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 1738

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar J. P. Moore

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

196

12 March 1915

William James Store
Eleanor Caroline Ingersoll

William James Stone
Eleanor Caroline Ingersoll
💍 1915/8235

Bachelor
Spinster

Gas Engineer

32
32

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
3 days

Residence of Rev. J. G. Chapman, 38 Macfarlane st. Wellington

260

12 March 1915

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	196
Date of Notice	12 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Store	Eleanor Caroline Ingersoll
BDM Match (97%)	William James Stone	Eleanor Caroline Ingersoll
	💍 1915/8235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gas Engineer
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. J. G. Chapman, 38 Macfarlane st. Wellington
Folio	260
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

197

13 March 1915

Horace Edward Brooker
Ellen Jane Bunn

Horace Edward Brooker
Ellen Jane Hunt
💍 1915/799

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

Life
Life

St. James Church Wellington

2836

13 March 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	197
Date of Notice	13 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Edward Brooker	Ellen Jane Bunn
BDM Match (93%)	Horace Edward Brooker	Ellen Jane Hunt
	💍 1915/799
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Church Wellington
Folio	2836
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

198

15 March 1915

George Adams
Mabel Elizabeth Gray

George Adams
Mabel Elizabeth Gray
💍 1915/8199

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinder

32
22

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
Life

St. James Manse Adelaide Road Wellington

300

15 March 1915

Rev. W. Shirer

No	198
Date of Notice	15 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Adams	Mabel Elizabeth Gray
	💍 1915/8199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. James Manse Adelaide Road Wellington
Folio	300
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

199

15 March 1915

Walter Edward Grey
Margaret Ann Tansey

Walter Edward Grey
Margaret Ann Tansey
💍 1915/7663

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
6 months

Presbyterian Manse 35 Pirie street Wellington

306

15 March 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	199
Date of Notice	15 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Edward Grey	Margaret Ann Tansey
	💍 1915/7663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse 35 Pirie street Wellington
Folio	306
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

200

15 March 1915

Percy Joseph Atkinson
Ellen Annie Harris

Percy Joseph Atkinson
Ellen Annie Harris
💍 1915/857

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
25

Wellington
Rona Bay

7 years
5 years

St Albans Church Rona Bay

2895

15 March 1915

Rev. E. J. Sola

No	200
Date of Notice	15 March 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Joseph Atkinson	Ellen Annie Harris
	💍 1915/857
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Rona Bay
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St Albans Church Rona Bay
Folio	2895
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Sola

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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).