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 1480

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

146

28 February 1918

Roland Jack Battersby
Olive Myrtle Constance Crocker

Roland Jack Battersby
Olive Myrtle Constance Crocker
💍 1918/125

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
20

Petone
Ngahauranga

Life
Life

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Wellington

234

Margaret Ellen Crocker mother

28 February 1918

Rev. H. F. Wilson

No	146
Date of Notice	28 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Roland Jack Battersby	Olive Myrtle Constance Crocker
	💍 1918/125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Ngahauranga
Length of Residence	Life	Life
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Wellington
Folio	234
Consent	Margaret Ellen Crocker mother
Date of Certificate	28 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Wilson

147

28 February 1918

Sidney Alexander Vincent Johnson
Alice Maud Spindlow

Sidney Alexander Vincent Johnson
Alice Maud Spindlow
💍 1918/103

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

22
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
7 years

St Thomas' Church Wellington South

235

28 February 1918

Rev. Wm Fancourt

No	147
Date of Notice	28 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Alexander Vincent Johnson	Alice Maud Spindlow
	💍 1918/103
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church Wellington South
Folio	235
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Fancourt

148

28 February 1918

William Ernest Johnson
Emmie Annie Brown

William Ernest Johnson
Emmie Annie Brown
💍 1918/104

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

19
22

Wellington
Northland Wellington

4 years
Life

St Peters Church Willis St. Wellington

236

Thomas William Johnson Father

28 February 1918

Rev. H. Watson

No	148
Date of Notice	28 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ernest Johnson	Emmie Annie Brown
	💍 1918/104
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Northland Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	Life
Marriage Place	St Peters Church Willis St. Wellington
Folio	236
Consent	Thomas William Johnson Father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson

149

1 March 1918

Hugh Maulder Sargent
Myra Lillian Blick

Hugh Mcalder Sargent
Myra Lillian Blick
💍 1918/105

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

48
30

Wellington
Brooklyn

12 months
Life

Registrar's Office Wellington

237

1 March 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	149
Date of Notice	1 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Maulder Sargent	Myra Lillian Blick
BDM Match (95%)	Hugh Mcalder Sargent	Myra Lillian Blick
	💍 1918/105
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	48	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Brooklyn
Length of Residence	12 months	Life
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	237
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

150

1 March 1918

John Arthur Green
Marion Wyber Black

John Arthur Green
Marion Wyber Black
💍 1918/106

Bachelor
Spinster

Chauffeur

28
29

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
4 years

The Congregational Church The Terrace Wellington

238

1 March 1918

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	150
Date of Notice	1 March 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Green	Marion Wyber Black
	💍 1918/106
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chauffeur
Age	28	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Congregational Church The Terrace Wellington
Folio	238
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

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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).