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 1716

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar G. G. Hodgkins

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

30 January 1915

George Edward Pain
Eleanor Price

George Edward Pain
Eleanor Price
💍 1915/351

Widower July 1907
Widow April 1900

Farmer

36
27

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
4 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

126

30 January 1915

Deputy Registrar

No	86
Date of Notice	30 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Pain	Eleanor Price
	💍 1915/351
Condition	Widower July 1907	Widow April 1900
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	126
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

30 January 1915

Walter Reginald Mitchell
Louiza Evelyn McClung

Walter Reginald Mitchell
Louiza Evelyn McClurg
💍 1915/8251

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
22

Trentham
Wellington

6 weeks
3 months

St Peter's Church, Wellington

276

30 January 1915

Archdn G. G. Harper

No	87
Date of Notice	30 January 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Reginald Mitchell	Louiza Evelyn McClung
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Reginald Mitchell	Louiza Evelyn McClurg
	💍 1915/8251
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	3 months
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	276
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1915
Officiating Minister	Archdn G. G. Harper

1 February 1915

Francis John O'Donoghue
Mary Eileen Nealy

Francis John O'Donoghue
May Eileen Dealy
💍 1915/1947

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
5 years

Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington

3821

1 February 1915

Rev. P. W. Symons

No	88
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis John O'Donoghue	Mary Eileen Nealy
BDM Match (94%)	Francis John O'Donoghue	May Eileen Dealy
	💍 1915/1947
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington
Folio	3821
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Symons

1 February 1915

Frederick Charles Widdop
Winifred Helen Hannay

Frederick Charles Widdop
Winifred Helen Hannay
💍 1915/8004

Widower 6 September 1910
Spinster

Civil Engineer

37
34

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
20 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington

1830

1 February 1915

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	89
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Widdop	Winifred Helen Hannay
	💍 1915/8004
Condition	Widower 6 September 1910	Spinster
Profession	Civil Engineer
Age	37	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	1830
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

1 February 1915

Thomas Campbell
Isabella Darby

Thomas Campbell
Isabella Darby
💍 1915/1754

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

33
26

Karori
Wellington

33 years
5 years

Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington

3625

1 February 1915

Rev. P. J. Smyth

No	90
Date of Notice	1 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Campbell	Isabella Darby
	💍 1915/1754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Karori	Wellington
Length of Residence	33 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica, Wellington
Folio	3625
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. 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).