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 2104

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1925 Registrar R. W. Hope

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

952

9 October 1925

John Anglin commonly known as Thomas Hanlon
Blanche Eline Quigley

Thomas Hanlon
Blanche Eline Quigley
💍 1925/8341

Married but not seen or heard of wife as alive for 15 years last past
Spinster

Labourer

67
53

Petone
Petone

18 months
18 months

The Basilica Hill Street Wellington

8397

9 October 1925

K. I. McGrath, Roman Catholic

No	952
Date of Notice	9 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Anglin commonly known as Thomas Hanlon	Blanche Eline Quigley
BDM Match (65%)	Thomas Hanlon	Blanche Eline Quigley
	💍 1925/8341
Condition	Married but not seen or heard of wife as alive for 15 years last past	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	67	53
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	18 months	18 months
Marriage Place	The Basilica Hill Street Wellington
Folio	8397
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 October 1925
Officiating Minister	K. I. McGrath, Roman Catholic

953

9 October 1925

Alfred Bruce Cutler
Edith Annie Liddle

Alfred Bruce Cutler
Edith Annie Liddle
💍 1925/8342

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
3 months

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

8398

Under Section 27

23 October 1925

H. Watson, Anglican

No	953
Date of Notice	9 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Bruce Cutler	Edith Annie Liddle
	💍 1925/8342
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	8398
Consent	Under Section 27
Date of Certificate	23 October 1925
Officiating Minister	H. Watson, Anglican

954

10 October 1925

George James Taylor
Helen Dickson

George James Taylor
Helen Dickson
💍 1925/8343

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

24
26

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

8399

10 October 1925

J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	954
Date of Notice	10 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Taylor	Helen Dickson
	💍 1925/8343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	8399
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 October 1925
Officiating Minister	J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

955

12 October 1925

Edmund Lovell Dodd
Helen Fraser

Edmund Lovell Dodd
Helen Fraser
💍 1925/8344

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

23
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
5 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

8400

12 October 1925

Registrar

No	955
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edmund Lovell Dodd	Helen Fraser
	💍 1925/8344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	23	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	8400
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

956

12 October 1925

Norman Thomas Henry Byng
Eleanor Maude Corby

Norman Thomas Henry Byne
Eleanor Maude Corby
💍 1925/8352

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

17 years
21 years

St. John's Church, Wellington

8401

12 October 1925

J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	956
Date of Notice	12 October 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Thomas Henry Byng	Eleanor Maude Corby
BDM Match (98%)	Norman Thomas Henry Byne	Eleanor Maude Corby
	💍 1925/8352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Wellington
Folio	8401
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 October 1925
Officiating Minister	J. K. Elliott, 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).

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).