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 1573

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar W. H. Gladstone

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

608

10 August 1918

John Robert Hannigan
Emily Jane Sims

John Robert Hannigan
Emily Jane Sims
💍 1918/4097

Widower 19 July 1915
Spinster

Labourer

45
42

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

6 weeks
4 months

Registrars Office Wellington

3637

10 August 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	608
Date of Notice	10 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Hannigan	Emily Jane Sims
	💍 1918/4097
Condition	Widower 19 July 1915	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	6 weeks	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	3637
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

609

10 August 1918

Albert Peters
Rebecca Taylor

Albert Peters
Rebecca Taylor
💍 1918/4098

Widower 23 August 1916
Widow 18 February 1911

Carrier

68
50

Lower Hutt
Petone

35 years
5 years

St. Augustine's Church Petone

3638

10 August 1918

Rev. J. Stealey

No	609
Date of Notice	10 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Peters	Rebecca Taylor
	💍 1918/4098
Condition	Widower 23 August 1916	Widow 18 February 1911
Profession	Carrier
Age	68	50
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Petone
Length of Residence	35 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church Petone
Folio	3638
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Stealey

610

12 August 1918

Robert Colquitt
Alice Hannah Urquhart

Robert Colquitt
Alice Hannah Urquhart
💍 1918/4099

Bachelor
Widow 5 December 1917

Wool classer

64
54

Petone
Petone

30 years
30 years

The Residence of Mr. F. J. Marshall Jackson Street Petone

3639

12 August 1918

Mr. F. J. Marshall

No	610
Date of Notice	12 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Colquitt	Alice Hannah Urquhart
	💍 1918/4099
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 5 December 1917
Profession	Wool classer
Age	64	54
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	30 years	30 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr. F. J. Marshall Jackson Street Petone
Folio	3639
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr. F. J. Marshall

611

12 August 1918

John Mckechen Corson
Ruth Helen Cameron

John McVicker Corson
Ruth Helen Cameron
💍 1918/4100

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
22

Featherston
Petone

1 month
3 months

St. James Church Lower Hutt

3640

12 August 1918

Rev. A. L. Hansell

No	611
Date of Notice	12 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mckechen Corson	Ruth Helen Cameron
BDM Match (90%)	John McVicker Corson	Ruth Helen Cameron
	💍 1918/4100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Petone
Length of Residence	1 month	3 months
Marriage Place	St. James Church Lower Hutt
Folio	3640
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. L. Hansell

612

13 August 1918

Edward James Fox
Agnes Vida Maud Moore

Edward James Fox
Agnes Vida Maud Moore
💍 1918/4101

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

31
21

Awapuni
Wellington

7 weeks
21 years

St. Anne's Church Newtown Wellington

3641

13 August 1918

Rev. M. Devoy

No	612
Date of Notice	13 August 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Fox	Agnes Vida Maud Moore
	💍 1918/4101
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Awapuni	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church Newtown Wellington
Folio	3641
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Devoy

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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).