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 1536

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar R. L. Ponelton

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

426

29 May 1917

William Henry Heazlewood
Ellen Thompson

William Henry Heazlewood
Ellen Thompson
💍 1917/927

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

31
25

Trentham
Tawa Flat

1 week
25 years

Methodist Manse 21 Hankey Street WELLINGTON.

2381

29 May 1917

Rev G. K. Smith

No	426
Date of Notice	29 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Heazlewood	Ellen Thompson
	💍 1917/927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Tawa Flat
Length of Residence	1 week	25 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Manse 21 Hankey Street WELLINGTON.
Folio	2381
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev G. K. Smith

427

29 May 1917

Henry George Whitcombe
Janet Catherine Martin Kinnis

Henry George Whitcombe
Janet Catherine Martin Kinnie
💍 1917/928

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
28

Featherston
WELLINGTON.

3 months
28 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington

2382

29 May 1917

Rev J. K. Elliott D.D.

No	427
Date of Notice	29 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry George Whitcombe	Janet Catherine Martin Kinnis
BDM Match (98%)	Henry George Whitcombe	Janet Catherine Martin Kinnie
	💍 1917/928
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Featherston	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	3 months	28 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington
Folio	2382
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott D.D.

428

29 May 1917

Henry Joseph Salmon
Gertrude Andrews

Henry Joseph Calnon
Gertrude Andrews
💍 1917/588

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

21
22

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

6 years
6 years

St Anne's Church WELLINGTON.

2383

29 May 1917

Rev E Kimbell

No	428
Date of Notice	29 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Joseph Salmon	Gertrude Andrews
BDM Match (95%)	Henry Joseph Calnon	Gertrude Andrews
	💍 1917/588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Anne's Church WELLINGTON.
Folio	2383
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev E Kimbell

429

29 May 1917

Edward Llewellyn Potts
Annie Elizabeth Foster

Edward Llewellyn Potts
Annie Elizabeth Forster
💍 1917/3141

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

35
28

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

7 years
23 years

St Mary of the Angels Church Boulcott St Wellington

2384

29 May 1917

Rev A Venning

No	429
Date of Notice	29 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Llewellyn Potts	Annie Elizabeth Foster
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Llewellyn Potts	Annie Elizabeth Forster
	💍 1917/3141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	28
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	7 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church Boulcott St Wellington
Folio	2384
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev A Venning

430

30 May 1917

William Rawdon Carter
Irene Heatherbell Freeman

William Rawdon Carter
Irene Heatherbell Fereeman
💍 1917/3142

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
19

WELLINGTON.
WELLINGTON.

3 days
11 years

Residence of Mr A A Freeman 9 Aorangi Terrace WELLINGTON.

2385

Alexander Abercrombie Freeman Father

30 May 1917

Rev A Reader

No	430
Date of Notice	30 May 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rawdon Carter	Irene Heatherbell Freeman
BDM Match (98%)	William Rawdon Carter	Irene Heatherbell Fereeman
	💍 1917/3142
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	WELLINGTON.	WELLINGTON.
Length of Residence	3 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr A A Freeman 9 Aorangi Terrace WELLINGTON.
Folio	2385
Consent	Alexander Abercrombie Freeman Father
Date of Certificate	30 May 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev A Reader

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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).