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 1527

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar J. 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

381

14 May 1917

Albert Edwin Collins
Edith May Eades

Albert Edwin Collins
Edith May Eades
💍 1917/3148

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
21

Trentham
Wellington

2 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

2337

14 May 1917

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	381
Date of Notice	14 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edwin Collins	Edith May Eades
	💍 1917/3148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	2337
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

382

14 May 1917

Wilfred James Eades
Catherine Florence Hinson

Wilfred James Eades
Catherine Florence Kinson
💍 1917/3149

Bachelor
Spinster

Metal Polisher

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

7 months
5 weeks

Residence of A. Eades, Bridge Street, Kilbirnie

2338

14 May 1917

Rev. W. S. Rollings

No	382
Date of Notice	14 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred James Eades	Catherine Florence Hinson
BDM Match (98%)	Wilfred James Eades	Catherine Florence Kinson
	💍 1917/3149
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Metal Polisher
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 months	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of A. Eades, Bridge Street, Kilbirnie
Folio	2338
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Rollings

383

14 May 1917

Frank Beverley
Ivy May Brighton

Frank Cleverley
Ivy May Crighton
💍 1917/3150

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
17

Petone
Lower Hutt

2 years
9 years

Trinity Congregational Church, Lower Hutt

2339

John Alexander Brighton, father

14 May 1917

Rev. W. H. A. Vickery

No	383
Date of Notice	14 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Beverley	Ivy May Brighton
BDM Match (90%)	Frank Cleverley	Ivy May Crighton
	💍 1917/3150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Petone	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Congregational Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	2339
Consent	John Alexander Brighton, father
Date of Certificate	14 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. A. Vickery

384

14 May 1917

Vivian Palmer Haughton
Laura Besant

Vivian Palmer Haughton
Laura Besant
💍 1917/3151

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
16 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

2340

14 May 1917

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	384
Date of Notice	14 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Palmer Haughton	Laura Besant
	💍 1917/3151
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	2340
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

385

15 May 1917

Thomas Gray Campbell
Ida Agnes Ott

Thomas Gray Campbell
Ida Agnes Ott
💍 1917/3152

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

20
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
19 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

2341

Archibald King Campbell, father; Matilda Ott, mother

15 May 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	385
Date of Notice	15 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Gray Campbell	Ida Agnes Ott
	💍 1917/3152
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	2341
Consent	Archibald King Campbell, father; Matilda Ott, mother
Date of Certificate	15 May 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).