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 1914

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar W. W. Samson

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

1061

3 November 1915

Leslie Kenneth Taylor
Evelyn May Taylor known as Maisie Taylor

Leslie Kenneth Taylor
Evelyn May Taylor
💍 1915/9962

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Factory Worker

19
19

Petone
Wellington

19 years
16 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

7056

David Taylor Father, Mary Taylor Mother

3 November 1915

Registrar

No	1061
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Kenneth Taylor	Evelyn May Taylor known as Maisie Taylor
BDM Match (71%)	Leslie Kenneth Taylor	Evelyn May Taylor
	💍 1915/9962
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Factory Worker
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	16 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7056
Consent	David Taylor Father, Mary Taylor Mother
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

1062

3 November 1915

Harold Victor James Roberts
Lillian Myra Valentine

Harrold Victor James Roberts
Lilian Myra Valentine
💍 1915/5001

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

22
18

Petone
Petone

2 years
5 years

St Augustine's Church Petone

7318

John Valentine Father

3 November 1915

Rev. G. B. Stephenson

No	1062
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Victor James Roberts	Lillian Myra Valentine
BDM Match (96%)	Harrold Victor James Roberts	Lilian Myra Valentine
	💍 1915/5001
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church Petone
Folio	7318
Consent	John Valentine Father
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Stephenson

1063

3 November 1915

Frederick George Yeo
Beatrice Cummins

Frederick George Yeo
Beatrice Cummins
💍 1915/5002

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
21

May Morn Camp
Wellington

7 years
8 years

Methodist Church Donald McLean Street Wellington

7319

3 November 1915

Rev. J. Richards

No	1063
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Yeo	Beatrice Cummins
	💍 1915/5002
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	May Morn Camp	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Donald McLean Street Wellington
Folio	7319
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Richards

1064

3 November 1915

Alfred James Daley
Amy Martha Packwood

Alfred James Daly
Amy Martha Packwood
💍 1915/5003

Bachelor
Spinster

House Painter

23
23

Petone
Petone

3 years
Life

Wesleyan Manse Nelson Street Petone

7320

3 November 1915

Rev. J. J. Lewis

No	1064
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred James Daley	Amy Martha Packwood
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred James Daly	Amy Martha Packwood
	💍 1915/5003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	House Painter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	3 years	Life
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Manse Nelson Street Petone
Folio	7320
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis

1065

3 November 1915

Thomas Ward Swensson
Emily Annas Holland

Thomas Ward Swensson
Emily Annas Wolland
💍 1915/5004

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

19
16

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

2 years
16 years

Residence of Mr J Holland Lower Hutt

7321

Adolph Rainald Swensson Father; Thomas Holland Father

3 November 1915

Rev. J. G. Gibson

No	1065
Date of Notice	3 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ward Swensson	Emily Annas Holland
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Ward Swensson	Emily Annas Wolland
	💍 1915/5004
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	19	16
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J Holland Lower Hutt
Folio	7321
Consent	Adolph Rainald Swensson Father; Thomas Holland Father
Date of Certificate	3 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Gibson

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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).