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 1961

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar M. Palethorpe

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

1296

23 December 1915

Abraham Walley Mahomed Salaman
Margery Cardno

Abraham Walley Mahomed Salaman
Margory Cardno
💍 1915/999

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
18

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
5 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

7102

William Hutchison Cardno, Father

23 December 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	1296
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Abraham Walley Mahomed Salaman	Margery Cardno
BDM Match (96%)	Abraham Walley Mahomed Salaman	Margory Cardno
	💍 1915/999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7102
Consent	William Hutchison Cardno, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1297

23 December 1915

Archie James Coombes
Ruby Johnston

Archie James Coombes
Ruby Johnston
💍 1915/5234

Bachelor
Widow June 1911

Schoolmaster

27
30

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
few hours

St Thomas Church Wellington

7510

23 December 1915

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	1297
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archie James Coombes	Ruby Johnston
	💍 1915/5234
Condition	Bachelor	Widow June 1911
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	few hours
Marriage Place	St Thomas Church Wellington
Folio	7510
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

1298

23 December 1915

Philip Edmund Doyle
Louisa Elizabeth Ambler

Philip Edmund Doyle
Louisa Elizabeth Ambler
💍 1915/6725

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
21

Johnsonville
Levin

7 years
8 years

Church of England Levin

9161

23 December 1915

Rev. A. G. Staley

No	1298
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Edmund Doyle	Louisa Elizabeth Ambler
	💍 1915/6725
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Levin
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Levin
Folio	9161
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Staley

1299

23 December 1915

Edward Philip Tullett
Kathleen Agnes Huddy

Edward Philip Tullett
Kathleen Agnes Huddy
💍 1915/5235

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

24
20

Wellington
Wellington

Life
Life

St Joseph's Church Wellington

7511

Charles William Huddy, Father

23 December 1915

Rev. D. Hurley

No	1299
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Philip Tullett	Kathleen Agnes Huddy
	💍 1915/5235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church Wellington
Folio	7511
Consent	Charles William Huddy, Father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley

1300

23 December 1915

Aubrey Milton Austin
Ruby Grace Twomey

Aubrey Milton Austin
Ruby Grace Twomey
💍 1915/5236

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
20

Wellington
Wellington

2 months
6 years

Residence of Mrs. Twomey 22 Riddiford Street Wellington

7512

Emma Twomey, Mother

23 December 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	1300
Date of Notice	23 December 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey Milton Austin	Ruby Grace Twomey
	💍 1915/5236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Twomey 22 Riddiford Street Wellington
Folio	7512
Consent	Emma Twomey, Mother
Date of Certificate	23 December 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

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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).