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 2042

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1925 Registrar J. H. 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

646

2 July 1925

Francis William Eriksen
Charlotte Lincoln

Francis William Ericksen
Charlotte Lincoln
💍 1925/5868

Bachelor
Spinster

Linotype Operator

32
28

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
8 years

St Anne's Church, Wellington South

5842

2 July 1925

P. E. Fallon, Roman Catholic

No	646
Date of Notice	2 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Eriksen	Charlotte Lincoln
BDM Match (98%)	Francis William Ericksen	Charlotte Lincoln
	💍 1925/5868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Linotype Operator
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	8 years
Marriage Place	St Anne's Church, Wellington South
Folio	5842
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1925
Officiating Minister	P. E. Fallon, Roman Catholic

647

2 July 1925

Cornelius Michael Fitzgerald
Noeline Beatrice May Kingsbere

Cornelius Michael Fitzgerald
Noeline Beatrice May Kingsbere
💍 1925/5869

Bachelor
Spinster

Motor Driver
Nurse

21
22

Wellington
60 Austin Street, Wellington

Life
4 years

Residence of Major, 60 Austin Street, Wellington

5843

2 July 1925

J. Baird, Presbyterian

No	647
Date of Notice	2 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornelius Michael Fitzgerald	Noeline Beatrice May Kingsbere
	💍 1925/5869
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Motor Driver	Nurse
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	60 Austin Street, Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Major, 60 Austin Street, Wellington
Folio	5843
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 July 1925
Officiating Minister	J. Baird, Presbyterian

648

3 July 1925

Ernest Morgan
Evelyn Alice Christina Blifford

Ernest Morgan
Evelyn Alice Christina Clifford
💍 1925/5870

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

25
21

Wellington
Kilbirnie

3 years
5 years

St. Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie

5844

3 July 1925

V. Kelly, Roman Catholic

No	648
Date of Notice	3 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Morgan	Evelyn Alice Christina Blifford
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Morgan	Evelyn Alice Christina Clifford
	💍 1925/5870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Kilbirnie
Folio	5844
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1925
Officiating Minister	V. Kelly, Roman Catholic

649

3 July 1925

William John Mulgrew
Edith Matthews

William John Mulgrew
Edith Matthews
💍 1925/5872

Bachelor
Spinster

Boilermaker

30
23

Petone
Petone

2 years
3 years

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington

5845

3 July 1925

M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	649
Date of Notice	3 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Mulgrew	Edith Matthews
	💍 1925/5872
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boilermaker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	5845
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1925
Officiating Minister	M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

650

4 July 1925

Thomas Harold Bradshaw
Margaret Buchanan Beaton

Thomas Harold Bradshaw
Margaret Buchanan Beaton
💍 1925/5873

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
25

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
2 years

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

5846

4 July 1925

H. Watson, Anglican

No	650
Date of Notice	4 July 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Harold Bradshaw	Margaret Buchanan Beaton
	💍 1925/5873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	5846
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1925
Officiating Minister	H. Watson, 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).