley
Ethel Clara Woodnutt

Lionel Thomas Major Bodley
Ethel Clara Woodnutt
💍 1915/3737

Bachelor
Spinster

Milk Vendor

31
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 1/2 years
6 months

St Pauls Pro. Cathedral Wellington

5904

27 August 1915

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	750
Date of Notice	27 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Thomas Major Bodley	Ethel Clara Woodnutt
	💍 1915/3737
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milk Vendor
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Pauls Pro. Cathedral Wellington
Folio	5904
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

751

27 August 1915

John Gray Quinlan
Ruby Cecelia Pettersson

John Gray Quinlan
Ruby Cecelia Pettersson
💍 1915/2503

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver

25
26

Wellington
Island Bay Wellington

4 years
26 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

4576

27 August 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	751
Date of Notice	27 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gray Quinlan	Ruby Cecelia Pettersson
	💍 1915/2503
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Island Bay Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4576
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

752

27 August 1915

Archibald Thomas Black
Mary Ann Clout

Archibald Thomas Black
Mary Ann Clout
💍 1915/3738

Bachelor
Divorced decree absolute 21 July 1915

Foreman and Steward

35
42

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

8 years
35 years

Knox Church Lower Hutt

5905

27 August 1915

Rev. J. M. McCaw

No	752
Date of Notice	27 August 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Thomas Black	Mary Ann Clout
	💍 1915/3738
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree absolute 21 July 1915
Profession	Foreman and Steward
Age	35	42
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	8 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church Lower Hutt
Folio	5905
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. McCaw

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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).