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 1610

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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

226

8 March 1916

Paul Linklater
Edith Margaret Osborne

Paul Linklater
Edith Margaret Osborne
💍 1916/4382

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
26

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

12 months
2 years

Knox Church Lower Hutt

1612

8 March 1916

Rev. Jno Caw

No	226
Date of Notice	8 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Paul Linklater	Edith Margaret Osborne
	💍 1916/4382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	12 months	2 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church Lower Hutt
Folio	1612
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jno Caw

227

9 March 1916

Evelyn Crawford Wood
Elsie May Sparkes

Evelyn Crawford Wood
Elsie May Sparke
💍 1916/4383

Bachelor
Spinster

Embarkation Officer

21
20

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
5 years

Residence of Mrs. F. Manson, 15 Crescent Road Roseneath

1613

Charlotte Jane Sparkes Mother

9 March 1916

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	227
Date of Notice	9 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Evelyn Crawford Wood	Elsie May Sparkes
BDM Match (97%)	Evelyn Crawford Wood	Elsie May Sparke
	💍 1916/4383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Embarkation Officer
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. F. Manson, 15 Crescent Road Roseneath
Folio	1613
Consent	Charlotte Jane Sparkes Mother
Date of Certificate	9 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

228

10 March 1916

John McKay Morris
Edith Brunhilda Parramore

John McKay Morris
Edith Brunhilda Parramore
💍 1916/4384

Widower 20 August 1908
Spinster

Farmer

47
31

Northland
Northland

3 days
2 weeks

Residence of Mrs. Rudkin, West Road Northland

1614

10 March 1916

Rev. A. C. W. Standage

No	228
Date of Notice	10 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McKay Morris	Edith Brunhilda Parramore
	💍 1916/4384
Condition	Widower 20 August 1908	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	47	31
Dwelling Place	Northland	Northland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Rudkin, West Road Northland
Folio	1614
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. W. Standage

229

10 March 1916

Henry Herbert Lippitt
Eleanor Beatrice Tree

Henry Herbert Lippitt
Eleanor Beatrice Free
💍 1916/4385

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

28
29

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
7 years

St. James' Church, Wellington

1615

10 March 1916

Rev. W. Shirer

No	229
Date of Notice	10 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Herbert Lippitt	Eleanor Beatrice Tree
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Herbert Lippitt	Eleanor Beatrice Free
	💍 1916/4385
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Wellington
Folio	1615
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

230

10 March 1916

Robert Charles Collier
Lizzie Clara Perks

Robert Charles Collier
Lizzie Clara Perks
💍 1916/4386

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

32
22

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
1 week

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

1616

10 March 1916

Rev. H. Watson

No	230
Date of Notice	10 March 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Charles Collier	Lizzie Clara Perks
	💍 1916/4386
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	1616
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 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).