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 1637

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar A. Phimthope

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

356

14 April 1916

Charles Thomas Bramphorn
Margaret Annie Baldwyn

Charles Thomas Cramphorn
Margaret Annie Baldwyn
💍 1916/5113

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

30
28

Featherston
WELLINGTON

6 weeks
6 months

St. Peter's Church WELLINGTON

2405

14 April 1916

Rev. H. Watson

No	356
Date of Notice	14 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Bramphorn	Margaret Annie Baldwyn
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Thomas Cramphorn	Margaret Annie Baldwyn
	💍 1916/5113
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Featherston	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church WELLINGTON
Folio	2405
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

357

15 April 1916

Ernest George Gard
Madeline Gubbins

Ernest George Gard
Madeline Gubbins
💍 1916/5114

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrical Engineer

23
22

Silverstream
WELLINGTON

20 years
22 years

Church of Christ, Rintoul St, WELLINGTON

2406

15 April 1916

Mr. W. Phillips

No	357
Date of Notice	15 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest George Gard	Madeline Gubbins
	💍 1916/5114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrical Engineer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Silverstream	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Rintoul St, WELLINGTON
Folio	2406
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Mr. W. Phillips

358

15 April 1916

Godfrey John Hammond
Edith Maud Macintosh Cameron

Godfrey John Hammond
Edith Maud Macintosh Cameron
💍 1916/5115

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
23

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

3 months
3 years

St. James' Church, Lower Hutt

16/2407

15 April 1916

Rev. A. R. Hansell

No	358
Date of Notice	15 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Godfrey John Hammond	Edith Maud Macintosh Cameron
	💍 1916/5115
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	16/2407
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. R. Hansell

359

15 April 1916

Joseph Jamison
Marie Hitchens

Joseph Jamison
Marie Hitchens
💍 1916/5116

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
47

Waiwetu
WELLINGTON

5 years
10 years

St Andrews Manse, 84 Hill St, WELLINGTON

2408

15 April 1916

Rev. J. G. Smith

No	359
Date of Notice	15 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Jamison	Marie Hitchens
	💍 1916/5116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	47
Dwelling Place	Waiwetu	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	5 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Manse, 84 Hill St, WELLINGTON
Folio	2408
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Smith

360

17 April 1916

Horace Alexander Bower
Elizabeth Hilda Lilian Tanner

Horace Alexander Bower
Elizabeth Hilda Lilian Tanner
💍 1916/6071

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineers Branch

29
26

WELLINGTON
Coromandel

9 months
15 years

Residence of Mr. J. B. Tanner, Coromandel

3380

17 April 1916

Rev. J. A. Norrie

No	360
Date of Notice	17 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Alexander Bower	Elizabeth Hilda Lilian Tanner
	💍 1916/6071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineers Branch
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	Coromandel
Length of Residence	9 months	15 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. B. Tanner, Coromandel
Folio	3380
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Norrie

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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).