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

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar R. C. O'Connor

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

1136

6 December 1919

Leslie Joseph Green
Ann Hyndman

Leslie Joseph Green
Ann Hyndman
💍 1919/8376

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
10 years

Mission Hall Taranaki Street Wellington

8005

6 December 1919

Rev J. J. Taylor, Anglican

No	1136
Date of Notice	6 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Joseph Green	Ann Hyndman
	💍 1919/8376
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Mission Hall Taranaki Street Wellington
Folio	8005
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. Taylor, Anglican

1137

6 December 1919

Ogilvie Innes Tocher
Ada Mason

Ogilvie Innes Tocker
Ada Mason
💍 1920/2577

Bachelor
Spinster

Constable

33
34

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
6 years

St James Church Wellington South

39/1920

6 December 1919

Rev W. Shirer, Presbyterian

No	1137
Date of Notice	6 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ogilvie Innes Tocher	Ada Mason
BDM Match (98%)	Ogilvie Innes Tocker	Ada Mason
	💍 1920/2577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Constable
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St James Church Wellington South
Folio	39/1920
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Shirer, Presbyterian

1138

8 December 1919

Edward Drummond Croll
Elsie May Austen Trinder

Edward Drummond Croll
Elsie May Austen Trinder
💍 1919/8377

Widower 31/8/1915
Spinster

Motorman

31
23

Island Bay
Island Bay

4 Months
4 Months

Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace Wellington

8006

8 December 1919

Rev J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	1138
Date of Notice	8 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Drummond Croll	Elsie May Austen Trinder
	💍 1919/8377
Condition	Widower 31/8/1915	Spinster
Profession	Motorman
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Island Bay	Island Bay
Length of Residence	4 Months	4 Months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace Wellington
Folio	8006
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

1139

8 December 1919

George Weir
Lily Mary Watson

George Weir
Lily Mary Watson
💍 1919/8378

Bachelor
Spinster

Milkman

28
21

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

12 Years
10 Years

Registrar's Office Wellington

8007

8 December 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	1139
Date of Notice	8 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Weir	Lily Mary Watson
	💍 1919/8378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Milkman
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	12 Years	10 Years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	8007
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1140

8 December 1919

Henry John Dreyfeldt
Rozetta Elizabeth Jane Staub

Henry John Drayfeldt
Rozetta Elizabeth Jane Staub
💍 1919/8355

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

28
28

Wellington
Wellington

6 Years
28 Years

St James Manse Wellington South

8008

8 December 1919

Rev W. Shirer, Presbyterian

No	1140
Date of Notice	8 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Dreyfeldt	Rozetta Elizabeth Jane Staub
BDM Match (98%)	Henry John Drayfeldt	Rozetta Elizabeth Jane Staub
	💍 1919/8355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 Years	28 Years
Marriage Place	St James Manse Wellington South
Folio	8008
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Shirer, Presbyterian

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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).