Intentions to Marry, 1919 Martinborough to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840484, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1919 is bound in seven volumes (a to g) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1919d contains pages 1503-2000, covering districts from Martinborough to Wellington

Page 1577

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar C. R. Heworth

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

19 April 1919

Frank Alfred Cameron
Lilian Baddiley

Frank Alfred Cameron
Lilian Baddiley
💍 1919/3599

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Saleswoman

27
25

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

2 years
1 year

Residence of Mr W.B. Cameron 24 Russell Street Palmerston North

3533

19 April 1919

Rev A. Ashcroft Methodist

No	44
Date of Notice	19 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Alfred Cameron	Lilian Baddiley
	💍 1919/3599
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Saleswoman
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr W.B. Cameron 24 Russell Street Palmerston North
Folio	3533
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Ashcroft Methodist

22 April 1919

Leo Edward Rice
Ellen Dinsdale

Leo Edward Rice
Ellen Dinsdale
💍 1919/3600

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

25
28

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 days
6 days

St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Palmerston North

3534

22 April 1919

Rev J. F. MacManus Roman Catholic

No	45
Date of Notice	22 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leo Edward Rice	Ellen Dinsdale
	💍 1919/3600
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St Patricks Roman Catholic Church Palmerston North
Folio	3534
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. F. MacManus Roman Catholic

23 April 1919

Leslie George Victor Amies
Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans

Leslie George Victor Amies
Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans
💍 1919/3477

Bachelor
Spinster

Exchange Clerk
Domestic

22
20

Palmerston North
Feilding

16 years
20 years

St Johns Anglican Church Feilding

3436

Thomas John Evans, Father

23 April 1919

Rev H. G. Blackburne Anglican

No	46
Date of Notice	23 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie George Victor Amies	Gwenifred Catherine Mary Evans
	💍 1919/3477
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Exchange Clerk	Domestic
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Feilding
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Anglican Church Feilding
Folio	3436
Consent	Thomas John Evans, Father
Date of Certificate	23 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Blackburne Anglican

24 April 1919

James Kelly
Ethel May Simpson

James Kelly
Ethel May Simpson
💍 1919/3601

Bachelor
Spinster

Scutcher
Dentist's assistant

38
32

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

3 weeks
9 years

All Saints Church of England Palmerston North

3535

24 April 1919

Rev H. G. Blackburne Anglican

No	47
Date of Notice	24 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kelly	Ethel May Simpson
	💍 1919/3601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Scutcher	Dentist's assistant
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	3 weeks	9 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church of England Palmerston North
Folio	3535
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev H. G. Blackburne Anglican

28 April 1919

Andrew Lawrence Baumgart
Frances Jane Grant

Andrew Lawrence Baumgart
Frances Jane Grant
💍 1919/3602

Bachelor
Spinster

Secretary
School teacher

35
31

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

2 weeks
3 years

Residence of Mrs J. S. Grant 77 Fitzherbert Street Palmerston North

3536

28 April 1919

Rev J. G. Smith Presbyterian

No	48
Date of Notice	28 April 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Lawrence Baumgart	Frances Jane Grant
	💍 1919/3602
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Secretary	School teacher
Age	35	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 weeks	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs J. S. Grant 77 Fitzherbert Street Palmerston North
Folio	3536
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 April 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Smith Presbyterian

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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).