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 1960

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar R. O. Ennis

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

1081

25 November 1919

Lionel Edward Charles Hutton-Moss
Aloha Crump

Lionel Edward Charles Hilton-Moss
Aloha Crump
💍 1920/2847

Bachelor
Spinster

Cable Operator

24
21

Wellington
Blenheim

2 Years
15 Years

Methodist Church, Blenheim

25 November 1919

Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

No	1081
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Edward Charles Hutton-Moss	Aloha Crump
BDM Match (97%)	Lionel Edward Charles Hilton-Moss	Aloha Crump
	💍 1920/2847
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cable Operator
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Blenheim
Length of Residence	2 Years	15 Years
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Blenheim
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenslade, Methodist

1082

25 November 1919

Thomas William Garth
Josephine Frances Lowe

Thomas William Garth
Josephine Frances Lowe
💍 1919/8328

Bachelor
Widow 29/7/1918

Clerk

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

8 months
4 months

St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington

7957

25 November 1919

Rev. J. F. O'Connor, Roman Catholic

No	1082
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Garth	Josephine Frances Lowe
	💍 1919/8328
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 29/7/1918
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Buckle Street, Wellington
Folio	7957
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. O'Connor, Roman Catholic

1083

25 November 1919

Alfred Carter
Hannah Beatrice Suggitt

Alfred Carter
Hannah Beatrice Suggitt
💍 1919/8305

Widower 9/1/1912
Spinster

Farmer

43
38

Petone
Kaitoke

3 days
12 Years

Anglican Church, Kilbirnie, Wellington

7958

25 November 1919

Rev. J. H. Sykes, Anglican

No	1083
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Carter	Hannah Beatrice Suggitt
	💍 1919/8305
Condition	Widower 9/1/1912	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	43	38
Dwelling Place	Petone	Kaitoke
Length of Residence	3 days	12 Years
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Folio	7958
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Sykes, Anglican

1084

25 November 1919

Russell John James Weir
Agnes Fulton

Russell John James Weir
Agnes Fulton
💍 1919/8306

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant
Clerk

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 Years
2 1/2 Years

Congregational Church, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington

7959

25 November 1919

Rev. A. E. Hunt, Congregational

No	1084
Date of Notice	25 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Russell John James Weir	Agnes Fulton
	💍 1919/8306
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant	Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 Years	2 1/2 Years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Cambridge Terrace, Wellington
Folio	7959
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. E. Hunt, Congregational

1085

26 November 1919

Frank Kingswell Tucker
Lilian Margaret Davis

Frank Kingswell Tucker
Lilian Margaret Davis
💍 1919/8307

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

30
35

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
2 months

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

7960

26 November 1919

Rev. A. M. Johnson, Anglican

No	1085
Date of Notice	26 November 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Kingswell Tucker	Lilian Margaret Davis
	💍 1919/8307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	30	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	7960
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 November 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Johnson, 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).