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 1898

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

981

22 October 1915

Arthur Stephen Avery
Florence Berrill

Arthur Stephen Avery
Florence Berrill
💍 1915/4949

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant

26
21

Hataitai
Wellington

3 years
7 years

St. Anne's Church, Green Street, Wellington

7234

22 October 1915

Rev. J. O'Connor

No	981
Date of Notice	22 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Stephen Avery	Florence Berrill
	💍 1915/4949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Hataitai	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church, Green Street, Wellington
Folio	7234
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Connor

982

22 October 1915

George Henry Winton
Ruth Ketzenhin

George Henry Winton
Ruth Metzenthin
💍 1915/4750

Widower June 1901
Spinster

Upholsterer

49
43

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
17 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

7041

22 October 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	982
Date of Notice	22 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Winton	Ruth Ketzenhin
BDM Match (93%)	George Henry Winton	Ruth Metzenthin
	💍 1915/4750
Condition	Widower June 1901	Spinster
Profession	Upholsterer
Age	49	43
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	7041
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

983

22 October 1915

Frank Cochrane
Gladys Dorothy Jacob

Frank Cochrane
Gladys Dorothy Jacob
💍 1915/4960

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
2 years

St. Anne's Church, Wellington

7235

22 October 1915

Rev. H. Peoples

No	983
Date of Notice	22 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Cochrane	Gladys Dorothy Jacob
	💍 1915/4960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church, Wellington
Folio	7235
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Peoples

984

22 October 1915

Frederick Barnard Sievers
Rose Camelia May Anderson

Frederick Bernard Sievers
Rose Camelia Mary Anderson
💍 1915/4966

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

31
28

Wellington
Wellington

3 1/2 years
10 years

St. Mary of The Angels Church, Wellington

7236

22 October 1915

J. A. O'Connell

No	984
Date of Notice	22 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Barnard Sievers	Rose Camelia May Anderson
BDM Match (96%)	Frederick Bernard Sievers	Rose Camelia Mary Anderson
	💍 1915/4966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of The Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	7236
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 October 1915
Officiating Minister	J. A. O'Connell

985

23 October 1915

Harold England Schmidt
Louisa Constance Edgar

Harold England Schmidt
Louisa Constance Edgar
💍 1915/4967

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

28
28

S. S. Karori
Ngaio

3 weeks
3 weeks

St. Paul's Pro-cathedral, Wellington

7237

23 October 1915

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	985
Date of Notice	23 October 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold England Schmidt	Louisa Constance Edgar
	💍 1915/4967
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	S. S. Karori	Ngaio
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-cathedral, Wellington
Folio	7237
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 October 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

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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).