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. Kelshorpe

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

246

9 March 1925

Percy Arthur Blick
Coralie Iris Orange

Percy Arthur Aston Blick
Coralie Iris Orange
💍 1925/176

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

21
25

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

12 months
33 months

Residence of Mrs. J. Dawson, 33 Kio Road, Lower Hutt

911

9 March 1925

W. Rowe, Methodist

No	246
Date of Notice	9 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy Arthur Blick	Coralie Iris Orange
BDM Match (88%)	Percy Arthur Aston Blick	Coralie Iris Orange
	💍 1925/176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	12 months	33 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. J. Dawson, 33 Kio Road, Lower Hutt
Folio	911
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1925
Officiating Minister	W. Rowe, Methodist

247

9 March 1925

Thomas Clarke Rice
Rita Pilcher

Thomas Clarke Rice
Rita Pilcher
💍 1925/177

Bachelor
Spinster

Manufacturing Confectioner

26
24

Napier
Wellington

Life
9 months

St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington

912

9 March 1925

A. M. Johnson, Anglican

No	247
Date of Notice	9 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Clarke Rice	Rita Pilcher
	💍 1925/177
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manufacturing Confectioner
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Napier	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	9 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	912
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1925
Officiating Minister	A. M. Johnson, Anglican

248

9 March 1925

Sidney Walter Mitchener
Mavis Elinor Annie Dredge

Sidney Walter Mitchener
Mais Elinor Annie Dredge
💍 1925/178

Bachelor
Spinster

Signwriter

21
18

Wellington
Wellington

week
4 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

913

James Dredge, father

9 March 1925

Registrar

No	248
Date of Notice	9 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sidney Walter Mitchener	Mavis Elinor Annie Dredge
BDM Match (98%)	Sidney Walter Mitchener	Mais Elinor Annie Dredge
	💍 1925/178
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Signwriter
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	week	4 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	913
Consent	James Dredge, father
Date of Certificate	9 March 1925
Officiating Minister	Registrar

249

10 March 1925

Gilbert Keiller Glen
Agnes Mary Connel Mitchell

Gilbert Keiller Glen
Agnes Mary Connel Mitchell
💍 1925/179

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

22
26

Epuni Hamlet
Lower Hutt

4 years
4 years

Presbyterian Manse, Main Road, Lower Hutt

914

10 March 1925

J. McLaw, Presbyterian

No	249
Date of Notice	10 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Keiller Glen	Agnes Mary Connel Mitchell
	💍 1925/179
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Epuni Hamlet	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Main Road, Lower Hutt
Folio	914
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1925
Officiating Minister	J. McLaw, Presbyterian

250

10 March 1925

Arthur Grant Harper
Hilda Mary Evans

Arthur Grant Harper
Hilda Mary Evans
💍 1925/180

Arthur Stanley Quennell
Hilda May Evans
💍 1925/2223

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
Life

St. Jude's Church, Lyall Bay

915

10 March 1925

A. J. B. Page, Anglican

No	250
Date of Notice	10 March 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Grant Harper	Hilda Mary Evans
	💍 1925/180
BDM Match (71%)	Arthur Stanley Quennell	Hilda May Evans
	💍 1925/2223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	Life
Marriage Place	St. Jude's Church, Lyall Bay
Folio	915
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1925
Officiating Minister	A. J. B. Page, 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).