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 1560

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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

536

4 July 1917

Walter Roland Daysh
Amy Harriet Halley

Walter Roland Daysh
Amy Harriet Holley
💍 1917/4355

Bachelor
Spinster

Ploughman

24
28

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
2 weeks

St Peter's Church Willis St. Wellington

3656

4 July 1917

Rev. H. W. Watson

No	536
Date of Notice	4 July 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Roland Daysh	Amy Harriet Halley
BDM Match (97%)	Walter Roland Daysh	Amy Harriet Holley
	💍 1917/4355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ploughman
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church Willis St. Wellington
Folio	3656
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Watson

537

4 July 1917

Robert McGlashan
Sarah Nelson

Robert McGlashan
Sarah Nelson
💍 1917/4356

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller's Engraver

20
30

Wellington
Wellington

1 1/2 years
17 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington

3657

4 July 1917

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	537
Date of Notice	4 July 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert McGlashan	Sarah Nelson
	💍 1917/4356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller's Engraver
Age	20	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington
Folio	3657
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

538

4 July 1917

Stanislaus Alehna
Kathleen Jessie Sutherland Leit

Stanislaus Alekona
Kathleen Jessie Sutherland Seir
💍 1917/4741

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
24

Kaitoke
Wellington

2 months
12 months

Sacred Heart Basilica Hill Street Wellington

4141

4 July 1917

Rev. P. J. Smyth

No	538
Date of Notice	4 July 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanislaus Alehna	Kathleen Jessie Sutherland Leit
BDM Match (91%)	Stanislaus Alekona	Kathleen Jessie Sutherland Seir
	💍 1917/4741
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Kaitoke	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica Hill Street Wellington
Folio	4141
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smyth

539

4 July 1917

John Hume
Evelyn Claire Hanna

John Hume
Evelyn Claire Hanna
💍 1917/4357

Bachelor
Widow 28 June 1915

Seaman

34
32

s.s. Ngahere
Wellington

2 months
5 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

3658

4 July 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	539
Date of Notice	4 July 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hume	Evelyn Claire Hanna
	💍 1917/4357
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 28 June 1915
Profession	Seaman
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	s.s. Ngahere	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	3658
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

540

4 July 1917

George William Rudman
Violet Grace West

George William Rudman
Violet Grace West
💍 1917/4358

Bachelor
Spinster

Letter Carrier

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 3/4 years
18 months

The Residence of Mr. W. H. Rudman, 94 Owen St. Wellington

3659

4 July 1917

Rev. J. Richards

No	540
Date of Notice	4 July 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Rudman	Violet Grace West
	💍 1917/4358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Letter Carrier
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 3/4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr. W. H. Rudman, 94 Owen St. Wellington
Folio	3659
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Richards

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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).