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

Page 2105

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar H. Palesthorpe

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

957

12 October 1925

Reuben Alfred Jones
Ella Margaret Goldfinch

Reuben Alfred Jones
Ella Margaret Goldfinch
💍 1925/8363

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
36

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
18 months

St. Anne's Church, Newtown

8462

12 October 1925

P.E. Fallon, Roman Catholic

No	957
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reuben Alfred Jones	Ella Margaret Goldfinch
	💍 1925/8363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Anne's Church, Newtown
Folio	8462
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	P.E. Fallon, Roman Catholic

958

13 October 1925

William John Richards
Annie Linda Johnson

William John Richards
Annie Linda Johnson
💍 1925/8370

Bachelor
Spinster

Evangelist

21
20

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
6 days

Seventh Day Adventists Church, Tasman Street, Wellington

8403

Ethel Annie Johnson, Mother of Bride

13 October 1925

H.M. Blunden, Seventh Day Adventist

No	958
Date of Notice	13 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Richards	Annie Linda Johnson
	💍 1925/8370
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Evangelist
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	6 days
Marriage Place	Seventh Day Adventists Church, Tasman Street, Wellington
Folio	8403
Consent	Ethel Annie Johnson, Mother of Bride
Date of Certificate	13 October 1925
Officiating Minister	H.M. Blunden, Seventh Day Adventist

959

13 October 1925

Alfred Dudley Barling
Margaret Hinewai Grace

Alfred Dudley Barling
Margaret Hinewai Grace
💍 1925/8371

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

26
23

Wellington
Wellington

2 weeks
23 years

St. Thomas' Church, Wellington South

8404

13 October 1925

C.V. Rooke, Anglican

No	959
Date of Notice	13 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Dudley Barling	Margaret Hinewai Grace
	💍 1925/8371
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 weeks	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church, Wellington South
Folio	8404
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1925
Officiating Minister	C.V. Rooke, Anglican

960

13 October 1925

Arthur William Collins
Naomi Mabel Glading

Arthur William Collins
Naomi Mabel Glading
💍 1925/8372

Bachelor
Widow 8 October 1916

Blacksmith's Striker

29
33

Petone
Lower Hutt

2 years
14 years

Residence of Mr. E.R. Huskisson, 3 Central Terrace, Lower Hutt

8405

13 October 1925

B.P. Evans, Congregational

No	960
Date of Notice	13 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Collins	Naomi Mabel Glading
	💍 1925/8372
Condition	Bachelor	Widow 8 October 1916
Profession	Blacksmith's Striker
Age	29	33
Dwelling Place	Petone	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. E.R. Huskisson, 3 Central Terrace, Lower Hutt
Folio	8405
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1925
Officiating Minister	B.P. Evans, Congregational

961

14 October 1925

Alexander Halcrow Cowie
Mabel Mary Bottcher

Alexander Halcrow Cowie
Mabel Mary Bottcher
💍 1925/8373

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

8406

14 October 1925

Registrar

No	961
Date of Notice	14 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Halcrow Cowie	Mabel Mary Bottcher
	💍 1925/8373
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	8406
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).