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 1499

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

242

2 April 1918

Angelo Cereseto
Sarah Hampson

Angelo Cereseto
Sarah Hampson
💍 1918/2264

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

44
38

Wellington
Wellington

3 Days
3 months

St. Mary of the Angels' Church, Boulcott St., Wellington

1803

2 April 1918

Rev. S. Mahony

No	242
Date of Notice	2 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angelo Cereseto	Sarah Hampson
	💍 1918/2264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	44	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels' Church, Boulcott St., Wellington
Folio	1803
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Mahony

243

2 April 1918

William Henry Ralph
Elsie Gladys Fiddes

William Henry Ralph
Elsie Gladys Fiddes
💍 1918/2265

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

30
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 Days
3 Days

Methodist Parsonage, Mc Farlane St. Wellington

1804

2 April 1918

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	243
Date of Notice	2 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Ralph	Elsie Gladys Fiddes
	💍 1918/2265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 Days
Marriage Place	Methodist Parsonage, Mc Farlane St. Wellington
Folio	1804
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

244

2 April 1918

David Daniel Sutherland
Olga Ivy August Malneek

David Daniel Sutherland
Olga Ivy August Malneek
💍 1918/2266

Bachelor
Spinster

Mental Hospital Attendant

23
18

Porirua
Wellington

15 mos.
8 mos.

Methodist Church, Taranaki St. Wellington

1805

George Malneek, Father

2 April 1918

Rev. C. H. Earwaker

No	244
Date of Notice	2 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Daniel Sutherland	Olga Ivy August Malneek
	💍 1918/2266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mental Hospital Attendant
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 mos.	8 mos.
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Taranaki St. Wellington
Folio	1805
Consent	George Malneek, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Earwaker

245

2 April 1918

Harold Edmund Hamblyn
Emma Agnes Payton

Harold Edmund Hamblyn
Emma Agnes Payton
💍 1918/2267

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

5 Days
21 years

St. John's Manse, Wellington

1806

2 April 1918

Rev. J. Gibb

No	245
Date of Notice	2 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edmund Hamblyn	Emma Agnes Payton
	💍 1918/2267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 Days	21 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Manse, Wellington
Folio	1806
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

246

2 April 1918

Thomas William Harrison Hill
Harriet May Morgan

Thomas William Harrison Hill
Harriet May Morgan
💍 1918/2268

Divorced Decree Absolute 28/10/1915
Spinster

Carpenter

32
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 Days
9 yrs.

Registrar's Office, Wellington

1807

2 April 1918

Deputy Registrar Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	246
Date of Notice	2 April 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Harrison Hill	Harriet May Morgan
	💍 1918/2268
Condition	Divorced Decree Absolute 28/10/1915	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Days	9 yrs.
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	1807
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar Rev. J. G. Chapman

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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).