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 1598

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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

166

23 February 1916

Eric Innes Jones
Daisy Evelyn Bramley

Eric Innes Jones
Daisy Evelyn Bramley
💍 1916/4234

Bachelor
Spinster

Motorman

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
18 years

St. Thomas' Church, Wellington

1564

23 February 1916

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	166
Date of Notice	23 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Innes Jones	Daisy Evelyn Bramley
	💍 1916/4234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Wellington
Folio	1564
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

167

23 February 1916

Thomas Hayes Noble Beasley
Doris Mary Creasey

Thomas Hayes Noble Beasley
Doris Mary Creasey
💍 1916/10391

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

30
22

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
15 years

St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington

1565

23 February 1916

Rev. A. Venning

No	167
Date of Notice	23 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hayes Noble Beasley	Doris Mary Creasey
	💍 1916/10391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	1565
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Venning

168

23 February 1916

Robert Johnston
Jane Ann Manley

Robert Johnston
Jane Ann Manley
💍 1916/4236

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 16 September 1915

Chemist

35
34

Seatoun
Wellington

13 years
7 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington

1566

23 February 1916

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	168
Date of Notice	23 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Johnston	Jane Ann Manley
	💍 1916/4236
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 16 September 1915
Profession	Chemist
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Seatoun	Wellington
Length of Residence	13 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	1566
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

169

23 February 1916

Ernest Albert Howard
Evelyn Phoebe Hook

Ernest Albert Howard
Evelyn Phoebe Hook
💍 1916/4237

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab Driver

32
21

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
6 years

Residence of Mrs Walker, 5 Randall St, Wellington

1567

23 February 1916

Rev. W. Shirer

No	169
Date of Notice	23 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Albert Howard	Evelyn Phoebe Hook
	💍 1916/4237
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab Driver
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Walker, 5 Randall St, Wellington
Folio	1567
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

170

23 February 1916

Allan Gibb
Hilda Catherine Hamilton

Allan Gibb
Hilda Catherine Familton
💍 1916/4238

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

23
23

Trentham
Wellington

6 weeks
1 week

Presbyterian Manse, 5 Raroa Rd, Kelburn

1568

23 February 1916

Rev. A. C. W. Standage

No	170
Date of Notice	23 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Gibb	Hilda Catherine Hamilton
BDM Match (98%)	Allan Gibb	Hilda Catherine Familton
	💍 1916/4238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, 5 Raroa Rd, Kelburn
Folio	1568
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. W. Standage

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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).