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 1621

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1917 Registrar R. S. 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

837

23 October 1917

Arthur William Head
Daphne Kathleen Henry

Arthur William Head
Daphne Kathleen Henry
💍 1917/5603

Bachelor
Spinster

Radio Telegraphist

29
20

Petone
Petone

3 days
19 days

St. Augustine's Church, Petone

5236

Thomas Henry, father, Petone

23 October 1917

Rev. H. S. I. Linley

No	837
Date of Notice	23 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Head	Daphne Kathleen Henry
	💍 1917/5603
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Radio Telegraphist
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	3 days	19 days
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Petone
Folio	5236
Consent	Thomas Henry, father, Petone
Date of Certificate	23 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. I. Linley

838

23 October 1917

Stanley Roy Crothers
Laura Crump

Stanley Roy Crothers
Laura Crump
💍 1917/5604

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist's Assistant

21
21

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
14 years

St. James' Church, Wellington South

5237

24 October 1917

Rev. W. Shirer

No	838
Date of Notice	23 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Roy Crothers	Laura Crump
	💍 1917/5604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist's Assistant
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Wellington South
Folio	5237
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

839

24 October 1917

George Arthur Peachey
Louisa Eliza Maurice

George Arthur Peachey
Louisa Eliza Maurice
💍 1917/5605

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
24

Featherston
Wellington

1 Day
3 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

5238

24 October 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	839
Date of Notice	24 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Arthur Peachey	Louisa Eliza Maurice
	💍 1917/5605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 Day	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	5238
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

840

24 October 1917

Clifford Aidan Smith
Mary Rubina Menzies

Clifford Aidan Smith
Mary Rubena Menzies
💍 1917/5606

Bachelor
Spinster

Staff Sergeant Major

27
24

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
4 years

The residence of the bride, 24 Colombo St., Wellington

5239

24 October 1917

Rev. A. B. Todd

No	840
Date of Notice	24 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clifford Aidan Smith	Mary Rubina Menzies
BDM Match (97%)	Clifford Aidan Smith	Mary Rubena Menzies
	💍 1917/5606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Staff Sergeant Major
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The residence of the bride, 24 Colombo St., Wellington
Folio	5239
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. B. Todd

841

24 October 1917

William George Ball
Sarah Ann Livermore

William George Ball
Sarah Ann Livermore
💍 1917/5607

Divorced Decree absolute 20/9/16
Divorced Decree absolute 6/2/12

Storeman

38
33

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
24 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

5240

24 October 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	841
Date of Notice	24 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Ball	Sarah Ann Livermore
	💍 1917/5607
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 20/9/16	Divorced Decree absolute 6/2/12
Profession	Storeman
Age	38	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	5240
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).