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 1602

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1916 Registrar H. P. M. Thorpe

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

186

28 February 1916

Alfred Lovering Marshall
Winifred Ethel Benton

Alfred Lovering Marshall
Winifred Ethel Benton
💍 1916/4275

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

35
30

Trentham
Wellington

4 months
6 months

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

1581

28 February 1916

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	186
Date of Notice	28 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Lovering Marshall	Winifred Ethel Benton
	💍 1916/4275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	1581
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

187

28 February 1916

George Archer Keall
Mary Neiken Lockwood

George Archer Keall
Mary Neilsen Lockwood
💍 1916/10430

Bachelor
Spinster

manufacturers Agent

35
28

Island Bay
Island Bay

15 years
10 years

Residence of Mr C J Lockwood, Clyde Street, Island Bay

1580

28 February 1916

Rev. C. H. Standage

No	187
Date of Notice	28 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Archer Keall	Mary Neiken Lockwood
BDM Match (95%)	George Archer Keall	Mary Neilsen Lockwood
	💍 1916/10430
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	manufacturers Agent
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	Island Bay	Island Bay
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr C J Lockwood, Clyde Street, Island Bay
Folio	1580
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Standage

188

28 February 1916

James Angus McQuilkan
Frances Collier

James Angus McQuilkan
Frances Collier
💍 1916/4276

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
30

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

14 months
12 months

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

1582

28 February 1916

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	188
Date of Notice	28 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Angus McQuilkan	Frances Collier
	💍 1916/4276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	14 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	1582
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

189

28 February 1916

Charles Patrick Alfonso Flattery Donohoe
Christina Johnston

Charles Patrick Alfonso Flattery Donohoe
Christina Johnston
💍 1916/4277

Bachelor
Spinster

Cleaner on Railways

25
25

Wellington
Lyall Bay

2 years
3 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington

1583

28 February 1916

Rev. A. Venning

No	189
Date of Notice	28 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Patrick Alfonso Flattery Donohoe	Christina Johnston
	💍 1916/4277
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cleaner on Railways
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Lyall Bay
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Wellington
Folio	1583
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Venning

190

28 February 1916

Ernest Atkin
Ida Louise Geary

Ernest Atkin
Ida Louise Geary
💍 1916/4278

Bachelor
Spinster

Proof-reader

27
20

Karori
Wellington

2 1/2 years
20 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

1584

Stephen Geary father

28 February 1916

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	190
Date of Notice	28 February 1916
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Atkin	Ida Louise Geary
	💍 1916/4278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Proof-reader
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Karori	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	1584
Consent	Stephen Geary father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1916
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

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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).