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 1910

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar G. G. Hodgkins

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

1041

1 November 1915

James Ray Wilson
Annie Irvine

James May Wilson
Annie Irvine
💍 1915/4989

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

28
27

Johnsonville
Johnsonville

5 years
2 years

Residence of Mr Wilson, Taylor Terrace, Johnsonville

7281

1 November 1915

Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

No	1041
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Ray Wilson	Annie Irvine
BDM Match (97%)	James May Wilson	Annie Irvine
	💍 1915/4989
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wilson, Taylor Terrace, Johnsonville
Folio	7281
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. D. Peryman

1042

1 November 1915

Emil George McGill
Nellie Maud O'Neill

Emil George McGill
Nellie Maud O'Neill
💍 1915/4990

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
12 months

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

7282

Ellen Jane King, mother

1 November 1915

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	1042
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emil George McGill	Nellie Maud O'Neill
	💍 1915/4990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	7282
Consent	Ellen Jane King, mother
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

1043

1 November 1915

Edward William Smith
Bridget Chambers

Edward William Smith
Bridget Chambers
💍 1915/1022

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

29
27

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
10 months

St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

7283

1 November 1915

Rev. D. Hurley

No	1043
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward William Smith	Bridget Chambers
	💍 1915/1022
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	10 months
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	7283
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley

1044

1 November 1915

William Wynn Parke
Amy Pearman

William Wynn Parke
Amy Pearman
💍 1915/1033

Widower 21 March 1911
Widow 2 April 1911

Fireman

50
46

Miramar
Wellington

24 years
4 years

Methodist Parsonage, 21 Hankey St, Wellington

7284

1 November 1915

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	1044
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wynn Parke	Amy Pearman
	💍 1915/1033
Condition	Widower 21 March 1911	Widow 2 April 1911
Profession	Fireman
Age	50	46
Dwelling Place	Miramar	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, 21 Hankey St, Wellington
Folio	7284
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

1045

1 November 1915

James Everett
Eliza Bromley

James Everett
Eliza Bromley
💍 1915/1039

Bachelor
Divorced decree absolute 10 Dec 1900

Marine

54
51

Mitchelltown
Wellington

36 years
4 years

Residence of Mr Everett, Mitchelltown

7285

1 November 1915

Rev. H. Shires

No	1045
Date of Notice	1 November 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Everett	Eliza Bromley
	💍 1915/1039
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree absolute 10 Dec 1900
Profession	Marine
Age	54	51
Dwelling Place	Mitchelltown	Wellington
Length of Residence	36 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Everett, Mitchelltown
Folio	7285
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Shires

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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).