Marriages Solemnized at St Johns Presbyterian Church, Willis St, Wellington Transcribed from the original registers Xerox Copies of the original entry can be obtained from Alexander Turnbull Library, P O Box 12349, Wellington New Zealand (The additional information you will find in the register is the street address of the place where the marriage took place, the names, address and occupation of the witnesses, and the signatures of the bride and groom.) Abbreviations: M.S. – marital status; B bachelor, S spinster W widow/er (Then date of decease of the former wife or husband.); F– full age ie over 21; * after a name – the name is taken from the signature and is spelt differently in the marriage register. (I assumed people would spell their own names correctly and the Minister made the mistake.) Wgtn – Wellington; NB North Britain (a common term for Scotland) Under the heading “Place”: SJC – St Johns Church, Willis St; James Smith– marriage took place at Mr James Smith’s (the address is usually given but has not been transcribed); The Manse (This is the residence of the Minister and often put down as Rev James Paterson); Date Place Groom and Bride Age Occupation M.S. Birthplace 22 Nov 1890 Mr Bateman Thomas GORE 26 Carpenter B Hettie McELWAINE 20 S Jersey Channel Islands Blenheim NZ William Graham JAMIESON May WHITEHOUSE 29 B Glasgow S Wellington Alexander JOHNSTON 27 B Annie WILLSON 25 Douglas Lanarkshire Galston Ayreshire 26Nov 1890 24 Dec 1890 SJC Mr Scoular Contractor 21 Carpenter S Residence, 1.present 2. usual Wellington Wellington Wellington Christchurch Wellington Wellington Wellington Fathers name and occupation Mothers name and maiden name Thos Gore Master Mariner Cornelius McElawin Bootmaker Samuel Jamieson Builder Thos Whitehouse Gentleman John Johnston Labourer Hugh Wilson Farmer Mary Ann Gore Born McEWAN Jane McElwaine Born McDAGGIN Maria Jamieson Born SCOTT Marguerite Whitehouse Born McGILLVRAY Margt Johnston Born GRAY Janet Wilson Born SCOULAR 1 Jan 1891 21 Jan 1891 18 Feb 1891 SJC Mr Leslie SJC 11 March 1891 SJC 26 Mar 1891 The Manse 7 Apr 1891 25 Apr 1891 6 May 1891 The Manse SJC Mr Barrow William Allan CHAPPLE 26 Sarah Douglas TURNBULL 21 William GILBERT 33 Alice LESLIE 19 Joseph Vincent LONSDALE Mary Jane RILEY 36 Joseph William TRIM 31 Caroline SAWYER 26 Allan CAMERON 28 Adonia TAYLOR 21 Hugh CHRISTIE 33 Margaret MacDONALD 25 Thomas Tripney MILLER 32 Isabella DUTHIE 23 Nicholas ABBOTT 31 Selina BARROW 29 MB Farmer Compositor 25 Mariner Farmer Carpenter B Alexandra Otago San Francisco Wellington Motueka Wellington John Cole Chapple Farmer Thos Turnbull Architect S B Wellington Woodville S Onehunga Wellington B Auckland S Dunedin Wellington Wellington Wellington Wellington Thos Gilbert Hotelkeeper Alexander Leslie Carpenter Edward Lonsdale Gentleman William Riley Insurance Agent B Blandford Dorset Wellington S Wellington Wellington B Wellingotn Hutt S Northampton England Alloa Scotland Wellington B B Port Chalmers NZ Glasgow Wellington Wanganui Wellington Dunedin Wellington S New Plymouth Wellington B Horokiwi Valley S Horokiwi Valley Horokiwi Valley Horokiwi Valley S Bank Accountant Farmer Thomas Trim Sawyer James Sawyer Messenger John Cameron Farmer Thos Taylor Soldier David Christie Flour miller James MacDonald Locker H M Customs John Miller Gentleman John Duthie Merchant Henry Abbott