Intentions to Marry, 1872

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840384, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

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District of Wellington Quarter ending Jul - Sep

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

151

18 July 1872

James Hindle
Jane Frueman

Bachelor
Widow

Tavedore
Servant

38
34

Counterup Place Wellington
do

18 mos
6 yrs

Presbyterian Church Willis Street

18 July 1872

Rev. J. Paterson

No	151
Date of Notice	18 July 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hindle	Jane Frueman
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Tavedore	Servant
Age	38	34
Dwelling Place	Counterup Place Wellington	do
Length of Residence	18 mos	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church Willis Street
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1872
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

152

25 July 1872

Herbert James Wiscon
Fanny Jane Deo Black

Herbert James Williams
Fanny Catherine Birch
💍 1872/4818

Bachelor
Spinster

IronMoulder

25
28

Wellington
Wellington

3 yrs

House of Geo Birch Mulgrave Street

721

25 July 1872

Rev. W. J. Dean

No	152
Date of Notice	25 July 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James Wiscon	Fanny Jane Deo Black
BDM Match (63%)	Herbert James Williams	Fanny Catherine Birch
	💍 1872/4818
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	IronMoulder
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Geo Birch Mulgrave Street
Folio	721
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1872
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Dean

153

11 July 1872

William Hughes
Henrietta Jenkins

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab driver

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

22 yrs
21 yrs

Roman Catholic Chapel Boulcott St.

704

July 1872

Rev. J. J. O'Reilly

No	153
Date of Notice	11 July 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hughes	Henrietta Jenkins
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab driver
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 yrs	21 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Chapel Boulcott St.
Folio	704
Consent
Date of Certificate	July 1872
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. O'Reilly

154

30 July 1872

Henry Walton
Elizabeth Jane Bould

Henry Walton
Elizabeth Jane Bould
💍 1872/8069

Bachelor
Spinster

Salter

33
20

Ngahauranga
Johnsonville

5 yrs
20 yrs

House of Robt Bould Johnsonville

416

Robert Bould Johnsonville Father

July 1872

Rev. J. Paterson

No	154
Date of Notice	30 July 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Walton	Elizabeth Jane Bould
	💍 1872/8069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salter
Age	33	20
Dwelling Place	Ngahauranga	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	5 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Robt Bould Johnsonville
Folio	416
Consent	Robert Bould Johnsonville Father
Date of Certificate	July 1872
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

155

2 August 1872

Henry Lorimer
Bessie Smith

Henry Corin
Bessie Smith Thomas
💍 1872/4959

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener
Immigrant

28
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 dys
6 dys

House of Rev. J. Moir

Aug 2

Rev. J. Moir

No	155
Date of Notice	2 August 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Lorimer	Bessie Smith
BDM Match (66%)	Henry Corin	Bessie Smith Thomas
	💍 1872/4959
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener	Immigrant
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 dys	6 dys
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Moir
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	Aug 2
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Moir

156

2 August 1872

Thomas Halcione
Anne Neilsen

Bachelor
Spinster

Mason
Immigrant

22
25

Wellington
Wellington

5 dys
5 dys

Immigration Barracks Upper Hutt

266

Senr Peter Neilsen Thorndon

Aug 2

Rev. J. Paterson

No	156
Date of Notice	2 August 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Halcione	Anne Neilsen
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mason	Immigrant
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 dys	5 dys
Marriage Place	Immigration Barracks Upper Hutt
Folio	266
Consent	Senr Peter Neilsen Thorndon
Date of Certificate	Aug 2
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

157

13 Aug 1872

Reginald Urban Heath Vincent
Fanny Mary Gibbes

Reginald Urban Heath Vincent
Fanny M M Gibbs
💍 1872/5031

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk Civil Service

22
18

wellington
Wellington

18 mos
18 yrs

Roman Catholic Cathedral Hill Street

133

James Gibbes Father

Aug 19

Rev. J. R. Petit Jean

No	157
Date of Notice	13 Aug 1872
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Urban Heath Vincent	Fanny Mary Gibbes
BDM Match (88%)	Reginald Urban Heath Vincent	Fanny M M Gibbs
	💍 1872/5031
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk Civil Service
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 mos	18 yrs
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral Hill Street
Folio	133
Consent	James Gibbes Father
Date of Certificate	Aug 19
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Petit Jean

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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).