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 1891

District of 31 March 1921 Quarter ending Wellington Registrar J. H. Alley

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

151

9 February 1921

Charles Auburn Vaughan
Isabel Gladys Hardnell

Charles Auburn Vaughan
Isabel Gladys Gardner
💍 1921/2605

Bachelor
Spinster

Flax mill Hand

43
30

Wellington
Wellington

2 days
3 days

St. Mark's Church

590

9 February 1921

Rev. C. H. Usher, Anglican

No	151
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Auburn Vaughan	Isabel Gladys Hardnell
BDM Match (93%)	Charles Auburn Vaughan	Isabel Gladys Gardner
	💍 1921/2605
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flax mill Hand
Age	43	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	590
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Usher, Anglican

152

9 February 1921

Hamilton Logan
Isabella McColl

Hamilton Logan
Isabella McColl
💍 1921/2606

Bachelor
Spinster

Barman

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 months

Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace

591

9 February 1921

Rev. J. H. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	152
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hamilton Logan	Isabella McColl
	💍 1921/2606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Barman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Kent Terrace
Folio	591
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott, Presbyterian

153

9 February 1921

George Carl France
Beryl Kate Remington

George Carl France
Beryl Kate Remington
💍 1921/2607

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Builder

25
25

Levin
Lower Hutt

17 years
3 days

Registrar's Office

592

9 February 1921

Deputy Registrar

No	153
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Carl France	Beryl Kate Remington
	💍 1921/2607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Builder
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Levin	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	17 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	592
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

154

9 February 1921

John William Edmonds
Gladys Phoebe Ling, commonly known as Demuth

John William Edmonds
Gladys Phoebe Demath
💍 1921/2608

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver

22
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
4 years

Registrar's Office

593

9 February 1921

Deputy Registrar

No	154
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Edmonds	Gladys Phoebe Ling, commonly known as Demuth
BDM Match (72%)	John William Edmonds	Gladys Phoebe Demath
	💍 1921/2608
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	593
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Deputy Registrar

155

9 February 1921

Sydney Claude Paget
Jessie Marian Forsyth

Sydney Claude Paget
Jessie Marian Forsyth
💍 1921/2609

Widower (13/11/1904)
Spinster

Carpenter

41
37

Wellington
Newtown Wellington

18 months
18 months

Residence of Bridegroom 72 Daniel Street Wellington

594

9 February 1921

Rev. W. G. Evans, Congregationalist

No	155
Date of Notice	9 February 1921
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Claude Paget	Jessie Marian Forsyth
	💍 1921/2609
Condition	Widower (13/11/1904)	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	41	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Newtown Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Bridegroom 72 Daniel Street Wellington
Folio	594
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1921
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. G. Evans, Congregationalist

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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).