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 1593

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar J. R. Petherick

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

141

17 February 1916

Gilbert Ernest Allcock
Ruby Alison Robinson

Gilbert Ernest Allcock
Ruby Alison Robinson
💍 1916/8973

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

30
29

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

6 years
2 1/2 months

St Marks Church WELLINGTON

1550

17 February 1916

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	141
Date of Notice	17 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Ernest Allcock	Ruby Alison Robinson
	💍 1916/8973
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	6 years	2 1/2 months
Marriage Place	St Marks Church WELLINGTON
Folio	1550
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

142

17 February 1916

Ernest Charles Winstone
Alice Lilian Marshall

Ernest Charles Winstone
Alice Lilian Marshall
💍 1916/4462

Bachelor
Spinster

Captain N. Z. D. C.

31
22

Trentham
Auckland

1 month
4 years

Residence of Mr. George Winstone, Mt Eden Road Auckland

1444

17 February 1916

Rev. C. H. Laws

No	142
Date of Notice	17 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Charles Winstone	Alice Lilian Marshall
	💍 1916/4462
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Captain N. Z. D. C.
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. George Winstone, Mt Eden Road Auckland
Folio	1444
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws

143

17 February 1916

Blunnie Watson Pratt
Agnes Hamilton

Clunnie Watson Pratt
Agnes Hamilton
💍 1916/10385

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
34

Trentham
WELLINGTON

9 months
15 months

Presbyterian Church Kelburn

1551

17 February 1916

Rev. A. C. W. Standage

No	143
Date of Notice	17 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Blunnie Watson Pratt	Agnes Hamilton
BDM Match (98%)	Clunnie Watson Pratt	Agnes Hamilton
	💍 1916/10385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	34
Dwelling Place	Trentham	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	9 months	15 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Kelburn
Folio	1551
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. W. Standage

144

18 February 1916

William Algernon Ebblewhite
Grace Marion Roberts

William Algernon Ebblewhite
Grace Marion Roberts
💍 1916/4240

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

35
21

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

8 years
3 years

Unitarian Free Church Vivian Street WELLINGTON

1552

18 February 1916

Rev. G. E. Hale

No	144
Date of Notice	18 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Algernon Ebblewhite	Grace Marion Roberts
	💍 1916/4240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Unitarian Free Church Vivian Street WELLINGTON
Folio	1552
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Hale

145

18 February 1916

Fredrich William Norman
Annie Louisa Perry

Fredrick William Gorman
Annie Louisa Perry
💍 1916/4247

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

22
23

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

5 years
10 years

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral WELLINGTON

1553

18 February 1916

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	145
Date of Notice	18 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fredrich William Norman	Annie Louisa Perry
BDM Match (96%)	Fredrick William Gorman	Annie Louisa Perry
	💍 1916/4247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral WELLINGTON
Folio	1553
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

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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).