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 1550

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1917 Registrar R. S. Pallow

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

496

22 June 1917

Vivian Launcelot Naismith Harvey
Agnes Ritchie Mackay

Vivian Lancelot Naismith Harrey
Agnes Rititi Mackay
💍 1917/3307

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

25
20

Wellington
Wellington

7 months
3 months

Residence of Mrs Melville, 57 Majoribanks Street, Wellington

2448

Duncan Mackay, Father

22 June 1917

Rev. W. Shirer

No	496
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vivian Launcelot Naismith Harvey	Agnes Ritchie Mackay
BDM Match (89%)	Vivian Lancelot Naismith Harrey	Agnes Rititi Mackay
	💍 1917/3307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Melville, 57 Majoribanks Street, Wellington
Folio	2448
Consent	Duncan Mackay, Father
Date of Certificate	22 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

497

22 June 1917

Douglas Allyn Salt
Minnie Emmilene Hockey

Douglas Allyn Salt
Minnie Emmilene Hockey
💍 1917/3308

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

17
17

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

2449

Samuel Henry Woodhouse Salt, Father; Harry Hockey, Father

22 June 1917

Deputy Registrar

No	497
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Allyn Salt	Minnie Emmilene Hockey
	💍 1917/3308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	17	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	2449
Consent	Samuel Henry Woodhouse Salt, Father; Harry Hockey, Father
Date of Certificate	22 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

498

22 June 1917

Alexander William Taylor
Margaret Dicks

Alexander William Taylor
Margaret Dicks
💍 1917/3309

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

45
31

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
22 months

St James's Manse, Adelaide Road, Wellington

2450

22 June 1917

Rev. W. Shirer

No	498
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander William Taylor	Margaret Dicks
	💍 1917/3309
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	45	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	22 months
Marriage Place	St James's Manse, Adelaide Road, Wellington
Folio	2450
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

499

22 June 1917

Allan Alexander Grant
Gladys May Ryder

Allan Alexander Grant
Gladys May Ryder
💍 1917/4287

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

20
18

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
6 months

St Anne's Church, Green St, Newtown

3361

Alexander Grant, Father, 14 days notice

6 July 1917

Rev. J. Devoy

No	499
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Alexander Grant	Gladys May Ryder
	💍 1917/4287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	St Anne's Church, Green St, Newtown
Folio	3361
Consent	Alexander Grant, Father, 14 days notice
Date of Certificate	6 July 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Devoy

500

22 June 1917

Ernest Kent
Grace Violet May Allingham

Ernest Kent
Grace Violet May Allingham
💍 1917/3217

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Johnsonville
Johnsonville

1 month
3 months

Residence of Mr W. Blandford, Johnsonville

2451

22 June 1917

Rev. W. Rowe

No	500
Date of Notice	22 June 1917
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Kent	Grace Violet May Allingham
	💍 1917/3217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	1 month	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr W. Blandford, Johnsonville
Folio	2451
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 June 1917
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Rowe

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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).