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 1784

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar J. H. Palmer-Pope

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

416

24 May 1915

William Alexander
Beatrice Catherine Breeze

William Alexander
Beatrice Catherine Breeze
💍 1915/755

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

33
27

Wellington
Wellington

1 month
2 years

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral

2792

24 May 1915

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	416
Date of Notice	24 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander	Beatrice Catherine Breeze
	💍 1915/755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 month	2 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	2792
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

417

24 May 1915

Ernest Henry Livermore
Emilie Theresa Pennington

Ernest Henry Livermore
Emilie Theresa Pennington
💍 1915/4508

Divorced (Decree absolute 6 February 1912)
Spinster

Car Examiner

36
28

Lyall Bay
Wellington

15 years
4 years

Trinity Methodist Church, Rintoul Street, Wellington

6425

24 May 1915

Rev. J. Ward

No	417
Date of Notice	24 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Livermore	Emilie Theresa Pennington
	💍 1915/4508
Condition	Divorced (Decree absolute 6 February 1912)	Spinster
Profession	Car Examiner
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Lyall Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Methodist Church, Rintoul Street, Wellington
Folio	6425
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ward

418

24 May 1915

Cecil William Grevelle Wood
Queenie Alice Louis Avenell

Cecil William Grevelle Wood
Queenie Alice Louis Avenell
💍 1915/9282

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

24
26

Petone
Wellington

12 months
12 months

Registrar's office, Wellington

2014

24 May 1915

Registrar

No	418
Date of Notice	24 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil William Grevelle Wood	Queenie Alice Louis Avenell
	💍 1915/9282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's office, Wellington
Folio	2014
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Registrar

419

25 May 1915

Joseph William Melville Askew
Edith May Marshall

Joseph William Melville Askew
Edith May Marshall
💍 1915/756

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
22 years

St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

2793

25 May 1915

Rev. D. Hurley

No	419
Date of Notice	25 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph William Melville Askew	Edith May Marshall
	💍 1915/756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	2793
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Hurley

420

25 May 1915

George Ernest Knight
Winifred Alicia Gosling

George Ernest Wright
Winifred Alicia Gosling
💍 1915/824

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
Life

St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington

2862

25 May 1915

Rev. A. Venning

No	420
Date of Notice	25 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Knight	Winifred Alicia Gosling
BDM Match (95%)	George Ernest Wright	Winifred Alicia Gosling
	💍 1915/824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	2862
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Venning

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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).