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 1610

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

782

2 October 1917

Harold Edison Pascoe
Thalia Moloney

Harold Edison Paaske
Katie Moloney
💍 1917/5554

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber Machinist

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
22 years

Residence of Mr. A. E. Smith, 44 Thorndon Quay, Wellington

5186

2 October 1917

Rev. A. Reader

No	782
Date of Notice	2 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edison Pascoe	Thalia Moloney
BDM Match (78%)	Harold Edison Paaske	Katie Moloney
	💍 1917/5554
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber Machinist
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. A. E. Smith, 44 Thorndon Quay, Wellington
Folio	5186
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reader

783

2 October 1917

Sydney Bagshaw Probert
Mabel Dora Stanton

Sydney Bagshawe Probert
Mabel Dora Stanton
💍 1917/6550

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

30
31

Eastbourne
Eastbourne

5 days
5 days

Church of England Eastbourne

6439

2 October 1917

Rev. T. Gardner

No	783
Date of Notice	2 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Bagshaw Probert	Mabel Dora Stanton
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Bagshawe Probert	Mabel Dora Stanton
	💍 1917/6550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	30	31
Dwelling Place	Eastbourne	Eastbourne
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Eastbourne
Folio	6439
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Gardner

784

2 October 1917

Frank Albert Burton
Catherine Agnes Stanley

Frank Albert Barton
Catherine Agnes Stonley
💍 1917/5555

Bachelor
Divorced

Fireman

30
30

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

5187

2 October 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	784
Date of Notice	2 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Albert Burton	Catherine Agnes Stanley
BDM Match (95%)	Frank Albert Barton	Catherine Agnes Stonley
	💍 1917/5555
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Fireman
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5187
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

785

3 October 1917

Clarence Raymond Halliday
Dorothy Elizabeth Rowden Wells

Clarence Raymond Haliday
Dorothy Elizabeth Lowten Watts
💍 1917/5556

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
24

Petone
Petone

15 months
2 years

St. Davids Presbyterian Church Petone

5188

3 October 1917

Rev. Bruce Todd

No	785
Date of Notice	3 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clarence Raymond Halliday	Dorothy Elizabeth Rowden Wells
BDM Match (90%)	Clarence Raymond Haliday	Dorothy Elizabeth Lowten Watts
	💍 1917/5556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	15 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Davids Presbyterian Church Petone
Folio	5188
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. Bruce Todd

786

3 October 1917

William Charles Hearn
Nora Jessie Brown

William Charles Hearn
Nora Jessie Brown
💍 1917/5557

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
11 years

The residence of Miss Nellie Brown 290 Rintoul St Wellington

5189

3 October 1917

Rev. G. K. Smith

No	786
Date of Notice	3 October 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Hearn	Nora Jessie Brown
	💍 1917/5557
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	11 years
Marriage Place	The residence of Miss Nellie Brown 290 Rintoul St Wellington
Folio	5189
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith

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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).