Intentions to Marry, 1916 Mauriceville to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840466, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1916 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.

1916d contains pages 1381-1802, covering districts from Mauriceville to Wellington

Page 1479

District of Rangitikei Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar R. Ansley

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

2 October 1916

Lewis Frederick Ogden
Ada Mary Farrelly

Lewis Frederick Ogden
Ada Mary Farrelly
💍 1916/2589

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Factory Assistant
Domestic Servant

44
32

Wangaehu
Turakina

15 months
3 years

Roman Catholic Church Marton

7768

2 October 1916

Rev M. B. Doolaghty Roman Catholic Marton

No	32
Date of Notice	2 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Frederick Ogden	Ada Mary Farrelly
	💍 1916/2589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Factory Assistant	Domestic Servant
Age	44	32
Dwelling Place	Wangaehu	Turakina
Length of Residence	15 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Marton
Folio	7768
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev M. B. Doolaghty Roman Catholic Marton

17 October 1916

Thomas Murphy
Nellie Casey

Thomas Murphy
Nellie Casey
💍 1916/2590

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic Servant

32
34

Marton
Marton

6 weeks
10 days

Roman Catholic Church Marton

7769

17 October 1916

Rev M. B. Doolaghty Roman Catholic Marton

No	33
Date of Notice	17 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Murphy	Nellie Casey
	💍 1916/2590
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic Servant
Age	32	34
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	6 weeks	10 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Marton
Folio	7769
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev M. B. Doolaghty Roman Catholic Marton

20 October 1916

Gerald de Bathe Brandon
Gertrude Stanley McBeth

Gerald de Bathe Brandon
Gertrude Stanley McBeth
💍 1916/2588

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier
Domestic Servant

34
27

Marton
Marton

5 years
Life

Jas. McBeth's Residence Upper Tutaenui Marton

7767

20 October 1916

Rev. L. H. Hunt Presbyterian Marton

No	34
Date of Notice	20 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald de Bathe Brandon	Gertrude Stanley McBeth
	💍 1916/2588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Domestic Servant
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	Jas. McBeth's Residence Upper Tutaenui Marton
Folio	7767
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. H. Hunt Presbyterian Marton

21 October 1916

Thomas Valentine Jessop
Hilda Harrison

Thomas Valentine Jessop
Hilda Harrison
💍 1916/2587

Divorced
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

36
25

Marton
Marton

2 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

Wm Fraser's Residence Marton

7766

21 October 1916

Wm Fraser Salvation Army Marton

No	35
Date of Notice	21 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Valentine Jessop	Hilda Harrison
	💍 1916/2587
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Marton	Marton
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Wm Fraser's Residence Marton
Folio	7766
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Wm Fraser Salvation Army Marton

4 November 1916

Edward Charles Houghton
Evelyn Freda Katherine Raine

Edward Charles Houghton
Evelyn Catherine Frieda Raine
💍 1916/2586

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman
Domestic Servant

44
25

Marton Junction
Marton

8 years
6 years

Church of England, Cliff Rd Marton

7765

4 November 1916

Rev. V. H. Kitcat Church of England Marton

No	36
Date of Notice	4 November 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Houghton	Evelyn Freda Katherine Raine
BDM Match (76%)	Edward Charles Houghton	Evelyn Catherine Frieda Raine
	💍 1916/2586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman	Domestic Servant
Age	44	25
Dwelling Place	Marton Junction	Marton
Length of Residence	8 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Cliff Rd Marton
Folio	7765
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. H. Kitcat Church of England Marton

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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).