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. O. Binns

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

1181

13 December 1919

Arthur Wilson
Georgina Wood

Arthur Wilson
Georgina Wood
💍 1919/8392

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

8044

13 December 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	1181
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Wilson	Georgina Wood
	💍 1919/8392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	8044
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1182

13 December 1919

James Roderick Riddell
Evelyn Reid Dickie

James Roderick Riddell
Evelyn Reid Dickie
💍 1919/8393

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

21
20

Petone
Petone

17 years
1 year

Registrar's Office Wellington

8045

David Dickie Father

13 December 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	1182
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Roderick Riddell	Evelyn Reid Dickie
	💍 1919/8393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	17 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	8045
Consent	David Dickie Father
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

1183

13 December 1919

Fredrick McIntyre Robinson
Ivy Ileen May Paterson

Frederick McIntyre Robinson
Ivy Ileen May Paterson
💍 1919/8394

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier

26
23

Newtown
Newtown

5 months
5 years

Residence of Commandant J. E. Holmes 85 Rugby Street Wellington

8046

13 December 1919

Commandant J. E. Holmes Salvation Army

No	1183
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fredrick McIntyre Robinson	Ivy Ileen May Paterson
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick McIntyre Robinson	Ivy Ileen May Paterson
	💍 1919/8394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Newtown	Newtown
Length of Residence	5 months	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Commandant J. E. Holmes 85 Rugby Street Wellington
Folio	8046
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Commandant J. E. Holmes Salvation Army

1184

13 December 1919

Walter Taylor
Constance Helena Kindal Plimmer

Walter Taylor
Constance Helena Kendal Plimmer
💍 1919/8395

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

42
38

Wellington
Hataitai

16 years
Life

Presbyterian Manse 35 Pirie Street Wellington

8047

13 December 1919

Rev. J. K. Elliott Presbyterian

No	1184
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Taylor	Constance Helena Kindal Plimmer
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Taylor	Constance Helena Kendal Plimmer
	💍 1919/8395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	42	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Hataitai
Length of Residence	16 years	Life
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse 35 Pirie Street Wellington
Folio	8047
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott Presbyterian

1185

13 December 1919

Albert Henry Palmer
Kathleen Alma Lucas

Albert Henry Palmer
Kathleen Alma Lucas
💍 1919/8396

Bachelor
Spinster

Marble Bar Proprietor

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
21 years

St Peter's Mission Hall Taranaki Street Wellington

8048

13 December 1919

Rev. T. F. Taylor Anglican

No	1185
Date of Notice	13 December 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Palmer	Kathleen Alma Lucas
	💍 1919/8396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Marble Bar Proprietor
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Mission Hall Taranaki Street Wellington
Folio	8048
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 December 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. F. Taylor Anglican

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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).