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 1494

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1918 Registrar R. H. 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

216

25 March 1918

Kenneth Knox Mullins
Alice Lillian Neale

Kenneth Knox Mullins
Alice Lillian Neale
💍 1918/225

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet-maker

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 Days
3 Days

St. John's Church, Willis St., Wellington

301

25 March 1918

Rev. D. D. Scott

No	216
Date of Notice	25 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Knox Mullins	Alice Lillian Neale
	💍 1918/225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet-maker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Days	3 Days
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Willis St., Wellington
Folio	301
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. D. Scott

217

26 March 1918

Arthur Bell Crombie
Sadie Anne Hutchinson

Arthur Bell Crombie
Sadie Anne Hutchinson
💍 1918/236

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

26
29

Wellington
Wellington

1 Month
3 years

St. Peter's Church, Willis St., Wellington

302

26 March 1918

Rev. H. Watson

No	217
Date of Notice	26 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Bell Crombie	Sadie Anne Hutchinson
	💍 1918/236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 Month	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis St., Wellington
Folio	302
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

218

26 March 1918

Ernest Charles Mitchell
Ina Scott Montgomery

Ernest Charles Mitchell
Ina Scott Montgomery
💍 1918/243

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

38
22

Wellington
Wellington

38 years
5 years

The Residence of Mr. Mitchell, 25 Abel Smith St., Wellington

303

26 March 1918

Rev. W. Shirer

No	218
Date of Notice	26 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Charles Mitchell	Ina Scott Montgomery
	💍 1918/243
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	38 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr. Mitchell, 25 Abel Smith St., Wellington
Folio	303
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

219

26 March 1918

David Milne Simpson
Una Johnstone Gilmore

David Milne Simpson
Una Johnstone Gilmore
💍 1918/244

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
23

Featherston
Wellington

10 mos.
15 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki St., Wellington

304

26 March 1918

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	219
Date of Notice	26 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Milne Simpson	Una Johnstone Gilmore
	💍 1918/244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Featherston	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 mos.	15 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki St., Wellington
Folio	304
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

220

26 March 1918

Richard James King
Elsie Mary Hopkins

Richard James King
Elsie Mary Hopkins
💍 1918/245

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

31
25

Trentham
Auckland, Remuera

5 mos.
Life

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

305

26 March 1918

Rev. W. Beatty

No	220
Date of Notice	26 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard James King	Elsie Mary Hopkins
	💍 1918/245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Trentham	Auckland, Remuera
Length of Residence	5 mos.	Life
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	305
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty

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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).