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 31 December 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

7 October 1867

Edward Miall Moss
Harriett Wilkinson

Edward Miall Moss
Harriet Wilkinson
💍 1867/6685

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
19

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

9 months
15 months

At the residence of James Simpson carpenter, Waimea Road

795

John Wilkinson, father

7 October 1867

Rev. John Crump

No	76
Date of Notice	7 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Miall Moss	Harriett Wilkinson
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Miall Moss	Harriet Wilkinson
	💍 1867/6685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	9 months	15 months
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Simpson carpenter, Waimea Road
Folio	795
Consent	John Wilkinson, father
Date of Certificate	7 October 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Crump

12 October 1867

Alexander McIntosh
Emily Frost

Alexander McIntosh
Emily Frost
💍 1867/6787

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

24
18

Suburban North
Suburban North

2 years
18 years

at St. Andrew's Church, Suburban North

830

Declaration: No person having authority

28 Oct 1867

Rev. Geo. H. Johnstone

No	77
Date of Notice	12 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander McIntosh	Emily Frost
	💍 1867/6787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	24	18
Dwelling Place	Suburban North	Suburban North
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	at St. Andrew's Church, Suburban North
Folio	830
Consent	Declaration: No person having authority
Date of Certificate	28 Oct 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. H. Johnstone

14 October 1867

Benjamin Jones
Sarah McAlister

Benjamin Jones
Sarah McAllister
💍 1867/6640

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

23
20

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

5 years
3 years

At the residence of Frank Robinson fisherman, Washington Road

779

Declaration: No person having authority

14 Oct 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	78
Date of Notice	14 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Jones	Sarah McAlister
BDM Match (97%)	Benjamin Jones	Sarah McAllister
	💍 1867/6640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Frank Robinson fisherman, Washington Road
Folio	779
Consent	Declaration: No person having authority
Date of Certificate	14 Oct 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

19 October 1867

William Wells the younger
Emily Somers

William Wells
Emily Somers
💍 1867/6646

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

27
22

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

16 years
1 year

At residence Henry Bullard, Russell St., Nelson

19 Oct 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	79
Date of Notice	19 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Wells the younger	Emily Somers
BDM Match (76%)	William Wells	Emily Somers
	💍 1867/6646
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	16 years	1 year
Marriage Place	At residence Henry Bullard, Russell St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 Oct 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

19 October 1867

Robert Burns
Caroline Bullard

Robert Burns
Caroline Bullord
💍 1867/6643

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

25
21

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

18 years
3 years

At the residence of Henry Bullard mariner, Russell St., Nelson

781

4 Nov 1867

Rev. Patrick Calder

No	80
Date of Notice	19 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Burns	Caroline Bullard
BDM Match (97%)	Robert Burns	Caroline Bullord
	💍 1867/6643
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	18 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Henry Bullard mariner, Russell St., Nelson
Folio	781
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Patrick Calder

21 October 1867

Charles Webby
Mary Castle

Charles Webby
Mary Castle
💍 1867/6703

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
18

Waimea East
Waimea East

21 years
18 years

At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson

802

George Castle, father

21 Oct 1867

Rev. John Davis

No	81
Date of Notice	21 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Webby	Mary Castle
	💍 1867/6703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Waimea East	Waimea East
Length of Residence	21 years	18 years
Marriage Place	At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson
Folio	802
Consent	George Castle, father
Date of Certificate	21 Oct 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davis

29 October 1867

William Price
Hannah Walker

William Price
Hannah Walker
💍 1867/4414

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
23

Lower Wakefield
Waimea West

3 years
14 years

At St. Michael's Church, Waimea West

29 Oct 1867

Rev. Arthur Towgood

No	82
Date of Notice	29 October 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Price	Hannah Walker
	💍 1867/4414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Lower Wakefield	Waimea West
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	At St. Michael's Church, Waimea West
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 Oct 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Towgood

1 November 1867

George Edward Snowden
Matilda Jane Lodge

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
22

Hope Waimea East
Richmond

12 years
10 years

At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson

1 Nov 1867

Rev. John Davis

No	83
Date of Notice	1 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Snowden	Matilda Jane Lodge
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Hope Waimea East	Richmond
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	At the Baptist Chapel, Bridge St., Nelson
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davis

4 November 1867

James Roberts
Frances Attenborough

James Roberts
Frances Attenborough
💍 1867/6706

Widower
Widow

Settler

57
53

Hope Waimea East
Hope

14 years
4 weeks

At the residence of James Roberts settler, Hope

803

7 Nov 1867

Rev. John Davis

No	84
Date of Notice	4 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Roberts	Frances Attenborough
	💍 1867/6706
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	57	53
Dwelling Place	Hope Waimea East	Hope
Length of Residence	14 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	At the residence of James Roberts settler, Hope
Folio	803
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davis

