Intentions to Marry, 1864

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840376, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1864 Registrar John M. Wayland

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

1820

23 May 1864

Donald Campbell
Catherine Campbell

Donald Campbell
Catherine Campbell
💍 1864/3975

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

33
20

Hobson Street, Auckland
off W[illegible]

3 months
18 months

The dwelling of Mr Donald Campbell, father of Catherine Campbell, of Wellesley Street, Auckland

Donald Campbell, Father

23 May 1864

Rev. D. Bruce

No	1820
Date of Notice	23 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Campbell	Catherine Campbell
	💍 1864/3975
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Hobson Street, Auckland	off W[illegible]
Length of Residence	3 months	18 months
Marriage Place	The dwelling of Mr Donald Campbell, father of Catherine Campbell, of Wellesley Street, Auckland
Folio
Consent	Donald Campbell, Father
Date of Certificate	23 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Bruce

1821

25 May 1864

George William Yeats
Dianah Dynes

George William Yeats
Dinah Dynes
💍 1864/4761

Widower
Spinster

Lieutenant 2nd Waikato Militia

36
22

Penrose
Newmarket

1 month
1 year

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

25 May 1864

Rev. E. H. Heywood

No	1821
Date of Notice	25 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Yeats	Dianah Dynes
BDM Match (96%)	George William Yeats	Dinah Dynes
	💍 1864/4761
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Lieutenant 2nd Waikato Militia
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Penrose	Newmarket
Length of Residence	1 month	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Heywood

1822

25 May 1864

Colin McGill
Ann Bruce Lloyd

Colin McGill
Ann Lloyd
💍 1864/4413

Bachelor
Spinster

Ropemaker

20
15

Newton
Newton

7 months
7 years

The dwelling house of Neil Lloyd, Howe St, Newton

Colin McGill, Bridegroom, in absence from Colony of any other person with Authority to Consent

25 May 1864

Rev. J M Smith

No	1822
Date of Notice	25 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Colin McGill	Ann Bruce Lloyd
BDM Match (80%)	Colin McGill	Ann Lloyd
	💍 1864/4413
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ropemaker
Age	20	15
Dwelling Place	Newton	Newton
Length of Residence	7 months	7 years
Marriage Place	The dwelling house of Neil Lloyd, Howe St, Newton
Folio
Consent	Colin McGill, Bridegroom, in absence from Colony of any other person with Authority to Consent
Date of Certificate	25 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. J M Smith

1823

27 May 1864

George Moore Picken
Mary Francis Kirkbride

George Moore Picken
Mary Frances Kirkbride
💍 1864/8923

Bachelor
Spinster

Captain 2nd Waikato Regiment

25
17

Usually at Kihikihi - in Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

Faith Kirkbride, Mother

27 May 1864

Rev. D. Jones

No	1823
Date of Notice	27 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Moore Picken	Mary Francis Kirkbride
BDM Match (98%)	George Moore Picken	Mary Frances Kirkbride
	💍 1864/8923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Captain 2nd Waikato Regiment
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Usually at Kihikihi - in Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio
Consent	Faith Kirkbride, Mother
Date of Certificate	27 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Jones

1824

28 May 1864

George Scandrett
Helena Dillon

George Scandrett
Helena Dillon
💍 1864/3981

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

30
24

Auckland
William Street, Auckland

4 days
2 months

The dwelling house of Mr Norton, William Street, Auckland

28 May 1864

Rev. D. Bruce

No	1824
Date of Notice	28 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Scandrett	Helena Dillon
	💍 1864/3981
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	William Street, Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	The dwelling house of Mr Norton, William Street, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Bruce

1825

28 May 1864

Edward Leeming
Johanna Sullivan

Edward Leeming
Johanna Sullivan
💍 1864/8929

Bachelor
Spinster

Military Clerk
Domestic Servant

26
22

Auckland
Gray Street, Auckland

8 days
3 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

28 May 1864

Rev. D. Jones

No	1825
Date of Notice	28 May 1864
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Leeming	Johanna Sullivan
	💍 1864/8929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Military Clerk	Domestic Servant
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Gray Street, Auckland
Length of Residence	8 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1864
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Jones

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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).