Intentions to Marry, 1925 Pongaroa to Wellington

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840532, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

1925 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.

1925e contains pages 1785-2176, covering districts from Pongaroa to Wellington

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1925 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

281

21 March 1925

Charles Edwin Fauburn Stone
Phyllis Harkey Wilson

Charles Edward Fairburn Stone
Phyllis Hartley Wilson
💍 1925/207

Divorced, Decree absolute 4/1/1922
Spinster

Soft Goods Manufacturer

35
25

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
1 year

Residence of Rev. J. Elliott, 37 Kent Terrace, Wellington

942

21 March 1925

J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	281
Date of Notice	21 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Fauburn Stone	Phyllis Harkey Wilson
BDM Match (87%)	Charles Edward Fairburn Stone	Phyllis Hartley Wilson
	💍 1925/207
Condition	Divorced, Decree absolute 4/1/1922	Spinster
Profession	Soft Goods Manufacturer
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. J. Elliott, 37 Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	942
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

282

23 March 1925

Milton Edward Ranger
Helen Pryde

Milton Edward Ranger
Helen Pryde
💍 1925/208

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

40
38

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

2 days
3 days

Residence of Mr. A. Macaskill, 14 Kings Road, Lower Hutt

943

23 March 1925

J. McGaw, Presbyterian

No	282
Date of Notice	23 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Milton Edward Ranger	Helen Pryde
	💍 1925/208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. A. Macaskill, 14 Kings Road, Lower Hutt
Folio	943
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. McGaw, Presbyterian

283

23 March 1925

Eric Sinclair
Ida Marion Bear

Eric Sinclair
Ida Marion Bear
💍 1925/210

Divorced, Decree absolute 10/11/1923
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

34
17

Wellington
Petone

6 days
12 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

944

Annie Barr Gray, formerly Bear, mother

23 March 1925

Registrar

No	283
Date of Notice	23 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eric Sinclair	Ida Marion Bear
	💍 1925/210
Condition	Divorced, Decree absolute 10/11/1923	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	34	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Petone
Length of Residence	6 days	12 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	944
Consent	Annie Barr Gray, formerly Bear, mother
Date of Certificate	23 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

284

24 March 1925

John Wylie Mexted
Gertrude Kenneth Robinson

John Wylie Mexted
Gertrude Kenneth Robinson
💍 1925/211

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Mechanic

24
18

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
3 years

Residence of Mr. G. Keating, 19 Douglas Street, Wellington

945

Esther Robinson, mother

24 March 1925

Elder J. H. Olsen, Latter Day Saints

No	284
Date of Notice	24 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wylie Mexted	Gertrude Kenneth Robinson
	💍 1925/211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Mechanic
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. Keating, 19 Douglas Street, Wellington
Folio	945
Consent	Esther Robinson, mother
Date of Certificate	24 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Elder J. H. Olsen, Latter Day Saints

285

24 March 1925

Oswal Glyn Lloyd Owen
Mabel Brown

Oswal Glyn Lloyd Owen
Mabel Brown
💍 1925/212

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

27
28

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
8 years

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

946

24 March 1925

H. E. K. Fry, Anglican

No	285
Date of Notice	24 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oswal Glyn Lloyd Owen	Mabel Brown
	💍 1925/212
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	946
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1925
Officiating Minister	H. E. K. Fry, 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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

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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).