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 1764

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar J. H. Thorpe

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

316

14 April 1915

Andrew Ramsay
Margaret Ann Driscoll

Andrew Rumgay
Margaret Ann Driscoll
💍 1915/843

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
31

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

21 years
6 months

Residence of Mr H. Driscoll, Knight's Road, Lower Hutt

2857

14 April 1915

Rev. J. McCaw

No	316
Date of Notice	14 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Ramsay	Margaret Ann Driscoll
BDM Match (92%)	Andrew Rumgay	Margaret Ann Driscoll
	💍 1915/843
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	21 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr H. Driscoll, Knight's Road, Lower Hutt
Folio	2857
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McCaw

317

15 April 1915

Henry Pratley
Adah Cleveland

Henry Pratley
Adah Cleaveland
💍 1915/13590

Widower 10 Sept 1902
Widow 15 Feb 1889

Farmer

54
46

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
30 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

1984

15 April 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	317
Date of Notice	15 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Pratley	Adah Cleveland
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Pratley	Adah Cleaveland
	💍 1915/13590
Condition	Widower 10 Sept 1902	Widow 15 Feb 1889
Profession	Farmer
Age	54	46
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	1984
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

318

15 April 1915

Adolphe Trautvetter
Annie Morrison

Adolph Tratvelter
Annie Morrison
💍 1915/853

Arthur Ernest Styles
Annie Morrison
💍 1915/2331

Bachelor
Widow April 1899

Engineer

49
41

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St Mark's Church Wellington

2891

15 April 1915

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	318
Date of Notice	15 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphe Trautvetter	Annie Morrison
BDM Match (92%)	Adolph Tratvelter	Annie Morrison
	💍 1915/853
BDM Match (63%)	Arthur Ernest Styles	Annie Morrison
	💍 1915/2331
Condition	Bachelor	Widow April 1899
Profession	Engineer
Age	49	41
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church Wellington
Folio	2891
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

319

15 April 1915

Ernest Henry Goodman
Ivy Reeve

Ernest Henry Goodman
Ivy Reeve
💍 1915/615

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
3 years

St Peter's Church Wellington

2743

15 April 1915

Archdeacon C. C. Harper

No	319
Date of Notice	15 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Goodman	Ivy Reeve
	💍 1915/615
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church Wellington
Folio	2743
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdeacon C. C. Harper

320

16 April 1915

Joseph Percival Revell
Kathleen Leonie Gambetta

Joseph Percival Revell
Kathleen Leonie Gambetta
💍 1915/854

Bachelor
Spinster

Farrier

21
20

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
5 years

St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington

2892

Catherine Gambetta, Mother

16 April 1915

Rev. J. A. O'Connell

No	320
Date of Notice	16 April 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Percival Revell	Kathleen Leonie Gambetta
	💍 1915/854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farrier
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	2892
Consent	Catherine Gambetta, Mother
Date of Certificate	16 April 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. O'Connell

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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).