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 1944

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1922 Registrar M. B. 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

676

11 July 1922

William Stanley Moule
Elizabeth Moule

William Stanley Moule
Elizabeth Moule
💍 1922/5247

Divorced Decree absolute 6/6/1922
Divorced Decree absolute 6/6/1922

Bushman

41
26

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
1 week

Registrar's Office Wellington

4994

11 July 1922

Registrar

No	676
Date of Notice	11 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Stanley Moule	Elizabeth Moule
	💍 1922/5247
Condition	Divorced Decree absolute 6/6/1922	Divorced Decree absolute 6/6/1922
Profession	Bushman
Age	41	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4994
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

677

12 July 1922

Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
May Maria Smith

Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick
May Maria Smith
💍 1922/5249

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

35
25

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office Wellington

4995

12 July 1922

Registrar

No	677
Date of Notice	12 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Joseph Fitzpatrick	May Maria Smith
	💍 1922/5249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4995
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

678

13 July 1922

Walter Meredith
Adelaide May Hall

Walter Meredith
Adelaide May Hall
💍 1922/5250

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

20
19

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
4 years

Church of Christ Rintoul Street Newtown Wellington

4996

Thomas Meredith - father, Henry Thomas Hall - father

13 July 1922

Rev. H. P. Leng, Church of Christ

No	678
Date of Notice	13 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Meredith	Adelaide May Hall
	💍 1922/5250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Rintoul Street Newtown Wellington
Folio	4996
Consent	Thomas Meredith - father, Henry Thomas Hall - father
Date of Certificate	13 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. P. Leng, Church of Christ

679

14 July 1922

Simon Ernest Starr
Edith Leonora Tottenham

Simons Ernest Starr
Edith Leonora Tottenham
💍 1922/5251

Widower 19/8/1915
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

44
45

Wellington
Dunedin

2 weeks
2 weeks

Registrar's Office Wellington

4997

14 July 1922

Registrar

No	679
Date of Notice	14 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simon Ernest Starr	Edith Leonora Tottenham
BDM Match (97%)	Simons Ernest Starr	Edith Leonora Tottenham
	💍 1922/5251
Condition	Widower 19/8/1915	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	44	45
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	4997
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Registrar

680

14 July 1922

Douglas Wilson
Edith Rhoda Howden

Douglas Wilson
Edith Rhoda Howden
💍 1922/5252

Widower 19/10/1918
Widow 21/10/17

Medical Practitioner

32
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
29 years

St Michael & All Angels Church Kelburn

4998

14 July 1922

Rev. A. W. Payne, Anglican

No	680
Date of Notice	14 July 1922
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Wilson	Edith Rhoda Howden
	💍 1922/5252
Condition	Widower 19/10/1918	Widow 21/10/17
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St Michael & All Angels Church Kelburn
Folio	4998
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1922
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. W. Payne, Anglican

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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).