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 1663

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1914 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

1047

31 December 1914

Arthur Ernest Woods
Minnie Florence Corbett

Arthur Ernest Woods
Minnie Florence Corbett
💍 1917/402

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

32
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
24 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

5434

31 December 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	1047
Date of Notice	31 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ernest Woods	Minnie Florence Corbett
	💍 1917/402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5434
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1048

31 December 1914

Alfred William Scallon
Edith Gertrude Fincham

Alfred William Seatoun
Edith Gertrude Fincham
💍 1917/380

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 4/9/1912

Plumber

35
36

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
10 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

5435

31 December 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	1048
Date of Notice	31 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Scallon	Edith Gertrude Fincham
BDM Match (91%)	Alfred William Seatoun	Edith Gertrude Fincham
	💍 1917/380
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 4/9/1912
Profession	Plumber
Age	35	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5435
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1049

31 December 1914

Angus Powell
Ada Ellen Gillin Hunt

Angus Powell
Ada Ellen Kime
💍 1917/381

Bachelor
Widow 20/11/1902

Coach Builder

50
48

Wellington
Wellington

3 weeks
8 days

St John's Church Willis St Wellington

5436

31 December 1914

Rev. J. Gibb

No	1049
Date of Notice	31 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Powell	Ada Ellen Gillin Hunt
BDM Match (76%)	Angus Powell	Ada Ellen Kime
	💍 1917/381
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 20/11/1902
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	50	48
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 weeks	8 days
Marriage Place	St John's Church Willis St Wellington
Folio	5436
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

1050

31 December 1914

Thomas Henry Campbell
Sarah Ellen Hillin

Thomas Henry Campbell
Sarah Ellen Gillin
💍 1918/766

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

35
35

Trentham
Seatoun

5 months
5 months

Catholic Church Seatoun

31 December 1914

Rev. D. Campbell

No	1050
Date of Notice	31 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Campbell	Sarah Ellen Hillin
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Henry Campbell	Sarah Ellen Gillin
	💍 1918/766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	35
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Seatoun
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	Catholic Church Seatoun
Folio	31
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Campbell

1051

31 December 1914

William Jacques
Annie Webb

William Jacques
Annie Gibb
💍 1918/767

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

32
30

H.M.H.S Marama
Porirua

2 years
4 years

Methodist Church Porirua

31 December 1914

Rev. C. H. Earwaker

No	1051
Date of Notice	31 December 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Jacques	Annie Webb
BDM Match (90%)	William Jacques	Annie Gibb
	💍 1918/767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	H.M.H.S Marama	Porirua
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Porirua
Folio	32
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 December 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Earwaker

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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).