Intentions to Marry, 1918 Levin to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840478, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1918 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.

1918d contains pages 1249-1646, covering districts from Levin to Wellington

Page 1463

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1918 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

30 January 1918

George Herbert Wieckmann (commonly known as Smith)
Wilhelmina Johanna Duske

George Herbert Smith
Wilhelmina Johanna Duske
💍 1918/807

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
29

Wellington
Brooklyn

4 years
8 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

152

30 January 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	61
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Herbert Wieckmann (commonly known as Smith)	Wilhelmina Johanna Duske
BDM Match (70%)	George Herbert Smith	Wilhelmina Johanna Duske
	💍 1918/807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Brooklyn
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	152
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

30 January 1918

Patrick Francis Lee
Blanche Amelia Hughes

Patrick Francis Fee
Blanche Amelia Hughes
💍 1918/814

Bachelor
Spinster

Custodian

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

20 months
Life

Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill St., Wellington

153

30 January 1918

Rev. P. J. Smyth

No	62
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Francis Lee	Blanche Amelia Hughes
BDM Match (97%)	Patrick Francis Fee	Blanche Amelia Hughes
	💍 1918/814
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Custodian
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 months	Life
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Basilica, Hill St., Wellington
Folio	153
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smyth

30 January 1918

Edward Osbourne
Helen Elizabeth Rule

Edward Osbourne
Helen Elizabeth Rule
💍 1918/815

Bachelor
Widow - April 1884

Waterside Worker

54
60

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
14 years

The Manse, 21 Hankey St., Wellington

151

30 January 1918

Rev. G. T. Smith

No	63
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Osbourne	Helen Elizabeth Rule
	💍 1918/815
Condition	Bachelor	Widow - April 1884
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	54	60
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	14 years
Marriage Place	The Manse, 21 Hankey St., Wellington
Folio	151
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. T. Smith

30 January 1918

Richard Andrew Marshall
Annie Kileen Carroll

Richard Andrew Marshall
Annie Eileen Carroll
💍 1918/816

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

29 years
10 years

St. Anne's Church, Green St., Wellington

155

30 January 1918

Rev. M. Devoy

No	64
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Andrew Marshall	Annie Kileen Carroll
BDM Match (98%)	Richard Andrew Marshall	Annie Eileen Carroll
	💍 1918/816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	29 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church, Green St., Wellington
Folio	155
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Devoy

30 January 1918

Victor Albert Hallenberg
Annie Elizabeth Sparks

Victor Albert Hallenberg
Annie Elizabeth Sparks
💍 1918/817

Bachelor
Widow - 20/2/1912

Porter

62
38

Wellington
Wellington

39 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

156

30 January 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	65
Date of Notice	30 January 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Albert Hallenberg	Annie Elizabeth Sparks
	💍 1918/817
Condition	Bachelor	Widow - 20/2/1912
Profession	Porter
Age	62	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	39 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	156
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).