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 1827

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

436

2 June 1919

John Herbert Latimer Percy
Nellie Mair Gault

John Herbert Latimer Piercy
Nellie Mair Gault
💍 1919/2084

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

26
19

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
4 years

St James' Church Wellington South

1915

John Gault father

2 June 1919

Reverend W. Shirer

No	436
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Herbert Latimer Percy	Nellie Mair Gault
BDM Match (98%)	John Herbert Latimer Piercy	Nellie Mair Gault
	💍 1919/2084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St James' Church Wellington South
Folio	1915
Consent	John Gault father
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend W. Shirer

437

2 June 1919

Nicholas Peters
Olive Mavis Woodward

Nicholas Peters
Olive Mavis Woodward
💍 1919/2085

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

20
19

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
8 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

1916

George Peters father and Sarah Woodward mother

2 June 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	437
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Nicholas Peters	Olive Mavis Woodward
	💍 1919/2085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	1916
Consent	George Peters father and Sarah Woodward mother
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

438

2 June 1919

Leonard Turner
Gertrude Norah Isabel O'Brien

Leonard Turner
Gertrude Norah Isabel OBrien
💍 1919/2086

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
11 years

St. Anne's Church Wellington

1917

2 June 1919

Reverend J. Devoy

No	438
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Turner	Gertrude Norah Isabel O'Brien
BDM Match (98%)	Leonard Turner	Gertrude Norah Isabel OBrien
	💍 1919/2086
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church Wellington
Folio	1917
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend J. Devoy

439

2 June 1919

Alfred Martin Easthope
Nita Maud Spearman

Alfred Martin Easthope
Vita Maud Spearman
💍 1919/2087

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
18 years

Central Mission Manse 224 Adelaide Road Wellington

1918

2 June 1919

Reverend G. Knowles Smith

No	439
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Martin Easthope	Nita Maud Spearman
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Martin Easthope	Vita Maud Spearman
	💍 1919/2087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Manse 224 Adelaide Road Wellington
Folio	1918
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend G. Knowles Smith

440

2 June 1919

Bertie Frederick Mohekey
Mary Martha Faire

Bertie Frederick Mohekey
Mary Martha Faire
💍 1919/2088

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
2 years

St Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington

1919

2 June 1919

Reverend Father J. O'Connor

No	440
Date of Notice	2 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Frederick Mohekey	Mary Martha Faire
	💍 1919/2088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington
Folio	1919
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Reverend Father J. O'Connor

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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).