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 1889

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar J. H. Clealthorpe

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

936

13 October 1915

Robert Petrie
Isabel Boland

Robert Petrie
Isobel Boland
💍 1915/4757

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Agent

27
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
18 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

7025

13 October 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	936
Date of Notice	13 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Petrie	Isabel Boland
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Petrie	Isobel Boland
	💍 1915/4757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7025
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

937

13 October 1915

Alexander McKee
Elsie Esther Dunning

Alexander McKee
Elsie Esther Dunning
💍 1915/4888

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

32
31

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
10 years

Residence of Mrs Dunning 69 Pirie Street Wellington

7205

13 October 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	937
Date of Notice	13 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McKee	Elsie Esther Dunning
	💍 1915/4888
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Dunning 69 Pirie Street Wellington
Folio	7205
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

938

13 October 1915

Ernest Hugh Blay
Annie Magdalene Armstrong

Ernest Hugh Clay
Annie Magdalene Armstrong
💍 1915/4889

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

30
24

Petone
Wellington

7 years
4 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church Wellington

7206

13 October 1915

Rev. A. Venning

No	938
Date of Notice	13 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Hugh Blay	Annie Magdalene Armstrong
BDM Match (97%)	Ernest Hugh Clay	Annie Magdalene Armstrong
	💍 1915/4889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	7206
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Venning

939

13 October 1915

Charles Quinney
Sadie Bain

Charles Quinney
Sadie Cain
💍 1915/4738

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

32
24

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
10 days

Registrar's Office Wellington

7030

13 October 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	939
Date of Notice	13 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Quinney	Sadie Bain
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Quinney	Sadie Cain
	💍 1915/4738
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	10 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7030
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

940

14 October 1915

Robert Barnett
Josephine Lusty

Robert Barnett
Josephine Lusty
💍 1915/4890

Widower 10 March 1910
Widow 15 August 1913

Settler

64
33

Petone
Petone

11 years
24 years

Residence of Mrs. Lusty 44 High Street Petone

7207

14 October 1915

Rev. A. B. Todd

No	940
Date of Notice	14 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Barnett	Josephine Lusty
	💍 1915/4890
Condition	Widower 10 March 1910	Widow 15 August 1913
Profession	Settler
Age	64	33
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	11 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Lusty 44 High Street Petone
Folio	7207
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Todd

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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).