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 1914

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1925 Registrar J. H. Philthorpe

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

9 January 1925

Horace Webster Nash
Fanny Hulbert Nash

Horace Webster Nash
Fanny Hulbert Nash
💍 1925/9815

Previously married on 27/4/1924
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
4 weeks

Residence of Mr. A. Metcalfe, Baines

695

9 January 1925

J. F. Macmanus, Roman Catholic

No	26
Date of Notice	9 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Webster Nash	Fanny Hulbert Nash
	💍 1925/9815
Condition	Previously married on 27/4/1924	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. A. Metcalfe, Baines
Folio	695
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1925
Officiating Minister	J. F. Macmanus, Roman Catholic

10 January 1925

John McClure Brodie
Margaret Graham Findlay

John McClure Brodie
Margaret Graham Findlay
💍 1925/9816

Bachelor
Spinster

Theological Student

50
43

Wellington
Wellington

3 weeks
2 days

Scots Church, Seatoun

696

10 January 1925

J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	10 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McClure Brodie	Margaret Graham Findlay
	💍 1925/9816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Theological Student
Age	50	43
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 weeks	2 days
Marriage Place	Scots Church, Seatoun
Folio	696
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1925
Officiating Minister	J. K. Elliott, Presbyterian

10 January 1925

Charles Gordon Kirk
Vera Madge Shearer

Charles Gordon Kirk
Vera Madge Shearer
💍 1925/9817

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

24
22

Wellington
Lower Hutt

3 weeks
18 years

St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington

697

10 January 1925

S. R. Orr, Presbyterian

No	28
Date of Notice	10 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gordon Kirk	Vera Madge Shearer
	💍 1925/9817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 weeks	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, The Terrace, Wellington
Folio	697
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1925
Officiating Minister	S. R. Orr, Presbyterian

10 January 1925

Robert Davies
Susan McNally

Robert Davies
Susan McNally
💍 1925/9818

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

2 weeks
1 year

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

698

10 January 1925

M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

No	29
Date of Notice	10 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Davies	Susan McNally
	💍 1925/9818
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	698
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1925
Officiating Minister	M. A. Murphy, Roman Catholic

12 January 1925

Albert Edward O'Neill
Gladys Clarke

Albert Edward O'Neill
Gladys Clarke
💍 1925/9819

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

24
28

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
15 months

Residence of bridegroom's parents, 112 Daniell Street, Wellington South

699

12 January 1925

C. Eaton, Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	12 January 1925
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward O'Neill	Gladys Clarke
	💍 1925/9819
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Residence of bridegroom's parents, 112 Daniell Street, Wellington South
Folio	699
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1925
Officiating Minister	C. Eaton, Methodist

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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.

You can also support this project by ☕ Buying us a coffee 🌳

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).