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 1900

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1915 Registrar J. 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

991

23 October 1915

Eustace Leslie Turvey
Phoebe Marshall

Eustace Leslie Turvey
Phoebe Marshall
💍 1915/4971

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

28
29

Wellington
Wellington (Island Bay)

2 days
9 months

Residence of Mr. Waterworth, 2 Thiffey Street, Island Bay, St James' Church, Wellington

7241

23 October 1915

Rev. W. G. Slade

No	991
Date of Notice	23 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eustace Leslie Turvey	Phoebe Marshall
	💍 1915/4971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington (Island Bay)
Length of Residence	2 days	9 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Waterworth, 2 Thiffey Street, Island Bay, St James' Church, Wellington
Folio	7241
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Slade

992

23 October 1915

Carlos Van-Gomez
Sybil Florence Meldrum

Carlees Van Gomez
Sybil Florence Meldrum
💍 1915/4972

Bachelor
Spinster

Veterinary Surgeon

32
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
10 years

St James' Church, Wellington

7242

23 October 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	992
Date of Notice	23 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carlos Van-Gomez	Sybil Florence Meldrum
BDM Match (91%)	Carlees Van Gomez	Sybil Florence Meldrum
	💍 1915/4972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Veterinary Surgeon
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St James' Church, Wellington
Folio	7242
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

993

26 October 1915

Archibald Whitson
Isabel Brown

Archibald Whitson
Isabel Brown
💍 1915/4950

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington

7243

26 October 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	993
Date of Notice	26 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Whitson	Isabel Brown
	💍 1915/4950
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	7243
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

994

26 October 1915

Hugh Thomson
Hannah Maude Payne

Hugh Thomson
Hannah Maude Payne
💍 1915/4951

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward N.Z. Railways

36
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
7 years

St Andrew's Church, Wellington

7244

26 October 1915

Rev. J. G. Smith

No	994
Date of Notice	26 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Thomson	Hannah Maude Payne
	💍 1915/4951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward N.Z. Railways
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	7 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, Wellington
Folio	7244
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Smith

995

26 October 1915

Percy Victor Stott
Annie Isabel Hanchin

Percy Victor Stott
Annie Isabel Minchin
💍 1915/4952

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

24
22

Upper Hutt
Lower Hutt

2 years
4 months

St James' Church, Lower Hutt

7245

26 October 1915

Rev. A. J. Hansell

No	995
Date of Notice	26 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Victor Stott	Annie Isabel Hanchin
BDM Match (95%)	Percy Victor Stott	Annie Isabel Minchin
	💍 1915/4952
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	St James' Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	7245
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. Hansell

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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).