Farmer Stephen Barrow Farmer Elizabeth McEwan Chapple Born ALLEN Louisa Turnbull Born URIE Mary Ann gilbert Born LEA Mary Leslie Born WARDLE Sarah Elizabeth [Lonsdale] Born BOOT Mary Jane Riley Born QUIN Sarah Trim Born SPENSER Myra Sawyer Born PARTRIDGE Catherine Cameron Born CASIE Salvadora Taylor Born TRIPPLAND Jane Christie Born REID Marjory MacDonald Born CAMERON Jane Miller Born TRIPNEY Mary Ann Duthie Born MERCER Bridget Abbott Born MULHERN Ellen Barrow Born REYNOLDS 4 June 1891 Mr Turner 17 June 1891 Mr Mudge 26 June 1891 SJC 15 July 1891 Mr Astill 20 July 1891 22 July 1891 1 Aug 1891 The Manse Mr Taylor The Manse William MacALLEY 25 Hannah SAMUELS 26 William Thomas HOLLINGSWORTH Priscilla MUDGE 44 John CAMERON 37 Georgina PARKER 23 David Barron SPEED 24 Augusta Norris ASTILL 22 David HARRIS 21 Ellen GARDNER 21 Allan MacASKILL 30 Mary PRYDE 24 Thomas BUCKRIDGE 42 Jane Bowden OSGOOD 33 Farmer Insurance Agent 33 Police Officer Draper Farmer Bootmaker Salesman B Turakina S Christchurch Wellington Turakina Wellington Wid 31 Dec 1888 S B Dunstan England Wellington London Wellington Inverness-shire Wellington S Stoke Nelson NZ Wellington B Nelson NZ Wellington S Wellington NZ Wellington B Horokiwi Valley S Pahautanui Horokiwi Valley Pahautanui B Wellington S North Uist Scotland St Andrews B Clonmel Ireland Wellington S Wellington Wellington Wellington Robert MacAlley Farmer Wm Epthorpe Samuels Artist Wm Thos Hollingsworth Solicitor Wm Henry Mudge Builder Donald Cameron Hotelkeeper Hicks Parker Farmer John Petrie Speed Wine Mercht John Astill Builder William Harris Farmer Wm Gardner Farmer Murdoch MacAskill Farmer Alex Pryde Farmer Henry Buckridge Hotelkeeper Edward Georgens Osgood Clerk Catherine McAlley Born GILCHRIST Eliza Samuels Born OSBORNE Sarah Elizabeth Hollingsworth Born BAYMAN Sarah H Mudge Born JACKSON Jessie Cameron Born MARTIN Barbara Parker Born PARKER [sic] Ellen Wemgs? Speed Born BARRON Augusta Ann Astill Born SOLOMON Jessie Harris Born CLARK Elizabeth Gardner Born BENGE Catherine MacAskill Born MacDONALD Ellen Pryde Born PRATT Ann Buckridge Born ROUCHETTE Mary Ann Osgood Born BILLING 12 Aug 1891 14 Aug 1891 9 Sept 1891 9 Sept 1891 23 Sept 1891 16 Nov 1891 17 Nov 1891 Mr London Mr Howell Mr Henry Bryan The Manse SJC The Manse Mr Knigge John Walker SINCLAIR 26 Matilda Anne LONDON 23 William Prentice DONALDSON Alice Louisa HOWELL 35 Henry BRYANT 36 Mary Ann RICKARD 19 Ernest Samuel LANCASTER Kate BRUNGER 23 James BULL 25 Esther McKELVIE 25 Edward WHITEMAN 37 Mary Agnes BURRELL 22 William Frederick AMBLER Augusta Lavinia KNIGGE 24 Note on the marriage: Divorced Decree absolute 24 Aug 1922 Farmer Engineer 25 Pahautaniu S Wellington B Lanarkshire Scotland Wellington NZ Wellington Wid 19 Mar 1889 S B Hutt Ohariu Wellington Wellington Karori Karori S Makara Wellington B Rangitiki NZ S Rangitiki NZ Wellington Hunterwille Wellington Wid 9 Oct 1886 S B Lower Hutt Durham England Whitemans Valley Whitemans Valley Wellington S Wellington Wellington S Farmer Farmer 17 28 B Sheepfarmer Farmer Clerk Upper Hutt Paramatta NZ Pahautanui Wellington Robt Wm Sinclair Engineer James Lambert London Farmer Arhcd Johnson Donaldson Chemical Engineer Thomas Howell Carpenter James Bryant Gardener James Rickard Turner?? Annie Sinclair Born WALKER Ann London Born CHURCHILL Stephen Lancaster Settler James Brunger Farmer