Intentions to Marry, 1920 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840492, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1920 is bound in eight volumes (a to h) with continuous page numbers. Each volume contains a different set of districts, going from north to south.

1920e contains pages 1885-2344, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

Page 2173

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1920 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

401

19 June 1920

Ernest Henry Mallett
Gertrude Alice Blandford

Ernest Henry Mallett
Gertrude Alice Blandford
💍 1920/5695

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

3559

19 June 1920

W. G. Gladstone, Deputy Registrar

No	401
Date of Notice	19 June 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Mallett	Gertrude Alice Blandford
	💍 1920/5695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	3559
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1920
Officiating Minister	W. G. Gladstone, Deputy Registrar

402

19 June 1920

Henry Edward Martin
Louisa Mildred Levien

Henry Edward Martin
Louisa Mildred Levien
💍 1920/5696

Divorced Decree absolute 28 May 1920
Divorced Decree absolute 27 February 1920

Surveyor's Chairman

40
34

Wellington
Wellington

9 months
7 weeks

Registrar's Office, Wellington

3560

19 June 1920

Deputy Registrar

No	402
Date of Notice	19 June 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Edward Martin	Louisa Mildred Levien
	💍 1920/5696
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 28 May 1920	Divorced Decree absolute 27 February 1920
Profession	Surveyor's Chairman
Age	40	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	7 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	3560
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1920
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

403

21 June 1920

Reginald Joseph Gray
Sophia Greaney

Reginald Joseph Gray
Sophia Greaney
💍 1920/5697

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
3 years

St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

3561

21 June 1920

Rev. M. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	403
Date of Notice	21 June 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Joseph Gray	Sophia Greaney
	💍 1920/5697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	3561
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Murphy, Roman Catholic

404

21 June 1920

Alfred George Gordon Barnard
Mabel Harvey

Alfred George Gordon Barnard
Mabel Harvey
💍 1920/5698

Albert Madas Jorgensen
Mabel Harvey
💍 1920/5156

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruit-grower

31
31

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
3 days

St Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

3562

21 June 1920

Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

No	404
Date of Notice	21 June 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Gordon Barnard	Mabel Harvey
	💍 1920/5698
BDM Match (64%)	Albert Madas Jorgensen	Mabel Harvey
	💍 1920/5156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruit-grower
Age	31	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	3562
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Watson, Anglican

405

21 June 1920

Thomas Frederick William Ives
Elsie Mildred Baker

Thomas Frederick William Eves
Elsie Mildred Baker
💍 1920/5699

Bachelor
Widow 12 November 1918

Timber Classer

33
34

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
25 years

Residence of M. A. Edwards, Standen Street, Karori, Wellington

3563

21 June 1920

Rev. G. K. Smith, Methodist

No	405
Date of Notice	21 June 1920
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick William Ives	Elsie Mildred Baker
BDM Match (98%)	Thomas Frederick William Eves	Elsie Mildred Baker
	💍 1920/5699
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 12 November 1918
Profession	Timber Classer
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. A. Edwards, Standen Street, Karori, Wellington
Folio	3563
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1920
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. K. Smith, Methodist

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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).