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 1859

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar J. W. Philthorpe

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

788

6 September 1915

George William Bradley
Ruby May Sherwood

George William Bradley
Ruby May Sherwood
💍 1915/3686

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
3 years

St. James' Manse, Wellington

5928

6 September 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	788
Date of Notice	6 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Bradley	Ruby May Sherwood
	💍 1915/3686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse, Wellington
Folio	5928
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

789

6 September 1915

Samuel Micah Hayes
Evelyn Barr

Samuel Micah Hayes
Evelyn Barr
💍 1915/2507

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
26

Trentham
Lower Hutt

3 weeks
1 week

Registrar's Office, Wellington

4588

6 September 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	789
Date of Notice	6 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Micah Hayes	Evelyn Barr
	💍 1915/2507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	4588
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

790

6 September 1915

Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson
Mary Theresa Veronica Read

Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson
Mary Theresa Veronica Read
💍 1915/3687

Bachelor
Spinster

Lieutenant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force

22
22

Trentham
Wellington

1 month
1 month

St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

5929

6 September 1915

Rev. J. M. Barra

No	790
Date of Notice	6 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Colin Nigel Robinson	Mary Theresa Veronica Read
	💍 1915/3687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lieutenant, N.Z. Expeditionary Force
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	5929
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. M. Barra

791

6 September 1915

William Charles Saich Robinson
Catherine Emily Cornell

William Charles Sairh Robinson
Catherine Emily Cornell
💍 1915/3688

Bachelor
Spinster

Hospital Attendant

23
19

Porirua
Wellington

2 years
2 years

St. Andrews' Manse, 84 Hill St., Wellington

5930

Caroline Simmons mother

6 September 1915

Rev. J. G. Smith

No	791
Date of Notice	6 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Saich Robinson	Catherine Emily Cornell
BDM Match (98%)	William Charles Sairh Robinson	Catherine Emily Cornell
	💍 1915/3688
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hospital Attendant
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews' Manse, 84 Hill St., Wellington
Folio	5930
Consent	Caroline Simmons mother
Date of Certificate	6 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Smith

792

6 September 1915

Ronald Arthur Loch
Florence Evelyn Miller

Ronald Arthur Lock
Florence Evelyn Miller
💍 1915/3689

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
21

Wellington
Plimmerton

7 years
5 years

Residence of Mr. Miller "Kumara", Plimmerton

5931

6 September 1915

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	792
Date of Notice	6 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Arthur Loch	Florence Evelyn Miller
BDM Match (97%)	Ronald Arthur Lock	Florence Evelyn Miller
	💍 1915/3689
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Plimmerton
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Miller "Kumara", Plimmerton
Folio	5931
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

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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).