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 1671

District of Taihape Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar John P. Standish

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

16 July 1919

Richard Thomas Dobson
Ann Campbell McColl

Richard Thomas Dobson
Anne Campbell McColl
💍 1919/6565

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
School Teacher

37
38

Taihape
Taihape

6 years
17 years

Presbyterian Church Taihape

6022

16 July 1919

Rev. J. Loan, Taihape, Presbyterian

No	17
Date of Notice	16 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Thomas Dobson	Ann Campbell McColl
BDM Match (98%)	Richard Thomas Dobson	Anne Campbell McColl
	💍 1919/6565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	School Teacher
Age	37	38
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	6 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Taihape
Folio	6022
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Loan, Taihape, Presbyterian

8 August 1919

Adolph Edwin Ammundson
Annie Southee

Adolph Edwin Ammundsen
Annie Southee
💍 1919/7116

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Household Duties

56
25

Taihape
Taihape

3 days
6 months 3 days

The Office of the Registrar Taihape

6604

25 October 1919

Registrar

No	18
Date of Notice	8 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolph Edwin Ammundson	Annie Southee
BDM Match (98%)	Adolph Edwin Ammundsen	Annie Southee
	💍 1919/7116
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Household Duties
Age	56	25
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months 3 days
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar Taihape
Folio	6604
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

9 August 1919

Hubert Michael Carr
Bridget Ellen Farley

Hubert Michael Carr
Bridget Ellen Hurley
💍 1919/6566

Bachelor
Widow 29-12-17

Railway Employee
Household Duties

39
36

Taihape
Taihape

18 months
4 years

Roman Catholic Church Taihape

6023

9 August 1919

Father Minogue, Taihape, Roman Catholic

No	19
Date of Notice	9 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Michael Carr	Bridget Ellen Farley
BDM Match (95%)	Hubert Michael Carr	Bridget Ellen Hurley
	💍 1919/6566
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 29-12-17
Profession	Railway Employee	Household Duties
Age	39	36
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	18 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church Taihape
Folio	6023
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Father Minogue, Taihape, Roman Catholic

12 August 1919

Walter Charles Dellow
Henrietta Bunning

Walter Charles Dillon
Henrietta Bunning
💍 1919/6567

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Household Duties

39
38

Taihape
Taihape

25 years
12 years

St Margaret's Church of England Taihape

6024

12 August 1919

Rev. W. F. Stent, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	12 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Charles Dellow	Henrietta Bunning
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Charles Dillon	Henrietta Bunning
	💍 1919/6567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Household Duties
Age	39	38
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Margaret's Church of England Taihape
Folio	6024
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Stent, Church of England

25 August 1919

Arthur Leslie Wilson
Isabelle Hall

Arthur Leslie Clayton Wilson
Isabelle Hall
💍 1919/6568

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher
Household Duties

27
19

Taihape
Taihape

18 months
10 years

Methodist Church Taihape

6025

Arthur Herbert John Hall, Father

23 August 1919

Rev. Roxburgh, Wesleyan

No	21
Date of Notice	25 August 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leslie Wilson	Isabelle Hall
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Leslie Clayton Wilson	Isabelle Hall
	💍 1919/6568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher	Household Duties
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Taihape	Taihape
Length of Residence	18 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church Taihape
Folio	6025
Consent	Arthur Herbert John Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	23 August 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Roxburgh, Wesleyan

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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).