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 1929

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

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

1136

22 November 1915

Arthur Gorham
Florence Weston

Arthur Gorhan
Florence Weston
💍 1915/4804

Bachelor
Spinster

Dealer

32
35

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

7072

22 November 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	1136
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Gorham	Florence Weston
BDM Match (96%)	Arthur Gorhan	Florence Weston
	💍 1915/4804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dealer
Age	32	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	7072
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1137

22 November 1915

William Ernest Fordham
Rubina Victoria Child

William Ernest Fordham
Rubina Victoria Child
💍 1915/5057

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
25

Tauherenihau
Wellington

4 weeks
2 years

St Peter's Church, Wellington

7374

22 November 1915

Rev. H. Watson

No	1137
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Fordham	Rubina Victoria Child
	💍 1915/5057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Tauherenihau	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	7374
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

1138

22 November 1915

Arthur Oswald Bellamy
Eliza Alice Pointon

Arthur Oswald Bellamy
Eliza Alice Painton
💍 1915/5058

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

34
30

Trentham
Wellington

5 months
10 years

Residence of Mr. W. Pointon, 8 Alameda Terrace, Wellington

7375

22 November 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	1138
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Oswald Bellamy	Eliza Alice Pointon
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Oswald Bellamy	Eliza Alice Painton
	💍 1915/5058
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. Pointon, 8 Alameda Terrace, Wellington
Folio	7375
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

1139

22 November 1915

Edward John Solomon
Irene Maud Constable

Edward John Solomon
Irene Maud Constable
💍 1915/5060

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

21
21

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
10 years

Residence of Mr. W. J. Solomon, 84 Adelaide Road, Wellington

7376

22 November 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	1139
Date of Notice	22 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Solomon	Irene Maud Constable
	💍 1915/5060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. J. Solomon, 84 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Folio	7376
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

1140

23 November 1915

Albert Leslie Ridgway-Wick
Edith Agnes Carroll

Albert Leslie Ridgway-Wicks
Edyth Agnes Carroll
💍 1915/5061

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

33
28

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
life

Residence of Mr. C. Batton, 64 Brougham Street, Wellington

7377

23 November 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	1140
Date of Notice	23 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Leslie Ridgway-Wick	Edith Agnes Carroll
BDM Match (96%)	Albert Leslie Ridgway-Wicks	Edyth Agnes Carroll
	💍 1915/5061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. Batton, 64 Brougham Street, Wellington
Folio	7377
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).