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 1798

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1916 Registrar J. P. 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

1146

23 December 1916

Philip Peter Francis Albrecht
Emily Dorothea Head

Philip Peter Francis Albrecht
Emily Dorothea Head
💍 1916/1773

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

21
19

Wellington
Wellington

9 weeks
8 weeks

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

6617

Michael Head, father

23 December 1916

Rev. J. J. Chapman

No	1146
Date of Notice	23 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Philip Peter Francis Albrecht	Emily Dorothea Head
	💍 1916/1773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 weeks	8 weeks
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	6617
Consent	Michael Head, father
Date of Certificate	23 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Chapman

1147

27 December 1916

Peter Orr
Katherine Munns

Peter Orr
Catherine Munns
💍 1916/1774

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Buyer

26
19

Johnsonville
Johnsonville

3 days
3 days

Presbyterian Church, Johnsonville

6618

William Munns, father

27 December 1916

Rev. J. Cumming

No	1147
Date of Notice	27 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Orr	Katherine Munns
BDM Match (97%)	Peter Orr	Catherine Munns
	💍 1916/1774
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Buyer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Johnsonville
Folio	6618
Consent	William Munns, father
Date of Certificate	27 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Cumming

1148

28 December 1916

Federick William Strand
Charlotte Olive Spilman

Frederick William Strand
Charlotte Olive Spilman
💍 1916/1775

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand

52
29

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

6 days
14 years

Methodist Church, Lower Hutt

6619

28 December 1916

Rev. W. Beckett

No	1148
Date of Notice	28 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Federick William Strand	Charlotte Olive Spilman
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick William Strand	Charlotte Olive Spilman
	💍 1916/1775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand
Age	52	29
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	6 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	6619
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beckett

1149

28 December 1916

David Wright
Eleanor Louise McKenzie

David Wright
Eleanor Louise McKenzie
💍 1916/1777

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 6 Dec 1916

Slaughterman

33
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

6620

28 December 1916

Deputy Registrar

No	1149
Date of Notice	28 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Wright	Eleanor Louise McKenzie
	💍 1916/1777
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 6 Dec 1916
Profession	Slaughterman
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	6620
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 1916
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1150

28 December 1916

Ernest Cecil Charles Ledbrook
Annie Aldred

Ernest Cecil Charles Ledbrook
Annie Aldred
💍 1917/1170

Bachelor
Spinster

Warder

23
31

Porirua
Wellington

7 years
2 years

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

120

28 December 1916

Rev. H. Watson

No	1150
Date of Notice	28 December 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Cecil Charles Ledbrook	Annie Aldred
	💍 1917/1170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warder
Age	23	31
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	120
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 December 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).