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 1611

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1917 Registrar R. G. Poulton

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

787

3 October 1917

Roy Frederick Amos
Jeannie Violet Radford

Roy Frederick Amos
Jeannie Violet Radford
💍 1917/5558

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

21
20

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St. Thomas' Church Wellington South

5190

Date of solemn 17 Oct 1917 14 days notice

Rev. W. Fancourt

No	787
Date of Notice	3 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roy Frederick Amos	Jeannie Violet Radford
	💍 1917/5558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church Wellington South
Folio	5190
Consent	Date of solemn 17 Oct 1917 14 days notice
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt

788

3 October 1917

Cecil Dwyer
Ivy Helga Erickson

Carl Dwyer
Ivy Holga Ericksen
💍 1917/5559

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

35
22

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
1 year

Registrar's Office Wellington

5191

3 October 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	788
Date of Notice	3 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Dwyer	Ivy Helga Erickson
BDM Match (81%)	Carl Dwyer	Ivy Holga Ericksen
	💍 1917/5559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5191
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

789

3 October 1917

Henry Francis Percival Burns
Isabella Clark

Henry Francis Percil Burns
Isabella Clark
💍 1917/5560

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 25/9/17

Bootmaker

25
30

Wellington
Wellington

7 months
10 months

St. James' Church Wellington South

5192

3 October 1917

Rev. W. Shirer

No	789
Date of Notice	3 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Percival Burns	Isabella Clark
BDM Match (96%)	Henry Francis Percil Burns	Isabella Clark
	💍 1917/5560
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 25/9/17
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	25	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 months	10 months
Marriage Place	St. James' Church Wellington South
Folio	5192
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

790

4 October 1917

Arthur Phillips
Ivy Edith Evelina Dodds

Arthur Phillips
Ivy Edith Eveline Dodds
💍 1917/5561

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

24 years
Life

Baptist Church Island Bay

5193

4 October 1917

Rev. Eric Evans

No	790
Date of Notice	4 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Phillips	Ivy Edith Evelina Dodds
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Phillips	Ivy Edith Eveline Dodds
	💍 1917/5561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	Life
Marriage Place	Baptist Church Island Bay
Folio	5193
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. Eric Evans

791

4 October 1917

Jacob Isaiah Putiki
Mai Ellen Lucia Fontaine

Jacob Isaiah Potiki
Mai Ellen Lucia Fontanne
💍 1917/5562

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

32
36

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
9 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

5194

4 October 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	791
Date of Notice	4 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacob Isaiah Putiki	Mai Ellen Lucia Fontaine
BDM Match (95%)	Jacob Isaiah Potiki	Mai Ellen Lucia Fontanne
	💍 1917/5562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5194
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).