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 1724

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

126

13 February 1915

Oliver James Green
Agnes Margaret Christie

Oliver James Green
Agnes Margaret Christie
💍 1915/352

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheetmetal worker

24
24

Brooklyn
Kilbirnie

4 years
7 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

135

13 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	126
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver James Green	Agnes Margaret Christie
	💍 1915/352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheetmetal worker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Brooklyn	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	135
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

127

13 February 1915

Steven William Stebbles
Zepherine Matthews

Steven William Stubbles
Zepherine Matthews
💍 1915/353

Widower 1890
Widow 1880

Engine driver

65
57

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

136

13 February 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	127
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Steven William Stebbles	Zepherine Matthews
BDM Match (98%)	Steven William Stubbles	Zepherine Matthews
	💍 1915/353
Condition	Widower 1890	Widow 1880
Profession	Engine driver
Age	65	57
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	136
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

128

13 February 1915

Horace Elijah Free
Constance Evelyn Jones

Horace Elijah Free
Constance Evelyn Jones
💍 1915/8208

Bachelor
Spinster

Shipwright

20
20

Wellington
Petone

19 years
20 years

St Augustine's Church, Petone

285

Samuel Free father, Ernest Seaforth Jones father

13 February 1915

Rev. A. L. Hansell

No	128
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Elijah Free	Constance Evelyn Jones
	💍 1915/8208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shipwright
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Petone
Length of Residence	19 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church, Petone
Folio	285
Consent	Samuel Free father, Ernest Seaforth Jones father
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. L. Hansell

129

13 February 1915

Vincent Harold Dentice
Lucie Gladys Marguerite Tyler

Vincent Harold Dentue
Lucie Gladys Marguerite Tyler
💍 1915/2234

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

26
24

Wellington
Wellington

26 years
19 years

St Thomas' Church, Wellington

4138

13 February 1915

Rev. Fancourt

No	129
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent Harold Dentice	Lucie Gladys Marguerite Tyler
BDM Match (95%)	Vincent Harold Dentue	Lucie Gladys Marguerite Tyler
	💍 1915/2234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	26 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church, Wellington
Folio	4138
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. Fancourt

130

13 February 1915

George James Lincoln Obrien Petherton
Mary Margaret McQuillen

George James Lincoln O'Brien Netherton
May Marjore McQuillen
💍 1915/1752

Bachelor
Spinster

mariner

34
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Wellington

3623

13 February 1915

Rev. J. Smyth

No	130
Date of Notice	13 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Lincoln Obrien Petherton	Mary Margaret McQuillen
BDM Match (87%)	George James Lincoln O'Brien Netherton	May Marjore McQuillen
	💍 1915/1752
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	mariner
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Wellington
Folio	3623
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Smyth

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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).