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 1550

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 June 1915 Registrar C. E. Shortt

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

22 June 1915

Douglas Gordon Pearson
Inger Maria Petersen

Douglas Gordon Pearson
Inger Maria Petersen
💍 1915/1853

Bachelor
Spinster

Linesman
Domestic duties

26
28

Palmerston North
Fitzherbert East

4 days
14 years

Lutheran Church Palmerston North

3726

22 June 1915

Rev. M. Christensen Lutheran

No	67
Date of Notice	22 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Gordon Pearson	Inger Maria Petersen
	💍 1915/1853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linesman	Domestic duties
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Fitzherbert East
Length of Residence	4 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church Palmerston North
Folio	3726
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Christensen Lutheran

22 June 1915

Paul Anglo Alfred Hansen
Inger Margrethe Hansen

Paul Anglo Alfred Hansen
Inger Margrethe Hansen
💍 1915/1875

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

21
20

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 months
3 days

Lutheran Church Palmerston North

3748

Jens Rudolph Hansen, Father

Rev. M. Christensen Lutheran

No	68
Date of Notice	22 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Anglo Alfred Hansen	Inger Margrethe Hansen
	💍 1915/1875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Lutheran Church Palmerston North
Folio	3748
Consent	Jens Rudolph Hansen, Father
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Christensen Lutheran

25 June 1915

Edward Geeves Chandler
Maude Marion Harper

Edward Geeves Chandler
Maude Marion Harper
💍 1915/1851

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
33

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

16 years
4 years

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

3724

26 June 1915

Rev. H. G. Blackburne Anglican

No	69
Date of Notice	25 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Geeves Chandler	Maude Marion Harper
	💍 1915/1851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	33
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	16 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	3724
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne Anglican

29 June 1915

Herbert Anthoney Brunette
Ida Maude Veitch

Herbert Anthoney Brunette
Ida Maude Hitch
💍 1915/3574

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller
Domestic duties

47
45

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
30 days

All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North

15/5689

29 June 1915

Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Anglican

No	70
Date of Notice	29 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Anthoney Brunette	Ida Maude Veitch
BDM Match (94%)	Herbert Anthoney Brunette	Ida Maude Hitch
	💍 1915/3574
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller	Domestic duties
Age	47	45
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	30 days
Marriage Place	All Saints Anglican Church, Palmerston North
Folio	15/5689
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. G. Blackburne, Anglican

29 June 1915

Cyril Wakeling Lowe
Annie Blain

Cyril Wakeling Lowe
Annie Blain
💍 1915/1852

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Dressmaker

30
23

Gorge Terrace Ashhurst
Gorge Terrace Ashhurst

4 days
12 months

Residence of Mr J. Blain Gorge Terrace Ashhurst

3725

29 June 1915

Rev. A. Doull Presbyterian

No	71
Date of Notice	29 June 1915
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Wakeling Lowe	Annie Blain
	💍 1915/1852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Dressmaker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Gorge Terrace Ashhurst	Gorge Terrace Ashhurst
Length of Residence	4 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. Blain Gorge Terrace Ashhurst
Folio	3725
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 June 1915
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Doull Presbyterian

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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).