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 1479

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar R. H. 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

141

27 February 1918

Michael Heavey
Mary Keenan

Michael Heavey
Mary Keenan
💍 1918/120

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Lorry Driver

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

Life
7 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

229

27 February 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	141
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Heavey	Mary Keenan
	💍 1918/120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Lorry Driver
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	229
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

142

27 February 1918

Henry Anderson Schlaadt
Margaret Emma Brown

Henry Anderson Schlaadt
Margaret Emma Brown
💍 1918/121

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

26
27

Wellington
Wellington

Life
20 years

St. Marks Church Wellington

230

27 February 1918

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	142
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Anderson Schlaadt	Margaret Emma Brown
	💍 1918/121
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Wellington
Folio	230
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

143

27 February 1918

George William Sidney Bell
Dorothy Oliver

George William Sidney Bell
Dorothy Oliver
💍 1918/122

Divorced Decree absolute 24/11/1917
Spinster

Soldier

37
27

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
15 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

231

27 February 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	143
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Sidney Bell	Dorothy Oliver
	💍 1918/122
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 24/11/1917	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	231
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

144

27 February 1918

Irwin Eric Faris
Doris Grant Wall

Irwin Eric Faris
Doris Grant Dall
💍 1918/123

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

26
30

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
6 years

St. Peters Church Willis St. Wellington

232

27 February 1918

Rev. H. Watson

No	144
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Irwin Eric Faris	Doris Grant Wall
BDM Match (97%)	Irwin Eric Faris	Doris Grant Dall
	💍 1918/123
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church Willis St. Wellington
Folio	232
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

145

27 February 1918

Egerton Burleigh Cooper Cecil
Edith May Viall

Egerton Burleigh Cooper Cecil
Edith May Viall
💍 1918/124

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

35
23

Trentham
Wellington

4 years
5 months

Church of Christ Vivian Street Wellington

233

27 February 1918

Wm. Phillips

No	145
Date of Notice	27 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Egerton Burleigh Cooper Cecil	Edith May Viall
	💍 1918/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	35	23
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Vivian Street Wellington
Folio	233
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Wm. Phillips

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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).