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

Page 1952

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar H. R. 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

716

27 July 1922

John Ernest Perry
Mary Lucinda Richardson

John Ernest Perry
Mary Lucinda Richardson
💍 1922/5310

Widower
Spinster

Retired Farmer

49
39

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
12 years

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington

5033

27 July 1922

Rev. J. J. Taylor, Anglican

No	716
Date of Notice	27 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ernest Perry	Mary Lucinda Richardson
	💍 1922/5310
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Retired Farmer
Age	49	39
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	12 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	5033
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Taylor, Anglican

717

27 July 1922

Edward McPherson
Violet Constance Graves

Edward McPherson
Violet Constance Graves
💍 1922/5311

Widower
Widow

Shipping Clerk

30
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
6 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

5034

27 July 1922

Registrar

No	717
Date of Notice	27 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward McPherson	Violet Constance Graves
	💍 1922/5311
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Shipping Clerk
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	5034
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

718

27 July 1922

Samuel Frank Brown
Agnes Blaine Tancred

Samuel Frank Brown
Agnes Claire Tancred
💍 1922/5288

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
5 years

The Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington

5035

27 July 1922

Rev. P. J. Smyth, Roman Catholic

No	718
Date of Notice	27 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Frank Brown	Agnes Blaine Tancred
BDM Match (95%)	Samuel Frank Brown	Agnes Claire Tancred
	💍 1922/5288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	5 years
Marriage Place	The Basilica, Hill Street, Wellington
Folio	5035
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. J. Smyth, Roman Catholic

719

28 July 1922

Albert Edward Stead
Ada Lilian Rixon

Albert Edward Stead
Ada Lilian Rixon
💍 1922/5290

Bachelor
Spinster

Packer

21
25

Wellington
Wellington

Life
4 months

St Thomas' Church, Newtown, Wellington

5037

28 July 1922

Rev. W. Fancourt, Anglican

No	719
Date of Notice	28 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Stead	Ada Lilian Rixon
	💍 1922/5290
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Packer
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	4 months
Marriage Place	St Thomas' Church, Newtown, Wellington
Folio	5037
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Fancourt, Anglican

720

28 July 1922

James Stewart
Amy Beldt

James Stewart
Amy Heldt
💍 1922/5289

Widower
Spinster

Civil Servant

58
37

Auckland
Wellington

3 months
33 years

Residence of Rev. Dr. Gibb, 328 The Terrace, Wellington

5036

28 July 1922

Rev. Dr. Gibb, Presbyterian

No	720
Date of Notice	28 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Stewart	Amy Beldt
BDM Match (94%)	James Stewart	Amy Heldt
	💍 1922/5289
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	58	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	33 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. Dr. Gibb, 328 The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	5036
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. Dr. Gibb, 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).