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 1632

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

892

9 November 1914

James Edward Smith
Alice Lambert

James Edward Smith
Alice Lambert
💍 1917/5659

Bachelor
Spinster

Meat Grader

37
38

Wellington
Wellington

3 Days
3 Days

Registrar's Office Wellington

5292

9 November 1914

Deputy Registrar

No	892
Date of Notice	9 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Edward Smith	Alice Lambert
	💍 1917/5659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Meat Grader
Age	37	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 Days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5292
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

893

9 November 1914

George Ernest Bartlett Adamson
Mary Anna McLachlan

George Ernest Bartlett Adamson
Mary Anna McLachlan
💍 1917/5660

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary & Journalist

32
25

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
10 years

The residence of the Bride's Mother 29 Reuben Avenue Brooklyn

5293

9 November 1914

Rev. J. H. White

No	893
Date of Notice	9 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Bartlett Adamson	Mary Anna McLachlan
	💍 1917/5660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary & Journalist
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	The residence of the Bride's Mother 29 Reuben Avenue Brooklyn
Folio	5293
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. White

894

9 November 1914

Edward John Fellows
Amber Annie Shadbolt

Edward John Fellows
Amber Annie Shadbolt
💍 1917/5662

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
16 years

St Peter's Church Willis Street Wellington

5294

Alfred Shadbolt, Father

9 November 1914

Rev. H. Watson

No	894
Date of Notice	9 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John Fellows	Amber Annie Shadbolt
	💍 1917/5662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church Willis Street Wellington
Folio	5294
Consent	Alfred Shadbolt, Father
Date of Certificate	9 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

895

9 November 1914

Samuel Adnett
Anne O'Sullivan

Samuel Adnett
Anne O'Sullivan
💍 1917/5663

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

40
27

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
6 months

St Mary's of the Angels Boulcott Street Wellington

5295

9 November 1914

Rev. A. Venning

No	895
Date of Notice	9 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Adnett	Anne O'Sullivan
	💍 1917/5663
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	40	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	6 months
Marriage Place	St Mary's of the Angels Boulcott Street Wellington
Folio	5295
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Venning

896

9 November 1914

Victor Alexander Rule
Eveline Maude Morton

Victor Alexander Rule
Eveline Maude More
💍 1917/5664

Bachelor
Spinster

Y.M.C.A Field Secretary

21
23

Wellington
Christchurch

3 days
13 years

St John's Presbyterian Church Wellington

5296

9 November 1914

Rev. D. D. Scott

No	896
Date of Notice	9 November 1914
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Alexander Rule	Eveline Maude Morton
BDM Match (93%)	Victor Alexander Rule	Eveline Maude More
	💍 1917/5664
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Y.M.C.A Field Secretary
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	13 years
Marriage Place	St John's Presbyterian Church Wellington
Folio	5296
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 November 1914
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Scott

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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).