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 1743

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1919 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

18 January 1919

Isaac Benjamin Hall
Elizabetha Madsen

Isaac Benjamin Hall
Elizabeth Madsen
💍 1919/385

Bachelor
Divorced Decree Absolute 24/10/1906

Driver

39
48

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
18 months

The Residence of the Bride, Binham Street, Wellington

126

18 January 1919

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	31
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Benjamin Hall	Elizabetha Madsen
BDM Match (97%)	Isaac Benjamin Hall	Elizabeth Madsen
	💍 1919/385
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree Absolute 24/10/1906
Profession	Driver
Age	39	48
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	The Residence of the Bride, Binham Street, Wellington
Folio	126
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

18 January 1919

James Herbert Barlow
Rebecca Dunn

James Herbert Barlow
Rebecca Dunn
💍 1919/396

Widower 15/2/1916
Spinster

Plumber

38
20

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
6 months

Residence of Mr J. J. Dunn, 64 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington

127

John Dunn, Father

18 January 1919

J. Marshall

No	32
Date of Notice	18 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Herbert Barlow	Rebecca Dunn
	💍 1919/396
Condition	Widower 15/2/1916	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	38	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. J. Dunn, 64 Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
Folio	127
Consent	John Dunn, Father
Date of Certificate	18 January 1919
Officiating Minister	J. Marshall

20 January 1919

Hugh Wilson
Lucy Jane George

Hugh Wilson
Lucy Jane George
💍 1919/403

Widower 1898
Widow 31/7/1916

Bushman

53
53

Wellington
Wellington

3 weeks
3 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

128

20 January 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	33
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Wilson	Lucy Jane George
	💍 1919/403
Condition	Widower 1898	Widow 31/7/1916
Profession	Bushman
Age	53	53
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	128
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

20 January 1919

Joseph Clements
Grace Amelia King

Joseph Clements
Grace Amelia King
💍 1919/404

Bachelor
Widow 10/10/1913

Ships Fireman

43
38

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
1 week

Registrar's Office, Wellington

129

20 January 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Clements	Grace Amelia King
	💍 1919/404
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 10/10/1913
Profession	Ships Fireman
Age	43	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	129
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

20 January 1919

Albert John Harding
Catherine Mautach Anderson

Albert John Harding
Catherine Mantach Anderson
💍 1919/405

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

24
26

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
9 months

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

130

20 January 1919

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	35
Date of Notice	20 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Harding	Catherine Mautach Anderson
BDM Match (98%)	Albert John Harding	Catherine Mantach Anderson
	💍 1919/405
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	130
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).