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 1861

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1915 Registrar A. H. Thorpe

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

798

8 September 1915

William Edwards
Florence May De Lormia mills

William Edwards
Florence May De Lormia Mills
💍 1915/2508

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 31 August 1915

Engineer

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

21 days
6 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

4589

8 September 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	798
Date of Notice	8 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edwards	Florence May De Lormia mills
BDM Match (98%)	William Edwards	Florence May De Lormia Mills
	💍 1915/2508
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 31 August 1915
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4589
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

799

8 September 1915

Terence Bernard Leydon
Mary Cecila Agnes Devlin

Terence Bernard Leydon
Mary Cecilia Agnes Devlin
💍 1915/3670

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
28

Wellington
Wellington

29 years
28 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church Wellington

5936

8 September 1915

Rev. J. O'Connell

No	799
Date of Notice	8 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Terence Bernard Leydon	Mary Cecila Agnes Devlin
BDM Match (98%)	Terence Bernard Leydon	Mary Cecilia Agnes Devlin
	💍 1915/3670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	29 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	5936
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Connell

800

9 September 1915

Stephen George Dunn
Minnie Florence Anne Burr

Stephen George Dunn
Minnie Florence Burr
💍 1915/2509

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
30

Wellington
Wellington

22 months
19 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

4590

9 September 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	800
Date of Notice	9 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen George Dunn	Minnie Florence Anne Burr
BDM Match (90%)	Stephen George Dunn	Minnie Florence Burr
	💍 1915/2509
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 months	19 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4590
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

801

9 September 1915

Harold Victor Everton
Lila Florence Hill

Harold Victor Everton
Eila Florence Hill
💍 1915/3671

Bachelor
Spinster

Produce Salesman

23
21

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

4 days
3 years

St. James' Church Lower Hutt

5937

9 September 1915

Rev. H. N. Wright

No	801
Date of Notice	9 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Victor Everton	Lila Florence Hill
BDM Match (97%)	Harold Victor Everton	Eila Florence Hill
	💍 1915/3671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Produce Salesman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	4 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church Lower Hutt
Folio	5937
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. N. Wright

802

9 September 1915

Reuben Mottram
Agnes Mary McAteer

Reuben Mottram
Agnes Mary McAleer
💍 1915/3672

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

34
25

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
14 years

St. Joseph's Church Wellington

5938

9 September 1915

Rev. D. Hurley

No	802
Date of Notice	9 September 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Mottram	Agnes Mary McAteer
BDM Match (97%)	Reuben Mottram	Agnes Mary McAleer
	💍 1915/3672
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church Wellington
Folio	5938
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 September 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley

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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).