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 1489

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

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

191

19 March 1918

Charles Thomas White
Doris Irene Pudney

Charles Thomas White
Doris Irene Pudney
💍 1918/914

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
19

Featherston
Wellington

1 Month
19 years

St. Peter's Church Willis St. Wellington

277

George Pudney Father

19 March 1918

Rev. H. Watson

No	191
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas White	Doris Irene Pudney
	💍 1918/914
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 Month	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church Willis St. Wellington
Folio	277
Consent	George Pudney Father
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

192

19 March 1918

Hector Rewi Wood
Aileen Zoe Boulton

Hector Rewi Wood
Aileen Zoe Boulton
💍 1918/915

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Hand

20
18

Pahautanui
Pahautanui

Life
Life

Registrar's Office Wellington

278

John Wilmer Wood father; Edward Boulton Father

19 March 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	192
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Rewi Wood	Aileen Zoe Boulton
	💍 1918/915
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Hand
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Pahautanui	Pahautanui
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	278
Consent	John Wilmer Wood father; Edward Boulton Father
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

193

19 March 1918

Arthur Jacob Bush
Gladys Florence May Keech

Arthur Jacob Bush
Gladys Florence May Keech
💍 1918/916

Bachelor
Spinster

Shoe Finisher

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
2 years

St. Thomas' Church Wellington South

279

19 March 1918

Rev. Thos. Fancourt

No	193
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jacob Bush	Gladys Florence May Keech
	💍 1918/916
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shoe Finisher
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church Wellington South
Folio	279
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. Fancourt

194

19 March 1918

Thomas Newbigging Ballantyne
Marjory Patonell Flint

Thomas Newbigging Ballantynes
Marjory Parnell Flint
💍 1918/917

Bachelor
Spinster

Soft Goods Warehouseman

30
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
7 Days

The Terrace Congregational Church Wellington

280

19 March 1918

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	194
Date of Notice	19 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Newbigging Ballantyne	Marjory Patonell Flint
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Newbigging Ballantynes	Marjory Parnell Flint
	💍 1918/917
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soft Goods Warehouseman
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	7 Days
Marriage Place	The Terrace Congregational Church Wellington
Folio	280
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

195

20 March 1918

Bernard William Jarmey
Julia Agnes Rosetta Stevens

Bernard William Jarmey
Julia Agnes Rosetta Stevens
💍 1918/918

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

31
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
5 years

St. Mark's Church Wellington

281

20 March 1918

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	195
Date of Notice	20 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard William Jarmey	Julia Agnes Rosetta Stevens
	💍 1918/918
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church Wellington
Folio	281
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

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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).