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 1835

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1919 Registrar R. G. Boulton

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

476

12 June 1919

Thomas Collins
Ellen Ann Pringle

Thomas Collins
Ellen Ann Pringle
💍 1919/2196

Bachelor
Divorced decree Absolute 5/6/1919.

Waterside Worker

46
45

Wellington
Wellington

4 Years
23 Years

The Manse 35 Pirie St Wellington

1953

12 June 1919

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	476
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Collins	Ellen Ann Pringle
	💍 1919/2196
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced decree Absolute 5/6/1919.
Profession	Waterside Worker
Age	46	45
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 Years	23 Years
Marriage Place	The Manse 35 Pirie St Wellington
Folio	1953
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

477

12 June 1919

Henry Hogg Byres
May Catherine Petrie Cheyne

Henry Hogg Byres
May Catherine Petrie Cheyne
💍 1919/2197

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Clerk

30
26

Wellington
Ngaio

7 Months
Life

Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace Wellington

1954

12 June 1919

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	477
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hogg Byres	May Catherine Petrie Cheyne
	💍 1919/2197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Clerk
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Ngaio
Length of Residence	7 Months	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace Wellington
Folio	1954
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

478

12 June 1919

Joseph Walter Burton
Alice Matilda Wills

Joseph Walter Burton
Alice Matilda Wills
💍 1919/2198

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

25
25

Wellington
Wellington

2 Years
2 Weeks

St Marks Church Wellington

1955

12 June 1919

Rev A. T. B. Page

No	478
Date of Notice	12 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Walter Burton	Alice Matilda Wills
	💍 1919/2198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 Years	2 Weeks
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Wellington
Folio	1955
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. T. B. Page

479

13 June 1919

Horace Eric Victor Boocock
Nellie Levine

Horace Eric Victor Bovcock
Nellie Devine
💍 1919/2199

Bachelor
Spinster

Brass finisher

23
24

Wellington
Wellington

7 Years
6 Years

The Presbyterian Church Manse Pirie St Wellington

1956

13 June 1919

Rev A. T. B. Page, J. R. Elliott

No	479
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Eric Victor Boocock	Nellie Levine
BDM Match (94%)	Horace Eric Victor Bovcock	Nellie Devine
	💍 1919/2199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brass finisher
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 Years	6 Years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church Manse Pirie St Wellington
Folio	1956
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. T. B. Page, J. R. Elliott

480

13 June 1919

Percy Phillip Partridge
Margaret O'Connell

Percy Phillips Partridge
Margaret O'Connell
💍 1919/2200

Bachelor
Spinster

Ships Officer

31
38

Wellington
Wellington

12 Months
4 Months

St Marks Church Wellington

1957

13 June 1919

Rev A. T. B. Page

No	480
Date of Notice	13 June 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Phillip Partridge	Margaret O'Connell
BDM Match (98%)	Percy Phillips Partridge	Margaret O'Connell
	💍 1919/2200
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ships Officer
Age	31	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 Months	4 Months
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Wellington
Folio	1957
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev A. T. B. Page

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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).