Intentions to Marry, 1917 Mauriceville to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840472, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1917 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.

1917d contains pages 1283-1664, covering districts from Mauriceville to Wellington

Page 1309

District of Pahiatua Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar D. O'Rourke

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

2 April 1917

Ernest Maddern
Minnie Selena Little

Ernest Maddern
Minnie Selina Little
💍 1917/3616

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Domestic Duties

22
17

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

2 days
2 years

Registrar's Office Pahiatua

2860

Thomas William Little Father

2 April 1917

D. O'Rourke Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	2 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Maddern	Minnie Selena Little
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Maddern	Minnie Selina Little
	💍 1917/3616
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier New Zealand Expeditionary Force	Domestic Duties
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	2 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Pahiatua
Folio	2860
Consent	Thomas William Little Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1917
Officiating Minister	D. O'Rourke Registrar

2 April 1917

Alexander Ross
Evelyn Annie Cartwright

Alexander Ross
Evelyn Annie Cartwright
💍 1917/3617

Widower 21 December 1914
Spinster

Retired Farmer
Nurse

58
43

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

30 years
2 years

Residence of Alexander McKay Pahiatua

2861

2 April 1917

Rev R. Welsh

No	5
Date of Notice	2 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Ross	Evelyn Annie Cartwright
	💍 1917/3617
Condition	Widower 21 December 1914	Spinster
Profession	Retired Farmer	Nurse
Age	58	43
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	30 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Alexander McKay Pahiatua
Folio	2861
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Welsh

4 April 1917

Albert Wyvorn Daysh
Ivy Evelyn Mary Gore

Albert Wyvern Daysh
Ivy Evelyn Mary Gore
💍 1917/3618

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker
Office Clerk

24
25

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 days
10 days

Presbyterian Church Pahiatua

2862

4 April 1917

Rev R. Welsh

No	6
Date of Notice	4 April 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Wyvorn Daysh	Ivy Evelyn Mary Gore
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Wyvern Daysh	Ivy Evelyn Mary Gore
	💍 1917/3618
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker	Office Clerk
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 days	10 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Pahiatua
Folio	2862
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Welsh

29 May 1917

Edgar Francis Niven
Gladys Ina Ellmers

Edgar Francis Niven
Gladys Ina Ellonces
💍 1917/3997

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

27
21

Mangatainoka
Kohinui

2 years
21 years

Church of England Mangatainoka

3269

29 May 1917

Rev R. Hermon

No	7
Date of Notice	29 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Francis Niven	Gladys Ina Ellmers
BDM Match (89%)	Edgar Francis Niven	Gladys Ina Ellonces
	💍 1917/3997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Mangatainoka	Kohinui
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Mangatainoka
Folio	3269
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Hermon

9 June 1917

Cecil Lawrence Schroeder
Annie Stewart Crerar

Cecil Lawrence Schroder
Annie Stewart Crerar
💍 1917/3619

Bachelor
Spinster

Factory Assistant
Dressmaker

24
20

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

3 years
14 years

Residence of Mrs Agnes Crerar Pahiatua

2863

Agnes Crerar Mother

9 June 1917

Rev H. Cotton

No	8
Date of Notice	9 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Lawrence Schroeder	Annie Stewart Crerar
BDM Match (98%)	Cecil Lawrence Schroder	Annie Stewart Crerar
	💍 1917/3619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Factory Assistant	Dressmaker
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Agnes Crerar Pahiatua
Folio	2863
Consent	Agnes Crerar Mother
Date of Certificate	9 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev H. Cotton

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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).