James Bull Settler John McKelvie Settler George Whiteman Farmer Wm Burrell Farmer Wm Ambler Farmer Charles Auguste Knigge Settler Sarah Jane Lancaster Born EAGLE Annie Brunger Born FISHER Christina Bull Born SCOTT Selina McKelvie Born AMON?? Eliza Whiteman Born HOOPER Emily Burrell Born ALEXANDER Margt Ambler Born DENNISON Catherine Knigge Born McINTOSH Margt Donaldson Born PRENTICE Ellen Howell Born CLOUT Mary Ann Bryant Born HUTCHIESON Elizabeth Rickard Born KNOWLES 2 Dec 1891 22 Dec 1891 24 Dec 1891 28 Dec 1891 29 Dec 1891 30 Dec 1891 1 Jan 1892 SJC Mrs Florence SJC Mr Speed Mr Sinclair SJC SJC David Robert CALDWELL 35 Mary Dunlop McKERROW 22 John MITCHELL 33 Ann GRAY 24 Charles MAKEHAM 24 Margaret JACKSON 22 Robert Arthur SCRIVENER 26 Helen Barron SPEED 22 Frank Wells SCOTT 28 Ellen Elizabeth SINCLAIR 23 Robert Home HOPKIRK 28 Jane Kidston BARRON 24 John Johnson DUNCAN 28 Harriet Frances CLARK 20 Merchant Farmer Carpenter Compositor Carpenter Flaxmiller Carpenter B Wellington S L.pool [Liverpool?] Dunedin B Karori S Pahautanui Horokiwi Valley Pahautanui B Dunedin Wellington S Port Chalmers B New Plymouth S Nelson Wellington Port Chalmers Wellington New Plymouth Wellington B Blenheim Wellington S Wellington Wellington B Wellington S Roxburghshire Scotland Dunedin NZ B Canterbury NZ Wellington S Woolwich England Wellington Wellington Wellington David Caldwell Merchant James McKerrow Railway Commissioner Wm Mitchell Baker James Gray Farmer Henry Makeham Collector Arthur Jackson Shipwright Jane Caldwell Born LOGAN Martha McKerrow Born DUNLOP Cephas Scrivener Draper John Petre Speed Wine & Spirit Merchant Richard Beckford Scott Shipwright Robert Wm Sinclair Engineer Alex Hopkirk Settler Alexander Barron Surveyor Annie Scrivener Born ROSS Helen Speed Born BARRON George Duncan Farmer John Thos Clark Iron Moulder Janet Mitchell Born GRIFFIN Christina GRAY Born SWAIN Harriet Makeham Born JENYNS ? Elizabeth Jackson Born THOMPSON Mary Scott Born WELLS Annie Sinclair Born WALKER Agnes Hopkirk Born SPOTTISWOODE Janet Barron Born MILLAR Jane Duncan Born JOHNSON Maria Clark Born JONES 27 Jan 1892 24 Feb 1892 27 Feb 1892 9 Mar 1892 9 Mar 1892 21 Mar 1892 22 Mar 1892 Mr Gray SJC Mr Rennie Mr Hunt The Manse Mr Sidey Mr Read William Henry MILLWARD Jessie GRAY 30 William JENNINGS 33 Hannah Fenton DRUMMOND 27 William HAY 27 Susan BARBER 20 Alfred Henry HUNT 33 Priscilla SINCLAIR 30 Charles BURT 21 Alice Helen GREENWOOD 21 William SHIRER 22 Ada Mary SIDEY 25 Henry Gillespie HAYES 22 Adelaide Elizabeth BISHOP 22 Accountant 29 Painter Engineer P O Torpedo Corps Blacksmith Presbyterian Minister Labourer B Liverpool Wellington S Nelson NZ Wellington B Cornwall Wellington S Invercargill Wellington B Invercargill Petone S Hereford England Melbourne Victoria Kent England Petone Featherston Wellington Featherston Wellington Upper Hutt Wellington B Wid Aug 1888 B Wellington Wellington S Upper Hutt Wid 27 Sept 1889 S B Aberdeen Scotland Wellington NZ Lawrence Otago Karori S Wellington Wellington Wellington Wm Henry Millward Merchant Wm Gray Secy to Post Office Wm Hay Surveyor Thos H Barber Farmer Ebenezer Henry Hunt Settler John BURNIP Shipwright Elizabeth Holden Millward Born PILKINGTON Catherine Geddes Gray Born SUTHERLAND Martha Jennings Born not given Agnes Gibson Drummond Born HANNAY Janet ? Hay Born BUCHANNAN Elizabeth Barber