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 1478

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

136

25 February 1918

Edward Ashley Frost
Rita Irene Aldridge

Edward Ashley Frost
Rita Irene Aldridge
💍 1918/862

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

24
18

Wellington
Wellington

Life
6 years

Methodist Church Taranaki St. Wellington

224

Annie Amelia Sant. Mother.

25 February 1918

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	136
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Ashley Frost	Rita Irene Aldridge
	💍 1918/862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	6 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Taranaki St. Wellington
Folio	224
Consent	Annie Amelia Sant. Mother.
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

137

25 February 1918

William Edward Andrews
Alice Young

William Edward Andrews
Alice Young
💍 1918/863

Widower 11/12/1914
Widow Boston U. S. A. 16/5/1910

Gentleman

69
67

Wellington
Wellington

1 month
7 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Wellington

225

25 February 1918

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	137
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Andrews	Alice Young
	💍 1918/863
Condition	Widower 11/12/1914	Widow Boston U. S. A. 16/5/1910
Profession	Gentleman
Age	69	67
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 month	7 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Wellington
Folio	225
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

138

25 February 1918

Alfred Baty
Gertrude Agnes Jeffery

Alfred Baty
Agnes Gertrude Jeffery
💍 1918/102

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
14 months

Wesley Church Taranaki Street Wellington

226

25 February 1918

Rev. J. G. Chapman

No	138
Date of Notice	25 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Baty	Gertrude Agnes Jeffery
BDM Match (73%)	Alfred Baty	Agnes Gertrude Jeffery
	💍 1918/102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	14 months
Marriage Place	Wesley Church Taranaki Street Wellington
Folio	226
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Chapman

139

26 February 1918

William Cowan Guildford
Mary Liddell

William Cowan Guildford
Mary Liddell
💍 1918/113

Bachelor S. S. Havua
Spinster

Seaman

27
27

S. S. Havua
Wellington

3 years
2 weeks

Registrar's Office Wellington

227

26 February 1918

Deputy Registrar

No	139
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cowan Guildford	Mary Liddell
	💍 1918/113
Condition	Bachelor S. S. Havua	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	S. S. Havua	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	227
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

140

26 February 1918

Francis Michael Henry
Harriet Lydia Deavoll

Francis Michael Henry
Harriet Lydia Deavoll
💍 1918/119

Bachelor
Spinster

Timber machinist

23
24

Wellington
Wellington

Life
2 years

St. Marks Church Wellington

228

26 February 1918

Rev. C. F. Askew

No	140
Date of Notice	26 February 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Michael Henry	Harriet Lydia Deavoll
	💍 1918/119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Timber machinist
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Wellington
Folio	228
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Askew

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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).