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 1540

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar W. G. Weldon

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

447

7 June 1918

Charles William Edward France
Ida Maud Mary Kain

Charles William Edward France
Ida Maud Mary Kain
💍 1918/2402

Bachelor
Spinster

Jockey

30
29

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
4 years

Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington

1990

7 June 1918

Rev. P. J. Smyth

No	447
Date of Notice	7 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Edward France	Ida Maud Mary Kain
	💍 1918/2402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jockey
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	1990
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smyth

448

8 June 1918

Joseph Thomas Bridgman
Alice Mary Barnett

Joseph Thomas Bridgman
Alice May Barnett
💍 1918/2403

Bachelor
Spinster

Collector of Customs

28
25

Blenheim
Wellington

6 weeks
3 days

The Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington

1991

8 June 1918

Rev. P. J. Smyth

No	448
Date of Notice	8 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Thomas Bridgman	Alice Mary Barnett
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Thomas Bridgman	Alice May Barnett
	💍 1918/2403
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Collector of Customs
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	3 days
Marriage Place	The Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	1991
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smyth

449

8 June 1918

Cecil Joseph Lamplough
Nathalie Elizabeth Powell

Cecil Joseph Lamplough
Nathalie Elizabeth Powell
💍 1918/2404

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier
Tailoress

27
26

Featherston
Wellington

3 days
3 days

House of T. Wright, 30 Oriental Terrace, Wellington

1992

8 June 1918

Rev. D. R. Orr

No	449
Date of Notice	8 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Joseph Lamplough	Nathalie Elizabeth Powell
	💍 1918/2404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Tailoress
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of T. Wright, 30 Oriental Terrace, Wellington
Folio	1992
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. R. Orr

450

8 June 1918

James Henry Hutchison
May Mitchell

James Henry Hutchison
May Mitchell
💍 1918/2405

James Himiona Thompson
Ada Mitchell
💍 1919/1228

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

34
32

Trentham
Wellington

5 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

1993

8 June 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	450
Date of Notice	8 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Hutchison	May Mitchell
	💍 1918/2405
BDM Match (60%)	James Himiona Thompson	Ada Mitchell
	💍 1919/1228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	1993
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 June 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

451

8 June 1918

Eric George Crane
Marguerita Mabel Dale

Eric George Crane
Marguerita Mabel Dale
💍 1918/2406

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier
Clerk

20
19

Featherston
Wellington

2 weeks
19 years

House of R. Dale, Manipori Street, Wellington

1994

John Robert Dale, father; William Charles Crane, father

8 June 1918

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	451
Date of Notice	8 June 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric George Crane	Marguerita Mabel Dale
	💍 1918/2406
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier	Clerk
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 weeks	19 years
Marriage Place	House of R. Dale, Manipori Street, Wellington
Folio	1994
Consent	John Robert Dale, father; William Charles Crane, father
Date of Certificate	8 June 1918
Officiating Minister	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).