Intentions to Marry, 1922 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840508, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1922 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.

1922e contains pages 1691-2058, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar H. Keith Thorpe

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

836

11 September 1922

Aubrey Maurice Heaton Oldridge
Jessie Isabel Bowler

Aubrey Maurice Heaton Oldridge
Jessie Isabel Bowler
💍 1922/5426

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairy Farmer

22
22

Makara
Makara

4 days
Life

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

5147

11 September 1922

Rev. G. Woodward, Anglican

No	836
Date of Notice	11 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Aubrey Maurice Heaton Oldridge	Jessie Isabel Bowler
	💍 1922/5426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairy Farmer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Makara	Makara
Length of Residence	4 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	5147
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Woodward, Anglican

837

11 September 1922

George Ernest Neal
Marguerita Alice Claridge

George Ernest Neal
Marguerita Alice Claridge
💍 1922/5427

Bachelor
Spinster

Maltster

45
23

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
18 months

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

5148

11 September 1922

Rev. J. J. Taylor, Anglican

No	837
Date of Notice	11 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ernest Neal	Marguerita Alice Claridge
	💍 1922/5427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maltster
Age	45	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	5148
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Taylor, Anglican

838

11 September 1922

William Henry Maddock
Ethel Elizabeth Garner

William Henry Maddock
Ethel Elizabeth Garner
💍 1922/5428

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

51
43

Wellington
40 Hawker Street, Wellington

5 days
5 days

Residence of F. B. Ellison

5149

11 September 1922

Rev. H. S. Peat, Methodist

No	838
Date of Notice	11 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Maddock	Ethel Elizabeth Garner
	💍 1922/5428
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	51	43
Dwelling Place	Wellington	40 Hawker Street, Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Residence of F. B. Ellison
Folio	5149
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. S. Peat, Methodist

839

12 September 1922

Bernard Robert Arthur Luckock
Dulcie Kate Spackman

Bernard Robert Arthur Luckock
Dulcie Kate Spackman
💍 1922/5429

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer

22
21

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

13 years
5 years

Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Lower Hutt

5150

12 September 1922

Rev. E. Carmine, Roman Catholic

No	839
Date of Notice	12 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Robert Arthur Luckock	Dulcie Kate Spackman
	💍 1922/5429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	13 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of St. Peter & St. Paul, Lower Hutt
Folio	5150
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Carmine, Roman Catholic

840

12 September 1922

Herbert Woods
Florence Elizabeth Baker

Herbert Woods
Florence Elizabeth Baker
💍 1922/5437

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
19

Johnsonville
Paremata

2 years
2 years

St. James' Church, Adelaide Road, Wellington

5151

William Baker, father

12 September 1922

Rev. H. Shirer, Presbyterian

No	840
Date of Notice	12 September 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Woods	Florence Elizabeth Baker
	💍 1922/5437
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Paremata
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Church, Adelaide Road, Wellington
Folio	5151
Consent	William Baker, father
Date of Certificate	12 September 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Shirer, Presbyterian

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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).