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 1847

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar R. G. Donellon

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

531

3 July 1919

Charles Samuel Carrad
Margareta Jane McGregor

Charles Samuel Carrad
Margareta Jane McGregor
💍 1919/5316

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

31
25

Lyall Bay, Wellington
Lyall Bay, Wellington

5 months
8 years

Kilbirnie Presbyterian Church

4623

3 July 1919

Rev. H. Beggs

No	531
Date of Notice	3 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Samuel Carrad	Margareta Jane McGregor
	💍 1919/5316
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Lyall Bay, Wellington	Lyall Bay, Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Kilbirnie Presbyterian Church
Folio	4623
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Beggs

532

3 July 1919

James Wilfred Meated
Dorothy Ellaline Lawrence

James Wilfred Mexted
Dorothy Ellaline Lawrence
💍 1919/5317

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
19 years

St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington

4624

3 July 1919

Rev. A. M. Johnson

No	532
Date of Notice	3 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wilfred Meated	Dorothy Ellaline Lawrence
BDM Match (98%)	James Wilfred Mexted	Dorothy Ellaline Lawrence
	💍 1919/5317
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	4624
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson

533

3 July 1919

Thomas Joseph Nevin
Kathleen Marie Bradey

Thomas Joseph Nevin
Kathleen Marie Bradey
💍 1919/5325

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Manufacturer

37
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
Life

St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

4625

3 July 1919

Rev. D. H. Hurley

No	533
Date of Notice	3 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Nevin	Kathleen Marie Bradey
	💍 1919/5325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Manufacturer
Age	37	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	4625
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. H. Hurley

534

4 July 1919

Frederick Maurice Kempthorne
Gladys Cornelia Benthin Danby

Frederick Maurice Kempthorne
Gladys Cornelia Beuthin Danby
💍 1919/5336

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk in Holy Orders

29
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
29 years

St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

4626

4 July 1919

Ven. Arch. Kempthorne

No	534
Date of Notice	4 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Maurice Kempthorne	Gladys Cornelia Benthin Danby
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Maurice Kempthorne	Gladys Cornelia Beuthin Danby
	💍 1919/5336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk in Holy Orders
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	4626
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. Kempthorne

535

4 July 1919

Andrew John Craig
Gwendolyn Stoddart Mitchell

Andrew John Craig
Gwendolyn Stoddart Mitchell
💍 1919/5343

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

25
23

Kilbirnie
Wellington

1 year
6 years

St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

4627

4 July 1919

Rev. J. Gibb

No	535
Date of Notice	4 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew John Craig	Gwendolyn Stoddart Mitchell
	💍 1919/5343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	6 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	4627
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb

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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).