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 1857

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1919 Registrar R. A. Donlon

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

581

17 July 1919

Harold John Burns
Vera Doris Davis

Harold John Burns
Vera Doris Davis
💍 1919/5373

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
28

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
12 years

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wellington

4657

17 July 1919

Rev. S. R. Orr

No	581
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold John Burns	Vera Doris Davis
	💍 1919/5373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	4657
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. R. Orr

582

17 July 1919

Joseph Leslie Williams
Ida Louisa Lawrence

Joseph Leslie Williams
Ida Louisa Lawrence
💍 1919/5374

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
4 months

Seamens Mission, Wellington

4658

17 July 1919

Rev. Jas. Moore

No	582
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Leslie Williams	Ida Louisa Lawrence
	💍 1919/5374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	4 months
Marriage Place	Seamens Mission, Wellington
Folio	4658
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Moore

583

17 July 1919

George Hartley
Linden Lucy Jessie Mary Mickle

George Hartley
Linden Lucy Jessie Mary Mickle
💍 1919/5351

Bachelor
Spinster

Stairbuilder

27
19

Petone
Karori

Life
3 years

Anglican Church, Karori

4659

Margaret Mickle mother

17 July 1919

Rev. S. Y. Woodward

No	583
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hartley	Linden Lucy Jessie Mary Mickle
	💍 1919/5351
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stairbuilder
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Petone	Karori
Length of Residence	Life	3 years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Karori
Folio	4659
Consent	Margaret Mickle mother
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Y. Woodward

584

17 July 1919

Francis Stanley
Lydia Lloyd

Francis Stanley
Lydia Lloyd
💍 1919/5352

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Wellington
Brooklyn, Wellington

9 years
7 years

Residence of the Bride's Parents, 34 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn

4660

Emma Sunderland adopting mother

17 July 1919

Rev. B. Hutson

No	584
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Stanley	Lydia Lloyd
	💍 1919/5352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Brooklyn, Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of the Bride's Parents, 34 Jefferson Street, Brooklyn
Folio	4660
Consent	Emma Sunderland adopting mother
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Hutson

585

17 July 1919

Peter Mandwal Moran
Winifred Muriel Skinner

Peter Mandival Moran
Winifred Muriel Skinner
💍 1919/4252

Bachelor
Spinster

Soldier

28
22

Hutt
Hutt

3 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

4709

17 July 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	585
Date of Notice	17 July 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Mandwal Moran	Winifred Muriel Skinner
BDM Match (95%)	Peter Mandival Moran	Winifred Muriel Skinner
	💍 1919/4252
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Soldier
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Hutt	Hutt
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	4709
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

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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).