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 1683

District of Wanganui Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar E. H. Hylton

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

5 March 1919

John Davies
Ethel Jane Partridge

John Davies
Ethel Jane Partridge
💍 1919/1569

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

59
41

Maxwelltown
Maxwelltown

40 years
7 days

Church of England Waverley

1340

5 March 1919

W. J. Hands, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	5 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Davies	Ethel Jane Partridge
	💍 1919/1569
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	59	41
Dwelling Place	Maxwelltown	Maxwelltown
Length of Residence	40 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Church of England Waverley
Folio	1340
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1919
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hands, Church of England

7 March 1919

Albert Henry Peters
Gladys Healey

Albert Henry Peters
Gladys Healey
💍 1919/1558

Bachelor
Spinster

Lineman
Domestic duties

24
20

Kaitoke
Wanganui

12 months
12 years

St Johns Church of England Wanganui

1336

Alexander John Healey, Father

7 March 1919

H. Reeve, Church of England

No	27
Date of Notice	7 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Peters	Gladys Healey
	💍 1919/1558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lineman	Domestic duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Kaitoke	Wanganui
Length of Residence	12 months	12 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church of England Wanganui
Folio	1336
Consent	Alexander John Healey, Father
Date of Certificate	7 March 1919
Officiating Minister	H. Reeve, Church of England

10 March 1919

George Francis Monk
Ellen Grace Scully

George Francis Monk
Ellen Grace Scully
💍 1919/1559

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

28
33

Ranana
Ranana

10 years
4 months

Presbyterian Church Wanganui East

1337

10 March 1919

G. W. Blair, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	10 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Francis Monk	Ellen Grace Scully
	💍 1919/1559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Ranana	Ranana
Length of Residence	10 years	4 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Wanganui East
Folio	1337
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1919
Officiating Minister	G. W. Blair, Presbyterian

11 March 1919

Robert Leonard Wainhouse
Ivy Winifred Eades

Robert Leonard Wainhouse
Ivy Winifred Eades
💍 1919/1560

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Home duties

23
21

Wanganui East
Gonville

4 years
7 years

Registrar's Office Wanganui

1338

11 March 1919

Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Leonard Wainhouse	Ivy Winifred Eades
	💍 1919/1560
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Home duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wanganui East	Gonville
Length of Residence	4 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wanganui
Folio	1338
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	Chas. E. Hylton, Registrar

11 March 1919

Alfred William Booth
Rose Bull

Alfred William Booth
Rose Bull
💍 1919/4975

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Fireman
Domestic duties

34
34

Wanganui
Wanganui

14 days
21 years

Church of England Aramoho Wanganui

4133

11 March 1919

S. Ogden, Church of England

No	30
Date of Notice	11 March 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Booth	Rose Bull
	💍 1919/4975
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Fireman	Domestic duties
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	14 days	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Aramoho Wanganui
Folio	4133
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1919
Officiating Minister	S. Ogden, Church of England

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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).