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 J. H. Bishop

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

276

20 March 1925

John Andrew McKay
Charlotte Eva Younger

John Andrew McKay
Charlotte Eva Younger
💍 1925/202

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

5 months
4 days

St. Marks Church, Wellington

937

Barnett William Younger, father

20 March 1925

H. C. K. Fry, Anglican

No	276
Date of Notice	20 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Andrew McKay	Charlotte Eva Younger
	💍 1925/202
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Wellington
Folio	937
Consent	Barnett William Younger, father
Date of Certificate	20 March 1925
Officiating Minister	H. C. K. Fry, Anglican

277

20 March 1925

William Campbell
Bertha Olive Paull

William Campbell
Bertha Olive Paull
💍 1925/203

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
27

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
7 months

Congregational Church, Wellington South

938

20 March 1925

F. de Lisle, Congregational

No	277
Date of Notice	20 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Campbell	Bertha Olive Paull
	💍 1925/203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Wellington South
Folio	938
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1925
Officiating Minister	F. de Lisle, Congregational

278

20 March 1925

Francis Richard Cannon
Amy Gwendoline Hodren

Francis Richard Cannon
Amy Gwendoline Amy Hodren
💍 1925/204

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

53
34

Wellington
Wellington

22 years
5 years

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

939

20 March 1925

Y. F. Taylor, Anglican

No	278
Date of Notice	20 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Richard Cannon	Amy Gwendoline Hodren
BDM Match (92%)	Francis Richard Cannon	Amy Gwendoline Amy Hodren
	💍 1925/204
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	53	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	939
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Y. F. Taylor, Anglican

279

20 March 1925

Alfred Lawrence Noot
Elizabeth Florence Whyte

Alfred Lawrence Noot
Elizabeth Florence Whyte
💍 1925/205

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Conductor

23
19

Wellington
Wellington

Life
7 years

St. James Manse, Adelaide Road, Wellington

940

William Whyte, father

20 March 1925

W. Shorer, Presbyterian

No	279
Date of Notice	20 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Lawrence Noot	Elizabeth Florence Whyte
	💍 1925/205
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Conductor
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	7 years
Marriage Place	St. James Manse, Adelaide Road, Wellington
Folio	940
Consent	William Whyte, father
Date of Certificate	20 March 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Shorer, Presbyterian

280

21 March 1925

Walter Cecil Jantrum Hanson
Jean Yorston Reed

Walter Cecil Tantrum Hanson
Jean Yorston Reid
💍 1925/206

Bachelor
Spinster

Film Booker

26
21

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
6 years

St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington

941

21 March 1925

D. Calder, Presbyterian

No	280
Date of Notice	21 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Cecil Jantrum Hanson	Jean Yorston Reed
BDM Match (95%)	Walter Cecil Tantrum Hanson	Jean Yorston Reid
	💍 1925/206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Film Booker
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	941
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1925
Officiating Minister	D. Calder, 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).