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 1602

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1918 Registrar R. G. Foulkes

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

745

5 October 1918

Walter Henry James Dunbar
Anne Jane Weathered

Walter Henry James Dunbar
Anne Jane Weathered
💍 1918/5556

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
2 weeks Wellington

Registrar's Office Wellington

5146

5 October 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	745
Date of Notice	5 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry James Dunbar	Anne Jane Weathered
	💍 1918/5556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	2 weeks Wellington
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	5146
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

746

7 October 1918

James Hunter
Eunice Margaret Bailey

James Hunter
Eunice Margaret Bailey
💍 1918/5557

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
Life

St James' Presbyterian Manse Newtown Wellington

5147

7 October 1918

Rev. W. Shirer

No	746
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hunter	Eunice Margaret Bailey
	💍 1918/5557
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	Life
Marriage Place	St James' Presbyterian Manse Newtown Wellington
Folio	5147
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

747

7 October 1918

Joseph Samuel Beaglehole
Hannah Ewart

Joseph Samuel Beaglehole
Hannah Ewart
💍 1918/5558

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

42
47

Wellington
Days Bay

Life
20 years Wellington

The Residence of D. E. Beaglehole 49 Hopper Street Wellington

5148

7 October 1918

Rev. W. A. Evans

No	747
Date of Notice	7 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Samuel Beaglehole	Hannah Ewart
	💍 1918/5558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	42	47
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Days Bay
Length of Residence	Life	20 years Wellington
Marriage Place	The Residence of D. E. Beaglehole 49 Hopper Street Wellington
Folio	5148
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Evans

748

8 October 1918

William Moncrieff
Frances Mary Sinclair Sharp

William Moncrieff
Frances Mary Sinclair Sharp
💍 1918/5559

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

31
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
4 years Wellington

Congregational Church Cambridge Terrace Wellington

5149

8 October 1918

Rev. A. E. Hunt

No	748
Date of Notice	8 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Moncrieff	Frances Mary Sinclair Sharp
	💍 1918/5559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years Wellington
Marriage Place	Congregational Church Cambridge Terrace Wellington
Folio	5149
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Hunt

749

8 October 1918

Jack Allen
Olive Tomlinson

Jack Allen
Olive Tomlinson
💍 1918/5560

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

36
21

S. S. Moeraki
Wellington

4 months
18 months Wellington

Residence of Mrs. A Hong 113 Vivian Street Wellington

5150

8 October 1918

Rev. G. H. Smith

No	749
Date of Notice	8 October 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jack Allen	Olive Tomlinson
	💍 1918/5560
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	S. S. Moeraki	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	18 months Wellington
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. A Hong 113 Vivian Street Wellington
Folio	5150
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 October 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Smith

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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).