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 1642

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 31 March 1915 Registrar Chas. E. Hylton

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

11 February 1915

Lewis Edward Harold Muller
Pearl Daphne Nott

Lewis Edward Harold Muller
Pearl Daphne Nott
💍 1915/7822

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer's Assistant
Home duties

23
16

Wanganui
Wanganui

23 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

1194

Frederick John Nott, Father

11 February 1915

Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	11 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Edward Harold Muller	Pearl Daphne Nott
	💍 1915/7822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer's Assistant	Home duties
Age	23	16
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	23 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	1194
Consent	Frederick John Nott, Father
Date of Certificate	11 February 1915
Officiating Minister	Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

12 February 1915

John Herbert Woodham
Elsie McKay

John Herbert Woodham
Elsie McKay
💍 1915/7821

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Domestic Help

22
20

Wanganui
Wanganui

2 1/2 years
3 years

Church of England, Wanganui

1193

Sarah McKay, Mother

12 February 1915

A. D. Stratford, Church of England

No	17
Date of Notice	12 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Herbert Woodham	Elsie McKay
	💍 1915/7821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Domestic Help
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Wanganui
Folio	1193
Consent	Sarah McKay, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 February 1915
Officiating Minister	A. D. Stratford, Church of England

15 February 1915

Richard Edgar Pumfrey
Maude Alice Hooper

Richard Edgar Pumfrey
Maude Alice Hooper
💍 1915/7816

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor
Home duties

27
32

Wanganui
Wanganui

5 years
12 years

St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wanganui

1188

15 February 1915

D. Calder, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Edgar Pumfrey	Maude Alice Hooper
	💍 1915/7816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor	Home duties
Age	27	32
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	5 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wanganui
Folio	1188
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	D. Calder, Presbyterian

15 February 1915

Walter Golding Hickman
Evelyn Mary Blanchett

Walter Golding Hickman
Evelyn Mary Blanchett
💍 1915/7817

Bachelor
Spinster

Electric Tram Driver
Household duties

30
24

Gonville, Wanganui
Gonville, Wanganui

9 years
18 months

Residence of Mr. T. Hickman, Koromiko Rd, Gonville, Wanganui

1189

15 February 1915

W. B. Scott, Methodist

No	19
Date of Notice	15 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Golding Hickman	Evelyn Mary Blanchett
	💍 1915/7817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electric Tram Driver	Household duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Gonville, Wanganui	Gonville, Wanganui
Length of Residence	9 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. T. Hickman, Koromiko Rd, Gonville, Wanganui
Folio	1189
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1915
Officiating Minister	W. B. Scott, Methodist

16 February 1915

Herbert Max Hayman
Florence Barnett Lockett

Herbert Max Hayman
Florence Barnett Lockett
💍 1915/8977

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

27
25

Castlecliff

3 days
25 years

Church of England, Palmerston North

1129

16 February 1915

H. G. Rosher, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	16 February 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Max Hayman	Florence Barnett Lockett
	💍 1915/8977
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place		Castlecliff
Length of Residence	3 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Palmerston North
Folio	1129
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1915
Officiating Minister	H. G. Rosher, Church of England

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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).