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 1776

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar J. G. [illegible]

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

376

3 May 1915

Hugh McGregor
Helen Jamieson

Hugh McGregor
Helen Jamieson
💍 1915/9295

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist

26
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
2 years

Registrar Office Wellington

2003

3 May 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	376
Date of Notice	3 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh McGregor	Helen Jamieson
	💍 1915/9295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office Wellington
Folio	2003
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

377

3 May 1915

William Giffney
Jane Mary Hyndman

William Giffney
Jane Mary Hyndman
💍 1915/632

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

2 days
3 years

St. Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington

2760

Robert Hyndman Father

3 May 1915

Rev. W. Burley

No	377
Date of Notice	3 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Giffney	Jane Mary Hyndman
	💍 1915/632
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington
Folio	2760
Consent	Robert Hyndman Father
Date of Certificate	3 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Burley

378

4 May 1915

Henry Murray Rohloff
Theresa Catherine Rohloff

Henry Murray Rorke
Theresa Catherine Rohloff
💍 1915/10007

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

35
35

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
6 months

St. Peter's Church Wellington

2761

4 May 1915

Archdn C. C. Harper

No	378
Date of Notice	4 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Murray Rohloff	Theresa Catherine Rohloff
BDM Match (88%)	Henry Murray Rorke	Theresa Catherine Rohloff
	💍 1915/10007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church Wellington
Folio	2761
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdn C. C. Harper

379

4 May 1915

George James Ponting Roberts
Emily Delia Joyce

George James Ponting Roberts
Emily Delia Joyce
💍 1915/10196

Bachelor
Spinster

Tramway Motorman

26
33

Wellington
Johnsonville

10 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs T. J. Roberts 287 Adelaide Road Wellington

2925

4 May 1915

Rev. W. Slade

No	379
Date of Notice	4 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Ponting Roberts	Emily Delia Joyce
	💍 1915/10196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tramway Motorman
Age	26	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs T. J. Roberts 287 Adelaide Road Wellington
Folio	2925
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Slade

380

5 May 1915

Arthur Edward Hainsworth
Mary Alice Steere

Arthur Edward Hainsworth
Mary Alice Steere
💍 1915/10192

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

18
16

Ngahauranga
Ngahauranga

5 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs Henderson 28 Patanga Crescent Wellington

2921

James Henry Hainsworth Father, James Alfred Steere Father

5 May 1915

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	380
Date of Notice	5 May 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Hainsworth	Mary Alice Steere
	💍 1915/10192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	18	16
Dwelling Place	Ngahauranga	Ngahauranga
Length of Residence	5 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Henderson 28 Patanga Crescent Wellington
Folio	2921
Consent	James Henry Hainsworth Father, James Alfred Steere Father
Date of Certificate	5 May 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

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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).