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 1913

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar J. A. Alchorne

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

1056

2 November 1915

Maurice Gottlieb
Sadie Solomon

Maurice Gotlieb
Sadie Solomon
💍 1915/5021

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

22
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
1 year

The Synagogue, The Terrace, Wellington

7314

2 November 1915

Rev. H. Van Staveren

No	1056
Date of Notice	2 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maurice Gottlieb	Sadie Solomon
BDM Match (97%)	Maurice Gotlieb	Sadie Solomon
	💍 1915/5021
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	The Synagogue, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	7314
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Van Staveren

1057

2 November 1915

Michael Henry Ryan
Eileen Winnie Adams

Michael Henry Ryan
Eileen Minnie Adams
💍 1915/5022

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

28
22

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
15 years

St Joseph's Church, Wellington

7315

2 November 1915

Rev. D. Hurley

No	1057
Date of Notice	2 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Henry Ryan	Eileen Winnie Adams
BDM Match (97%)	Michael Henry Ryan	Eileen Minnie Adams
	💍 1915/5022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Wellington
Folio	7315
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley

1058

3 November 1915

William Aday Lee
Gertrude Marguerite Schmidt

William Addy Lee
Gertrude Marguerite Schmidt
💍 1915/4999

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

33
32

Trentham
Wellington

2 months
3 days

St Peter's Church, Wellington

7316

3 November 1915

Rev. H. Watson

No	1058
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Aday Lee	Gertrude Marguerite Schmidt
BDM Match (97%)	William Addy Lee	Gertrude Marguerite Schmidt
	💍 1915/4999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	7316
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

1059

3 November 1915

Gilbert John Wilby
Athol Isabella Jose

Gilbert John Wilby
Athol Isabella Fox
💍 1915/9961

Widower 23 November 1912
Spinster

Barman

27
27

Featherston
Petone

2 weeks
3 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

7055

3 November 1915

Registrar

No	1059
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert John Wilby	Athol Isabella Jose
BDM Match (92%)	Gilbert John Wilby	Athol Isabella Fox
	💍 1915/9961
Condition	Widower 23 November 1912	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Petone
Length of Residence	2 weeks	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	7055
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1060

3 November 1915

Harold William Harris
Mabel Daniels

Harold William Harris
Mabel Daniels
💍 1915/5000

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
12 months

St Cuthbert's Church, Berhampore

7317

3 November 1915

Rev. H. Watson

No	1060
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold William Harris	Mabel Daniels
	💍 1915/5000
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	12 months
Marriage Place	St Cuthbert's Church, Berhampore
Folio	7317
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

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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).