Born PRITCHARD Matilda Carver Hunt Born STRONG Elizabeth BURNIP Born CUTTER Francis Burt Farmer Wm Greenwood Engineer William Shirer Clerk Francis Sidey Auctioneer Jane Burt Born WHITE Mary Greenwood Born HINDLE Hannah Shirer Born PARKER Elizabeth Sidey Born PETHERICK William Hayes Commission Agent James Bishop Cooper Annie Hayes Born CURRAN Elizabeth Bishop Born WASP Matthew H Jennings Farmer Peter Drummond Builder 4 Apr 1892 12 Apr 1892 19 Apr 1892 20 Apr 1892 8 Jun 1892 SJC SJC Hon J Balance Marshall John Mason Mr Wylie 13 June 1892 The Manse 25 June 1892 Mr Price William MONCRIEFF 34 Grace Anne YOUNG 24 Robert PRINGLE 27 Agnes Selina Wilson GREIG Morton JONES 18 Annie Maria TUNKS Full Marshall John MASON otherwise DONNELLY* Hughena Jessie SUTHERLAND [note on register] * Marshall John Mason his name by birth & baptism but took the name of his stepfather Donnelly & now known by that name Anders Ferdinand WIREN 26 Orcelia Elizabeth WYLIE 23 Arthur David WELLS 23 Nellie SMITH 25 John Wylie BROWN 29 Lilly Mariel PRICE 20 54 Ironmonger Labourer Insurance Manager Clerk 23 B Wellington S Prestonkirk Scotland Tasmania B Otago NZ Wellington S Wellington Wid July 1877 S B Dumbarton Scotland New Brunswick Canada Chatham England Wellington NZ S Waikato NZ Wellington Wellington Wellington Wanganui Wellington Wellington James Moncrieff Farmer John Young Insurance Agent William Pringle Shepherd David Greig Blacksmith Thomas Jones Capt HM 72nd Regt Thomas Tunks Capt HM 60th Regt John MASON Labourer James Sutherland Coachbuilder Jessie Johan Moncrieff Born MEIKLE Ellen Young Born BERESFORD Isabella Pringle Born OLIVER Agnes Greig Born KIRKWOOD Phoebe Jones Born VERNON Catherine Tunks Born GROVES Mary Ann Mason Born MARSHALL Isabella Sutherland Born ROSS [James Donnelly, Sergeant of Police was one of the witnesses] 27 Law Accountant B S Sawmiller B S Saddler B S Bairnsdale Victoria Wellington Wellington Havelock Marlboro Glasgo Wellington Havelock Wellington Queenscliff Victoria Hokitika NZ Wellington Wellington Wellington John Augustus Wiren Merchant William Wylie Lithographer David Wells Carpenter William Smith Labourer Colin Brown Saddler Edwd James T Price Contractor Matilda Wiren Born COLLINS Elizabeth Wylie Born McNAUGHTON Annie Wells Born RYAN Elizabeth Smith Born HADDON Jane Brown Born WYLIE Charity Price Born SHAPLAND ?? 29 Jun 1892 30 July 1892 1 Aug 1892 11 Aug 1892 Mr T W McKenzie Sills? John GIBBONS 35 Jane Ellen Alice Wilmer McKENZIE 32 Mr Williamso n George Joseph TAYLOR 31 Isabella SUTHERLAND 31 Mr Boyd Edward SOUTH 34 Clara Victoria LINDER 29 Frederick MEYRICK 24 Mabel Louisa WATTS 19 Princes Theatre Hotel Settler Gardener Farmer Plumber Wid 18 Sep 1880 S B London Wellington Wellington Otaki Wellington Plaistow Kent Hutt S Unst Shetland Wellington B Auckland S Adelaide B Wellington S Wanganui Wellington Palmerston N Wellington Wellington Palmerston N Wellington Joseph Gibbons Gentleman Thos Wilmer McKenzie Settler Joseph Jacob Taylor Gardener Donald Sutherland Fisherman Patrick South Settler Charles Ernest Linder Carpenter Frederick Meyrick Carpenter Wm Thos Watts Publican Sarah Ann Gibbons Born EADY Leah McKenzie Born BACK?? Elizabeth Taylor Born COSTIN Martha Sutherland Born JAMESON Mary South Born FITZSIMMONS Clara Ellen Linder Born WALTON Mary Ann Meyrick Born PERRIN Caroline Eliza Watts Born LINDNER