Intentions to Marry, 1867

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840379, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

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District of Nelson Quarter ending 30 June 1867 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

26 April 1867

Edward Hoult
Ann Jane Hagan

Edward Hoult
Ann Jane Hagan
💍 1867/6859

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver

25
21

Wakefield
Spring Grove

24 years
21 years

Catholic Church in Waimea West

654

10 May 1867

Rev. Jacques Marie Tressallet

No	38
Date of Notice	26 April 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Hoult	Ann Jane Hagan
	💍 1867/6859
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Spring Grove
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church in Waimea West
Folio	654
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jacques Marie Tressallet

26 April 1867

William McConchie
Ellen Ann Steer

William McConchie
Esther Ann Steer
💍 1867/6604

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot maker

30
19

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

3 years
12 years

At the residence of William Steer farmer, Appleby

761

William Steer, Father

29 April 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	39
Date of Notice	26 April 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McConchie	Ellen Ann Steer
BDM Match (88%)	William McConchie	Esther Ann Steer
	💍 1867/6604
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot maker
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of William Steer farmer, Appleby
Folio	761
Consent	William Steer, Father
Date of Certificate	29 April 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

30 April 1867

Arthur Frederick Needham
Amelia Kinzett

Arthur Frederick Needham
Amelia Kinzett
💍 1867/6862

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
20

Hope Waimea East
Hope Waimea East

8 months
14 years

At the residence of Geo Kinzett farmer, Hope, Waimea East

655

George Kinzett, Father

30 April 1867

Rev. Rob. Leslie Vickers

No	40
Date of Notice	30 April 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Frederick Needham	Amelia Kinzett
	💍 1867/6862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Hope Waimea East	Hope Waimea East
Length of Residence	8 months	14 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Geo Kinzett farmer, Hope, Waimea East
Folio	655
Consent	George Kinzett, Father
Date of Certificate	30 April 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Rob. Leslie Vickers

30 April 1867

Henry William Turner
Hannah Harvey

Henry William Turner
Hannah Harvey
💍 1867/6838

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabman

21
22

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

21 years
12 years

at Union Chapel, Hardy St., Nelson

647

30 April 1867

Rev. Edward Thomas

No	41
Date of Notice	30 April 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Turner	Hannah Harvey
	💍 1867/6838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabman
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	21 years	12 years
Marriage Place	at Union Chapel, Hardy St., Nelson
Folio	647
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Edward Thomas

3 May 1867

Samuel Arthur Young
Jane Farr

Samuel Arthur Young
Jane Farr
💍 1867/6727

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
24

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

12 years
10 years

at the Catholic Church, Nelson

810

17 May 1867

Rev. Antoine Marie Garin

No	42
Date of Notice	3 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Arthur Young	Jane Farr
	💍 1867/6727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	at the Catholic Church, Nelson
Folio	810
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Antoine Marie Garin

13 May 1867

John Rochfort
Amelia Susan Lewis

John Rochfort
Amelia Susan Lewis
💍 1867/6778

Widower
Spinster

Surveyor

36
22

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

3 days
12 years

at Christ Church, Nelson

829

13 May 1867

Rev. Geo. Henry Johnstone

No	43
Date of Notice	13 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Rochfort	Amelia Susan Lewis
	💍 1867/6778
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	12 years
Marriage Place	at Christ Church, Nelson
Folio	829
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Henry Johnstone

14 May 1867

Daniel Fraser
Hannah Prichard

Daniel Fraser
Hannah Prichard
💍 1867/6607

Bachelor
Spinster

Sea man

36
28

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

13 years
2 years

At the residence of Joseph Carlett carpenter, Hope St., Nelson

768

14 May 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	44
Date of Notice	14 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Fraser	Hannah Prichard
	💍 1867/6607
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sea man
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	13 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Joseph Carlett carpenter, Hope St., Nelson
Folio	768
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

18 May 1867

Richard Funnell
Charlotte Alcott

Richard Funnell
Charlotte Alcock
💍 1867/4246

Widower
Widow

Farmer

56
52

City of Nelson
Hope Waimea East

1 week
15 years

at the residence of Charlotte Alcott widow, Hope

788

18 May 1867

Rev. John Crump

No	45
Date of Notice	18 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Funnell	Charlotte Alcott
BDM Match (94%)	Richard Funnell	Charlotte Alcock
	💍 1867/4246
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	56	52
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	Hope Waimea East
Length of Residence	1 week	15 years
Marriage Place	at the residence of Charlotte Alcott widow, Hope
Folio	788
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Crump

25 May 1867

John Thomas Snowden
Eliza Webby

John Thomas Snowden
Eliza Webby
💍 1867/6697

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
17

Waimea East
Waimea East

20 years
17 years

at the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson

800

Edward Webby, Father

25 May 1867

Rev. John Davis

No	46
Date of Notice	25 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Snowden	Eliza Webby
	💍 1867/6697
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Waimea East	Waimea East
Length of Residence	20 years	17 years
Marriage Place	at the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson
Folio	800
Consent	Edward Webby, Father
Date of Certificate	25 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davis

28 May 1867

David Burns
Harriet Howell

David Burns
Harriet Howell
💍 1867/6610

Widower
Spinster

Builder

53
37

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

16 years
2 months

at the residence of David Burns builder, Waimea Street

769

28 May 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	47
Date of Notice	28 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Burns	Harriet Howell
	💍 1867/6610
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	53	37
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	16 years	2 months
Marriage Place	at the residence of David Burns builder, Waimea Street
Folio	769
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

29 May 1867

William Grant
Ellen Dement

William Grant
Ellen Dement
💍 1867/6667

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
21

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

1 week
18 years

at the Wesleyan Chapel, Hardy St., Nelson

789

29 May 1867

Rev. John Crump

No	48
Date of Notice	29 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Grant	Ellen Dement
	💍 1867/6667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	1 week	18 years
Marriage Place	at the Wesleyan Chapel, Hardy St., Nelson
Folio	789
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Crump

31 May 1867

George White
Emma King

George White
Ellen King
💍 1867/6781

Bachelor
Widow

Publican

33
30

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

18 months
3 days

at Christ Church, Nelson

828

31 May 1867

Rev. Geo. Henry Johnstone

No	49
Date of Notice	31 May 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George White	Emma King
BDM Match (80%)	George White	Ellen King
	💍 1867/6781
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Publican
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	18 months	3 days
Marriage Place	at Christ Church, Nelson
Folio	828
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Henry Johnstone

5 June 1867

John Campbell
Isabella Black

John Campbell
Isabella Black
💍 1867/6613

Bachelor
Spinster

Presbyterian minister

31
30

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

10 days
16 years

at the residence of James Palmer Black, Kawai St., Nelson

770

5 June 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	50
Date of Notice	5 June 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Campbell	Isabella Black
	💍 1867/6613
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Presbyterian minister
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	10 days	16 years
Marriage Place	at the residence of James Palmer Black, Kawai St., Nelson
Folio	770
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

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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).