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 1711

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1916 Registrar J. H. Linthorpe

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

721

19 July 1916

Herbert John Holgate
Alice Lea

Herbert John Colgate
Alice Lea
💍 1916/7120

Bachelor
Spinster

Book

24
26

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
3 years

St Mark's Church, Wellington

4650

19 July 1916

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	721
Date of Notice	19 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Holgate	Alice Lea
BDM Match (98%)	Herbert John Colgate	Alice Lea
	💍 1916/7120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	4650
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

722

20 July 1916

Randal Richard Winteringham Welch
Johanna Mary O'Halloran

Randal Richard Winteringham Welch
Johanna Mary O'Halloran
💍 1916/12722

Divorced Decree Absolute 29 July 1908
Spinster

Gentleman

33
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

4753

Ellen St. Leger, mother

20 July 1916

Deputy Registrar

No	722
Date of Notice	20 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Randal Richard Winteringham Welch	Johanna Mary O'Halloran
	💍 1916/12722
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 29 July 1908	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	4753
Consent	Ellen St. Leger, mother
Date of Certificate	20 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

723

21 July 1916

Cecil John Shaw
Kathleen Elsie Lamberg

Cecil John Shaw
Kathleen Elsie Lamberg
💍 1916/13507

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse dealer

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
25 years

Residence of Mr. T. Lamberg, Onepu Road, Kilbirnie

4754

21 July 1916

Rev. W. Shirer

No	723
Date of Notice	21 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil John Shaw	Kathleen Elsie Lamberg
	💍 1916/13507
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse dealer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. T. Lamberg, Onepu Road, Kilbirnie
Folio	4754
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

724

21 July 1916

Albert Edward Turner
Myrtle Sarah Slack

Albert Edward Turner
Myrtle Sarah Slack
💍 1916/1505

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor (* member N.Z. Expeditionary Force)

26
26

Featherston
Wellington

6 weeks
26 years

St Thomas' Church, Wellington

6274

21 July 1916

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	724
Date of Notice	21 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Turner	Myrtle Sarah Slack
	💍 1916/1505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor (* member N.Z. Expeditionary Force)
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	26 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church, Wellington
Folio	6274
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

725

21 July 1916

Henry Hyde Bills
Eileen Hurley

Henry Hyde Bills
Eileen Hurley
💍 1916/7144

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

40
30

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
10 days

St Peter's Church, Wellington

4699

21 July 1916

Rev. H. Watson

No	725
Date of Notice	21 July 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hyde Bills	Eileen Hurley
	💍 1916/7144
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	10 days
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	4699
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

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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).