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 1922

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1919 Registrar R. G. Simmons

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

891

6 October 1919

Robert St. Clair
Mary Pearce

Robert St Clair
Mary Pearce
💍 1919/4562

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

24
25

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
14 years

St Anthony's Church Brooklyn Wellington

7776

6 October 1919

Rev. R. Hoare Roman Catholic

No	891
Date of Notice	6 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert St. Clair	Mary Pearce
BDM Match (97%)	Robert St Clair	Mary Pearce
	💍 1919/4562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	14 years
Marriage Place	St Anthony's Church Brooklyn Wellington
Folio	7776
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Hoare Roman Catholic

892

6 October 1919

Stanley Clyde Garlick
Ada Jeannette Lundius

Stanley Clyde Garlick
Ada Jannette Lundins
💍 1919/7061

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

29
22

Auckland
Wellington

22 years
22 years

St. Marks Church Wellington

6597

6 October 1919

Rev. A. J. B. Page Anglican

No	892
Date of Notice	6 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stanley Clyde Garlick	Ada Jeannette Lundius
BDM Match (95%)	Stanley Clyde Garlick	Ada Jannette Lundins
	💍 1919/7061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church Wellington
Folio	6597
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. J. B. Page Anglican

893

7 October 1919

Jens Henriksen
Mary Williams

Tens Henriksen
Mary Williams
💍 1919/4563

Bachelor
Widow 18/10/1918

Labourer

31
31

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
6 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

7777

7 October 1919

Registrar

No	893
Date of Notice	7 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jens Henriksen	Mary Williams
BDM Match (96%)	Tens Henriksen	Mary Williams
	💍 1919/4563
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 18/10/1918
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	7777
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Registrar

894

7 October 1919

Ernest Cranley Beaumont
Margarett Valentina Westerby

Ernest Cranley Beaumont
Margarett Valentina Westerby
💍 1919/4564

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Finisher

26
23

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
8 years

St. James' Church Newtown Wellington

7778

7 October 1919

Rev. W. Shirer Presbyterian

No	894
Date of Notice	7 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Cranley Beaumont	Margarett Valentina Westerby
	💍 1919/4564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Finisher
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church Newtown Wellington
Folio	7778
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer Presbyterian

895

7 October 1919

Keith Mitchell
Stella Ambrose Duncan

Keith Mitchell
Stella Ambrose Duncan
💍 1919/4565

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager

24
24

Kelburn
Hataitai

5 months
3 days

St. Peter's Willis Street Wellington

7779

7 October 1919

Rev. A. W. Payne Anglican

No	895
Date of Notice	7 October 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Keith Mitchell	Stella Ambrose Duncan
	💍 1919/4565
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Kelburn	Hataitai
Length of Residence	5 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Willis Street Wellington
Folio	7779
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 October 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Payne 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).