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 1336

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1918 Registrar C. E. Shortt

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

27 July 1918

John Andrew Roy Andresen
Amy Adin

John Andrew Roy Andresen
Amy Adin
💍 1918/4894

Bachelor
Spinster

Enginedriver
Domestic

26
21

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office Palmerston North

4465

27 July 1918

C.E. Shortt Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	27 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Andrew Roy Andresen	Amy Adin
	💍 1918/4894
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Enginedriver	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Palmerston North
Folio	4465
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1918
Officiating Minister	C.E. Shortt Registrar

29 July 1918

Reginald Simpson
May Parker

Reginald Simpson
May Parker
💍 1918/4895

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician
Domestic

23
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 weeks
5 months

Registrar's Office Palmerston North

4466

29 July 1918

C.E. Shortt Registrar

No	78
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Simpson	May Parker
	💍 1918/4895
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician	Domestic
Age	23	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 weeks	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Palmerston North
Folio	4466
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	C.E. Shortt Registrar

29 July 1918

Bertie George Wilton
Amelia Maud Morgan

Bertie George Wilton
Amelia Maud Morgan
💍 1918/4897

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

23
22

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 week
1 week

St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North

4467

29 July 1918

Rev A. Doull Presbyterian

No	79
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie George Wilton	Amelia Maud Morgan
	💍 1918/4897
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St Andrews Presbyterian Church Palmerston North
Folio	4467
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Doull Presbyterian

29 July 1918

Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Juanita Heather Sylvia Craw

Ditlev Gothard Monrad
Juanita Heather Sylvia Craw
💍 1918/4898

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
27

Linton
Linton

15 years
21 years

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

4468

29 July 1918

Rev H.G. Blackburne Anglican

No	80
Date of Notice	29 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ditlev Gothard Monrad	Juanita Heather Sylvia Craw
	💍 1918/4898
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Linton	Linton
Length of Residence	15 years	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	4468
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Rev H.G. Blackburne Anglican

30 July 1918

John Cairns
Mabel Harriett Elizabeth Bryant

John Cairns
Mabel Harriett Elizabeth Bryant
💍 1918/4899

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor mechanic
Milliner

27
19

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

5 years
15 years

Church of Christ Campbell Street Palmerston North

4469

Charles Bryant, Father

30 July 1918

Mr H. Grinstead Church of Christ

No	81
Date of Notice	30 July 1918
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Cairns	Mabel Harriett Elizabeth Bryant
	💍 1918/4899
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor mechanic	Milliner
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Campbell Street Palmerston North
Folio	4469
Consent	Charles Bryant, Father
Date of Certificate	30 July 1918
Officiating Minister	Mr H. Grinstead Church of Christ

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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).