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 1627

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

867

1 November 1917

Albert Alfred Henry Hatfield
Edith Ellen Oliver

Albert Henry Hatfield
Edith Ellen Oliver
💍 1917/5633

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

Life
11 years

St Mark's Church Wellington

5267

1 November 1917

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	867
Date of Notice	1 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Alfred Henry Hatfield	Edith Ellen Oliver
BDM Match (88%)	Albert Henry Hatfield	Edith Ellen Oliver
	💍 1917/5633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	11 years
Marriage Place	St Mark's Church Wellington
Folio	5267
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

868

1 November 1917

William Samuel Ithill
Letia Constance Lord

William Samuel Ithill
Leta Constance Lord
💍 1917/5634

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

31
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
5 years

The residence of Mr. E. Quaintance 3a Vogel St Wellington

5268

1 November 1917

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	868
Date of Notice	1 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Samuel Ithill	Letia Constance Lord
BDM Match (98%)	William Samuel Ithill	Leta Constance Lord
	💍 1917/5634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	5 years
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. E. Quaintance 3a Vogel St Wellington
Folio	5268
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

869

1 November 1917

George Henry Spragg
Ivy Emma Taylor

George Henry Spragg
Ivy Emma Taylor
💍 1917/5635

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

25
26

Queen's Drive Wellington
Wellington

25 years
20 years

The residence of the Bride 51 Tasman St Wellington

5269

2 November 1917

Rev. W. Shirer

No	869
Date of Notice	1 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Spragg	Ivy Emma Taylor
	💍 1917/5635
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Queen's Drive Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	The residence of the Bride 51 Tasman St Wellington
Folio	5269
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

870

2 November 1917

Charles Richard Ingram
Jessie Shilda Buchanan

Charles Richard Ingram
Jessie Hilda Buchan
💍 1917/5637

Widower 27/12/1914
Spinster

Civil Servant

41
28

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
16 years

St Johns Church Willis St Wellington

5270

2 November 1917

Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

No	870
Date of Notice	2 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Richard Ingram	Jessie Shilda Buchanan
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Richard Ingram	Jessie Hilda Buchan
	💍 1917/5637
Condition	Widower 27/12/1914	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	41	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church Willis St Wellington
Folio	5270
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

871

2 November 1917

Percy Norman Carroll
Florrie Ellen Williams

Percy Norman Carroll
Florrie Ellen Williams
💍 1917/5638

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
29

Brooklyn
Wellington

10 years
9 years

The Residence of the Bridegroom 30 Holmwood Rd Brooklyn

5271

2 November 1917

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	871
Date of Notice	2 November 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Norman Carroll	Florrie Ellen Williams
	💍 1917/5638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Brooklyn	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of the Bridegroom 30 Holmwood Rd Brooklyn
Folio	5271
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

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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).