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 1748

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1919 Registrar R. G. Poulton

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

27 January 1919

Thomas Waller Evans
Louisa Calvary

Thomas Walter Evans
Louisa Calvary
💍 1919/3997

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

23
22

Wellington
Karori, Wellington

4 years
22 years

St Mary's Church, Karori

151

27 January 1919

Rev. G. Y. Woodward

No	56
Date of Notice	27 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Waller Evans	Louisa Calvary
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Walter Evans	Louisa Calvary
	💍 1919/3997
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Karori, Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Karori
Folio	151
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Y. Woodward

28 January 1919

Harry Harris
Henrietta Louisa Barnes

Harry Harris
Henrietta Louisa Barnes
💍 1919/4008

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

32
27

Petone
Petone

20 years
4 weeks

St Augustine's Church, Petone

152

28 January 1919

Rev. H. J. Stealey

No	57
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Harris	Henrietta Louisa Barnes
	💍 1919/4008
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	20 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church, Petone
Folio	152
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Stealey

28 January 1919

John Campbell
Lucy Pilkington

John Campbell
Lucy Pilkington
💍 1919/4014

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

38
28

Wellington
Petone

30 days
12 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

153

28 January 1919

Deputy Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Campbell	Lucy Pilkington
	💍 1919/4014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Petone
Length of Residence	30 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	153
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

28 January 1919

Frank Victor Herbert-Coull
Irene Elizabeth Rains

Frank Victor Herbert Coull
Irene Elizabeth Rains
💍 1919/4015

Bachelor
Spinster

Indent Agent

26
22

Day's Bay
Wellington

12 years
6 years

St Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington

154

28 January 1919

Rev. S. R. Orr

No	59
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Victor Herbert-Coull	Irene Elizabeth Rains
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Victor Herbert Coull	Irene Elizabeth Rains
	💍 1919/4015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Indent Agent
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Day's Bay	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	154
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. R. Orr

28 January 1919

Gilbert Ralph Kline
Florence Esther Bennett

Gilbert Ralph Kime
Florice Esther Bennett
💍 1919/4016

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
24

Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie

3 days
2 years

All Saints Church, Kilbirnie

155

28 January 1919

Rev. J. H. Sykes

No	60
Date of Notice	28 January 1919
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Ralph Kline	Florence Esther Bennett
BDM Match (90%)	Gilbert Ralph Kime	Florice Esther Bennett
	💍 1919/4016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	24
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Kilbirnie
Folio	155
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1919
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Sykes

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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).