1862 Intentions to Marry

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840374, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke Howison at Archives NZ Wellington, December 11 2024

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District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 September 1862 Registrar John Poynter

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

2 July 1862

Alfred Henry Carter
Ellen Bright

Alfred Henry Carter
Ellen Bright
💍 1862/4093

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
17

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

3 years
17 years

At the residence of Thomas Bright, carpenter, Nelson

Thomas Bright Father

2 July 1862

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	47
Date of Notice	2 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Carter	Ellen Bright
	💍 1862/4093
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Thomas Bright, carpenter, Nelson
Folio
Consent	Thomas Bright Father
Date of Certificate	2 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

3 July 1862

James Gorrie (Junr)
Mary McFarlane

James Gorrie
Mary McFarlane
💍 1862/4096

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
22

Blenheim Marlborough
City of Nelson

3 years
1 month

At the residence of James Gorrie Senr builder, Nelson

3 July 1862

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	48
Date of Notice	3 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Gorrie (Junr)	Mary McFarlane
BDM Match (82%)	James Gorrie	Mary McFarlane
	💍 1862/4096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Blenheim Marlborough	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	1 month
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Gorrie Senr builder, Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

7 July 1862

John Satherley
Mary Ann Gledhill

John Satherley
Mary Ann Gledhill
💍 1862/4063

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
17

Waimea West
Waimea West

5 years
17 years

At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson

James Gledhill Father

7 July 1862

Rev. William Moore Biss

No	49
Date of Notice	7 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Satherley	Mary Ann Gledhill
	💍 1862/4063
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Waimea West	Waimea West
Length of Residence	5 years	17 years
Marriage Place	At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson
Folio
Consent	James Gledhill Father
Date of Certificate	7 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Moore Biss

9 July 1862

John Ward
Amelia Kidson

John Ward
Amelia Kidson
💍 1862/3960

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

28
24

Nelson
Nelson

18 months
20 years

At the residence of John Kidson, gardener, Brook St., Nelson

24 July 1862

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	50
Date of Notice	9 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Ward	Amelia Kidson
	💍 1862/3960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	18 months	20 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of John Kidson, gardener, Brook St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

23 July 1862

Thomas Henry Pratt
Susan Anna Chant

Thomas Henry Pratt
Susan Anna Chant
💍 1862/2119

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
17

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

12 years
2 years

At the residence of Thomas Pratt carpenter, Van Dieman St., Nelson

William Chant Father

23 July 1862

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	51
Date of Notice	23 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Pratt	Susan Anna Chant
	💍 1862/2119
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Thomas Pratt carpenter, Van Dieman St., Nelson
Folio
Consent	William Chant Father
Date of Certificate	23 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

30 July 1862

Louis Pike
Mary Odell

Bachelor
Widow

Sawyer

27
26

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

3 days
5 years

At the Catholic Church, Nelson

30 July 1862

Rev. Antoine Marie Garin

No	52
Date of Notice	30 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Pike	Mary Odell
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Sawyer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	5 years
Marriage Place	At the Catholic Church, Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Antoine Marie Garin

31 July 1862

William Valentine Salter
Theresa Maria Manning

William Valentine Salter
Theresa Maria Manning
💍 1862/4017

Bachelor
Spinster

Book binder

25
33

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

2 years
2 years

At Christ Church, Nelson

31 July 1862

Rev. Henry Meysey Turton

No	53
Date of Notice	31 July 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Valentine Salter	Theresa Maria Manning
	💍 1862/4017
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Book binder
Age	25	33
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At Christ Church, Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry Meysey Turton

1 August 1862

Henry Lawry Godel Jasper
Adeline Gill

Henry Lawry Godel Jasper
Adeline Gill
💍 1862/3963

Widower
Spinster

Hotel Keeper

38
21

Bridge St. Nelson
Bridge St. Nelson

18 years
20 years

At the residence of The Rev. Edwd Thomas, Manuka St., Nelson

2 August 1862

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	54
Date of Notice	1 August 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lawry Godel Jasper	Adeline Gill
	💍 1862/3963
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Bridge St. Nelson	Bridge St. Nelson
Length of Residence	18 years	20 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of The Rev. Edwd Thomas, Manuka St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

2 August 1862

John Gardner
Frances Jennens

John Gardner
Frances Jennens
💍 1862/3966

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
22

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

20 years
3 years

At the residence of John Gardner carpenter, Brook St. Valley, Nelson

2 August 1862

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	55
Date of Notice	2 August 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gardner	Frances Jennens
	💍 1862/3966
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of John Gardner carpenter, Brook St. Valley, Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

5 August 1862

John William Neale
Ann Greig

John William Neale
Ann Greig
💍 1862/4102

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
24

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

2 years
7 years

At the residence of Thomas Greig storekeeper, Waimea Rd., Nelson

5 August 1862

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	56
Date of Notice	5 August 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Neale	Ann Greig
	💍 1862/4102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Thomas Greig storekeeper, Waimea Rd., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

9 August 1862

Cornelius Donel Raymond
Agnes Taylor

Cornelius Donel Raymand
Agnes Taylor
💍 1862/4099

Bachelor
Widow

Master Mariner

29
29

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

1 year
12 years

At the Presbyterian Church, Nelson

9 August 1862

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	57
Date of Notice	9 August 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cornelius Donel Raymond	Agnes Taylor
BDM Match (98%)	Cornelius Donel Raymand	Agnes Taylor
	💍 1862/4099
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	1 year	12 years
Marriage Place	At the Presbyterian Church, Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 August 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

15 August 1862

Robert Henry McCombes
Charlotte Ladley

Robert Henry McCombes
Charlotte Ladley
💍 1862/3969

Bachelor
Spinster

Servant

25
26

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

3 months
4 months

At the residence of The Rev. Edwd Thomas, Manuka St., Nelson

15 August 1862

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	58
Date of Notice	15 August 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry McCombes	Charlotte Ladley
	💍 1862/3969
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Servant
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 months	4 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of The Rev. Edwd Thomas, Manuka St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

6 September 1862

William Norris Franklyn
Agnes Hudson

William Morris Franklyn
Agness Hudsun
💍 1862/2107

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

25
18

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

2 months
18 years

At the residence of Henry Jacobsen mariner, Waimea St., Nelson

Emma Hudson Mother

6 September 1862

Rev. Jonathan Innes

No	59
Date of Notice	6 September 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Norris Franklyn	Agnes Hudson
BDM Match (90%)	William Morris Franklyn	Agness Hudsun
	💍 1862/2107
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	2 months	18 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Henry Jacobsen mariner, Waimea St., Nelson
Folio
Consent	Emma Hudson Mother
Date of Certificate	6 September 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jonathan Innes

8 September 1862

John Hart
Emma Webley

John Hart
Emma Webley
💍 1862/2134

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

22
21

Spring Grove
City of Nelson

4 months
12 months

At the residence of James Webley bootmaker, Waimea St., Nelson

23 September 1862

Rev. William Moore Biss

No	60
Date of Notice	8 September 1862
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hart	Emma Webley
	💍 1862/2134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Spring Grove	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	4 months	12 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Webley bootmaker, Waimea St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1862
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Moore Biss

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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).

Currently we have almost all records between 1855 and 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

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.

Can I volunteer to help?

Yes, you can! You can sign up to correct errors in the transcribed records and match ITMs with registered marriages.

I am also looking for Wellington-based volunteers to help me digitise more years of the registers. I can provide lighting equipment and a 'clicker' (to trigger your phone's camera).

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).