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 1763

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 December 1916 Registrar J. G. Palethorpe

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

971

30 October 1916

Charles Edward Vincent
Elsie May Parker

Charles Edward Vincent
Elsir May Baker
💍 1916/1645

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
29

Petone
Wellington

Life
Life

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

6464

30 October 1916

Rev. J. Dawson

No	971
Date of Notice	30 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Vincent	Elsie May Parker
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Edward Vincent	Elsir May Baker
	💍 1916/1645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	6464
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dawson

972

30 October 1916

Stanley Archibald Campbell Kelly
Ivy Stamford Johnson

Stanley Archibald Campbell Kelly
Ivy Stanford Johnson
💍 1916/1646

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
23

Featherston
Wellington

1 year
3 weeks

Methodist Manse, 21 Hankey St, Wellington

6465

30 October 1916

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	972
Date of Notice	30 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Archibald Campbell Kelly	Ivy Stamford Johnson
BDM Match (98%)	Stanley Archibald Campbell Kelly	Ivy Stanford Johnson
	💍 1916/1646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Methodist Manse, 21 Hankey St, Wellington
Folio	6465
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

973

31 October 1916

Thomas Ellis Glover
Dulcie Bell Quig

Thomas Ellis Glover
Dulcie Bell Quig
💍 1916/1647

Bachelor
Spinster

Newspaper artist & Reporter

25
20

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
4 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

6466

Alice Quig, mother

31 October 1916

Deputy Registrar

No	973
Date of Notice	31 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ellis Glover	Dulcie Bell Quig
	💍 1916/1647
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Newspaper artist & Reporter
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	6466
Consent	Alice Quig, mother
Date of Certificate	31 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

974

31 October 1916

George Bennett Cumming
Ruth Rotherham

George Bennett Cumming
Ruth Rotherham
💍 1916/1648

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
Life

Residence of Mrs M. Founday, 13 Barker St, Wellington

6467

31 October 1916

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	974
Date of Notice	31 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Bennett Cumming	Ruth Rotherham
	💍 1916/1648
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs M. Founday, 13 Barker St, Wellington
Folio	6467
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

975

31 October 1916

John Henry Forrester
Alexa Violet Organ

John Henry Forrester
Alexa Violet Organ
💍 1916/1649

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor's Cutter

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
8 years

St Barnabas Church, Roseneath

6468

31 October 1916

Rev. R. Franklin

No	975
Date of Notice	31 October 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Forrester	Alexa Violet Organ
	💍 1916/1649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor's Cutter
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Barnabas Church, Roseneath
Folio	6468
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Franklin

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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).