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 1742

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar A. J. 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

216

22 March 1915

Arthur George Munro
Ivy Scott Scott

Arthur George Munro
Ivy Scott Scott
💍 1915/8327

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
32

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
32 years

Residence of Mr H. Scott, 343 The Terrace, Wellington

378

22 March 1915

Rev. J. Gibb

No	216
Date of Notice	22 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Munro	Ivy Scott Scott
	💍 1915/8327
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	32 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr H. Scott, 343 The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	378
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

217

23 March 1915

Samuel James Parkes
Olive Rose Violet Newman Plummer

Samuel James Parkes
Olive Rose Violet Newman Plummer
💍 1915/8225

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

32
28

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
1 year

St Peters Church, Wellington

249

23 March 1915

Archdn. C. C. Harper

No	217
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel James Parkes	Olive Rose Violet Newman Plummer
	💍 1915/8225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	249
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdn. C. C. Harper

218

23 March 1915

George Albert Kendall Williams
Emily Elizabeth East

George Albert Kendall Williams
Emily Elizabeth East
💍 1915/8193

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Manager

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
10 years

Residence of Mr T. J. East, 5 Onslow Terrace, Wellington

295

23 March 1915

Rev. J. J. North

No	218
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Albert Kendall Williams	Emily Elizabeth East
	💍 1915/8193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Manager
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr T. J. East, 5 Onslow Terrace, Wellington
Folio	295
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. North

219

23 March 1915

Richard James Thomas Cowley
Elsie Franchise Wootton

Richard James Thomas Cowley
Elsie Franchise Wootton
💍 1915/8192

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
Life

St Marks Church, Wellington

294

23 March 1915

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	219
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James Thomas Cowley	Elsie Franchise Wootton
	💍 1915/8192
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Marks Church, Wellington
Folio	294
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

220

23 March 1915

Frank Norman Mason
Violet Hazel Hallowes

Frank Norman Mason
Violet Hazel Mallowes
💍 1915/859

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
25

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

26 years
2 years

Methodist Church, Lower Hutt

2896

23 March 1915

Rev. W. H. Beckett

No	220
Date of Notice	23 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Norman Mason	Violet Hazel Hallowes
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Norman Mason	Violet Hazel Mallowes
	💍 1915/859
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	26 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	2896
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Beckett

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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).