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 1628

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1916 Registrar J. H. 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

311

4 April 1916

Roland Bilton Ellison
Ella Mary Victoria Marshall

Roland Bilton Ellison
Ella Mary Victoria Marshall
💍 1916/5024

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruitgrower

27
30

Wellington
Island Bay

3 days
10 years

St. Hilda's Church, Island Bay

2362

4 April 1916

Rev. J. H. Castle

No	311
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roland Bilton Ellison	Ella Mary Victoria Marshall
	💍 1916/5024
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruitgrower
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Island Bay
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Hilda's Church, Island Bay
Folio	2362
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Castle

312

4 April 1916

Frederic Richard Lightfoot
Doris Christobel McIntyre

Frederic Richard Lightfoot
Doris Christobel McIntyre
💍 1916/5025

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
17

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

9 months
3 years

Registrar's Office, WELLINGTON

2363

Edith Ellen Hammer, mother

4 April 1916

Deputy Registrar

No	312
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Richard Lightfoot	Doris Christobel McIntyre
	💍 1916/5025
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	9 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, WELLINGTON
Folio	2363
Consent	Edith Ellen Hammer, mother
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

313

4 April 1916

Oscar Olsson Schuberg (as natural Schuberg (Goberg))
Irene Broll (Goberg)

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

38
38

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

3 days
6 weeks

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

2364

4 April 1916

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	313
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Olsson Schuberg (as natural Schuberg (Goberg))	Irene Broll (Goberg)
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	38	38
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	2364
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

314

4 April 1916

Lawrence Philip Dumbleton
Ina Rachel Grace Patten

Lawrence Philip Dumbleton
Ira Rachel Grace Palten
💍 1916/5027

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
21

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

14 years
21 years

St. Mark's Church, WELLINGTON

2365

4 April 1916

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	314
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lawrence Philip Dumbleton	Ina Rachel Grace Patten
BDM Match (96%)	Lawrence Philip Dumbleton	Ira Rachel Grace Palten
	💍 1916/5027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	14 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, WELLINGTON
Folio	2365
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

315

4 April 1916

Ethelbert William Norris Kemp
Winifred Agnes Smith

Ethelbert William Norris Kemp
Winifred Agnes Smith
💍 1916/5028

Bachelor
Spinster

Station manager

37
27

WELLINGTON
WELLINGTON

3 days
26 years

Congregational Church, Constable St, Wellington

2366

4 April 1916

Rev. W. A. Evans

No	315
Date of Notice	4 April 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ethelbert William Norris Kemp	Winifred Agnes Smith
	💍 1916/5028
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station manager
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON	WELLINGTON
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Constable St, Wellington
Folio	2366
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Evans

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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).