5 November 1867

Richard Henry Harper
Emma Watkins

Richard Henry Harper
Emma Watkins
💍 1867/6790

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

37
27

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

2 years
3 years

At Christ church, Nelson

831

5 Nov 1867

Rev. G. H. Johnstone

No	85
Date of Notice	5 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Harper	Emma Watkins
	💍 1867/6790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At Christ church, Nelson
Folio	831
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Johnstone

8 November 1867

Augustus Neve
Anna Catherine Margaret Haase

Augustus Neve
Anna Margaret Catherine Haase
💍 1867/6709

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

39
18

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

2 years
14 years

At the residence of Augustus Neve labourer, Waimea Road

804

Friederich Wilhelm Haase, father

8 Nov 1867

Rev. John Davis

No	86
Date of Notice	8 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Augustus Neve	Anna Catherine Margaret Haase
BDM Match (76%)	Augustus Neve	Anna Margaret Catherine Haase
	💍 1867/6709
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	39	18
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	2 years	14 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Augustus Neve labourer, Waimea Road
Folio	804
Consent	Friederich Wilhelm Haase, father
Date of Certificate	8 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Davis

13 November 1867

William Krammar
Rosina Catherine Hannah Lange

William Kramer
Rosina Cathrina Hanna Lange
💍 1867/6820

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

28
21

Waimea West
Waimea West

6 years
12 years

At the Lutheran Church, Ranzau

841

13 Nov 1867

Rev. C. F. Meyer

No	87
Date of Notice	13 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Krammar	Rosina Catherine Hannah Lange
BDM Match (88%)	William Kramer	Rosina Cathrina Hanna Lange
	💍 1867/6820
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Waimea West	Waimea West
Length of Residence	6 years	12 years
Marriage Place	At the Lutheran Church, Ranzau
Folio	841
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. F. Meyer

13 November 1867

Francis Poreilli
Ellen Fling

Francis Porcelli
Ellen Fling
💍 1867/6733

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman

39
30

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

4 years
1 year

At the Catholic Church in Nelson

812

13 Nov 1867

Rev. A. M. Garin

No	88
Date of Notice	13 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Poreilli	Ellen Fling
BDM Match (94%)	Francis Porcelli	Ellen Fling
	💍 1867/6733
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	At the Catholic Church in Nelson
Folio	812
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. M. Garin

14 November 1867

James Henry Tregea
Matilda Chittenden

James Henry Tregen
Matilda Chittenden
💍 1867/6649

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

23
21

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

13 years
2 years

At the residence of George Humphrey sawyer, Happy Valley

782

14 Nov 1867

Rev. P. Calder

No	89
Date of Notice	14 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Tregea	Matilda Chittenden
BDM Match (97%)	James Henry Tregen	Matilda Chittenden
	💍 1867/6649
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	13 years	2 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of George Humphrey sawyer, Happy Valley
Folio	782
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Calder

20 November 1867

John Graham Anderson
Ellen Drew

John Graham Anderson
Ellen Drew
💍 1867/6652

Bachelor
Spinster

Sale in Audit Office

40
21

Nelson City
Nelson City

6 days
7 years

The residence of Henry Drew jeweller, Trafalgar St., Nelson

783

20 Nov 1867

Rev. David Bruce

No	90
Date of Notice	20 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Graham Anderson	Ellen Drew
	💍 1867/6652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sale in Audit Office
Age	40	21
Dwelling Place	Nelson City	Nelson City
Length of Residence	6 days	7 years
Marriage Place	The residence of Henry Drew jeweller, Trafalgar St., Nelson
Folio	783
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. David Bruce

27 November 1867

William Robert Parmenter
Catherine Reardon

William Robert Parmenter
Catherine Reardon
💍 1867/6736

Widower
Spinster

Polisher

37
21

City of Nelson
City of Nelson

6 years
9 months

At the Catholic Church, Nelson

813

27 Nov 1867

Rev. Antoine M. Garin

No	91
Date of Notice	27 November 1867
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Parmenter	Catherine Reardon
	💍 1867/6736
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Polisher
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	City of Nelson	City of Nelson
Length of Residence	6 years	9 months
Marriage Place	At the Catholic Church, Nelson
Folio	813
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 Nov 1867
Officiating Minister	Rev. Antoine M. Garin

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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).