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 1673

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar J. R. Stanhope

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

536

31 May 1916

John Archibald James Macfarlane
Winifred Fleming Lauchlan

John Archibald James Macfarlane
Winifred Fleming Lauchlan
💍 1916/5221

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
22

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

1 year
3 years

Residence of mr. Lauchlan, 37 Sutherland Road, WELLINGTON.

2587

31 May 1916

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	536
Date of Notice	31 May 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archibald James Macfarlane	Winifred Fleming Lauchlan
	💍 1916/5221
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of mr. Lauchlan, 37 Sutherland Road, WELLINGTON.
Folio	2587
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

537

1 June 1916

Henry Paige
Catherine Flora Ferguson

Henry Page
Catherine Flora Ferguson
💍 1916/5222

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm manager

51
32

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

19 months
20 months

Registrar's Office WELLINGTON.

2588

1 June 1916

Deputy Registrar

No	537
Date of Notice	1 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Paige	Catherine Flora Ferguson
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Page	Catherine Flora Ferguson
	💍 1916/5222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm manager
Age	51	32
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	19 months	20 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office WELLINGTON.
Folio	2588
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

538

1 June 1916

Thomas Albert Williams
Kathleen Barnes

Thomas Albert Williams
Kathleen Barnes
💍 1916/5223

Bachelor
Widow 22 October 1913

Engineer

27
27

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

4 months
18 years

St Mary of the Angels Church WELLINGTON

2589

1 June 1916

Rev. J. A. O'Connell

No	538
Date of Notice	1 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Albert Williams	Kathleen Barnes
	💍 1916/5223
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 22 October 1913
Profession	Engineer
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	4 months	18 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church WELLINGTON
Folio	2589
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. O'Connell

539

1 June 1916

John Flaws
Lily Agnes Ryder

John Flaws
Lily Agnes Ryder
💍 1916/5224

Widower 31 January 1913
Spinster

Railway Employee

42
27

Kaiwarra
WELLINGTON.

2 1/2 years
3 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki St, WELLINGTON.

2590

1 June 1916

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	539
Date of Notice	1 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Flaws	Lily Agnes Ryder
	💍 1916/5224
Condition	Widower 31 January 1913	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	42	27
Dwelling Place	Kaiwarra	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki St, WELLINGTON.
Folio	2590
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

540

1 June 1916

Llewellyn Edward Barnard Barltrop
Ethelinda Ada Wells

Llewellyn Edward Barnard Barltrop
Ethelinda Ada Wells
💍 1916/875

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

26
35

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

2 days * member Expeditionary Forces
6 weeks

St Thomas' Church WELLINGTON

6642

1 June 1916

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	540
Date of Notice	1 June 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn Edward Barnard Barltrop	Ethelinda Ada Wells
	💍 1916/875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	26	35
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	2 days * member Expeditionary Forces	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church WELLINGTON
Folio	6642
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 June 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

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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).