Intentions to Marry, 1921 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840500, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1921 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.

1921e contains pages 1735-2142, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

Page 1887

District of 31 March 1921 Quarter ending Wellington Registrar J. A. H. [illegible]

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

131

4 February 1921

William Vincent Ridley
Louisa Cecilia Hubbard

William Vincent Ridley
Louisa Cecilia Hubbard
💍 1921/990

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
4 years

All Saints Church, Kelburnie, Wellington

570

19 February 1921

J. H. Sykes, Anglican

No	131
Date of Notice	4 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Vincent Ridley	Louisa Cecilia Hubbard
	💍 1921/990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Kelburnie, Wellington
Folio	570
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1921
Officiating Minister	J. H. Sykes, Anglican

132

5 February 1921

Joseph Patrick Connell
Kathleen May Regan

Joseph Patrick Connell
Kathleen May Regan
💍 1921/991

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
11 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

571

5 February 1921

Rev. M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	132
Date of Notice	5 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Patrick Connell	Kathleen May Regan
	💍 1921/991
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	571
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

133

5 February 1921

Edward Lawrence Albrecht
Lillian May Stuart Forbes

Edward Lawrence Albrecht
Lillian May Stuart Forbes
💍 1921/992

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

20
22

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
12 months

Registrar's Office

572

Julius Gelis Albrecht, Father

5 February 1921

Deputy Registrar

No	133
Date of Notice	5 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Lawrence Albrecht	Lillian May Stuart Forbes
	💍 1921/992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	572
Consent	Julius Gelis Albrecht, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

134

7 February 1921

George Franklin Yerex
Mary Kingdon

George Franklyn Yerea
Mary Kingdon
💍 1921/993

Bachelor
Spinster

Militia Staff Officer

28
26

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

2 days

St. James' Church, Lower Hutt

573

7 February 1921

Rev. A. H. Hansell, Anglican

No	134
Date of Notice	7 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Franklin Yerex	Mary Kingdon
BDM Match (95%)	George Franklyn Yerea	Mary Kingdon
	💍 1921/993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Militia Staff Officer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 days
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	573
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Hansell, Anglican

135

7 February 1921

Thomas Francis Farrell Mulcahy
Johanna Oben

Thomas Francis Farrell Mulcahy
Johanna Oben
💍 1921/994

Bachelor
Widow

Draughtsman

32
44

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
5 years

The Basilica, Hill Street

574

7 February 1921

Rev. T. B. Dignam, Roman Catholic

No	135
Date of Notice	7 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Francis Farrell Mulcahy	Johanna Oben
	💍 1921/994
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	32	44
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	5 years
Marriage Place	The Basilica, Hill Street
Folio	574
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. B. Dignam, Roman Catholic

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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).