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 1528

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1918 Registrar W. W. Cook

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

387

18 May 1918

William Frederick Trembath
Sarah Dorthea Jansen

William Frederick Trembath
Sarah Dorothea Jansen
💍 1918/2350

Bachelor
Spinster

Clicker

24
29

Trentham
Wellington

2 months
5 days

St John's Church, Wellington

1938

18 May 1918

Rev. J. Gibb

No	387
Date of Notice	18 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Trembath	Sarah Dorthea Jansen
BDM Match (98%)	William Frederick Trembath	Sarah Dorothea Jansen
	💍 1918/2350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clicker
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	5 days
Marriage Place	St John's Church, Wellington
Folio	1938
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

388

18 May 1918

Frederick Bernard Mulholland
Isabella Jeannie Ashby Orton

Frederick Bernard Mulholland
Isabella Jeannie Ashby Orton
💍 1918/2351

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

20
27

Trentham
Wellington

2 months
2 weeks

St Peters Church, Wellington

1939

Mary Henrietta Cecilia Mulholland Mother.

18 May 1918

Rev. H Watson

No	388
Date of Notice	18 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Bernard Mulholland	Isabella Jeannie Ashby Orton
	💍 1918/2351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	20	27
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	1939
Consent	Mary Henrietta Cecilia Mulholland Mother.
Date of Certificate	18 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H Watson

389

20 May 1918

William Charles Dignan Mooney
Eileen Eva Chote

William Charles Dynan Mooney
Eileen Eva Chote
💍 1918/2352

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

19
20

Wellington
Wellington

19 years
20 years

St Annes Church Newtown Wellington

1940

Amelia Morris (Mother) Arthur Chote Father.

20 May 1918

Rev. E. Kimbell

No	389
Date of Notice	20 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Dignan Mooney	Eileen Eva Chote
BDM Match (97%)	William Charles Dynan Mooney	Eileen Eva Chote
	💍 1918/2352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Annes Church Newtown Wellington
Folio	1940
Consent	Amelia Morris (Mother) Arthur Chote Father.
Date of Certificate	20 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Kimbell

390

20 May 1918

Charles Henry Robinson
Elsie Constance Barnes

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

29
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
11 years

The Residence of Mr Barnes 19 Crawford Road Kilbirnie

Not to be solemnised see attached.

20 May 1918

Rev. W. Shirer

No	390
Date of Notice	20 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Robinson	Elsie Constance Barnes
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	11 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr Barnes 19 Crawford Road Kilbirnie
Folio	Not to be solemnised see attached.
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

391

20 May 1918

Hugh McColl
Violet Gilmer

Hugh McColl
Violet Gilmer
💍 1918/2353

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
19

Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie

6 months
9 years Wellington

Presbyterian Manse Kilbirnie Wellington

1941

Alexander Gilmer Father

20 May 1918

Rev. H. Beggs

No	391
Date of Notice	20 May 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh McColl	Violet Gilmer
	💍 1918/2353
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	6 months	9 years Wellington
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse Kilbirnie Wellington
Folio	1941
Consent	Alexander Gilmer Father
Date of Certificate	20 May 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

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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).