Intentions to Marry, 1875

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840387, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, May 16 2025.

This register is quite fragile and some of the pages are damaged or even missing.

Page 113

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1875 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

318

27 October 1875

Edward Woodman
Grace Gribble
formerly William

Edward Woodman
Grace Gribble
💍 1875/3076

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

44
34

Queen Street, Auckland
Freemans Bay

2 weeks
6 months

The dwelling house of Mr. Lawford - Freemans Bay

75/2880

27 October 1875

Rev. G. H. Turner, Prim

No	318
Date of Notice	27 October 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Woodman	Grace Gribble formerly William
	💍 1875/3076
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	44	34
Dwelling Place	Queen Street, Auckland	Freemans Bay
Length of Residence	2 weeks	6 months
Marriage Place	The dwelling house of Mr. Lawford - Freemans Bay
Folio	75/2880
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Turner, Prim

319

27 October 1875

John McLennon
Charlotte King

[No matching marriage registration has been located]

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Housemaid

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

27 October 1875

Rev. W. McDonald

No	319
Date of Notice	27 October 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McLennon	Charlotte King
BDM Match (7%)
	💍 [No matching marriage registration has been located]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Housemaid
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. McDonald

320

25 October 1875

Walter William Kingsman
Isabella Louisa Langlois

Walter William Kingsman
Isabella Louisa Langlois
💍 1875/3140

Bachelor
Widow

Carpenter
Dressmaker

18
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks
3 weeks

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

75/2599

No person within the Colony has authority

25 October 1875

Rev. R. H. Hassard, C of E

No	320
Date of Notice	25 October 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Kingsman	Isabella Louisa Langlois
	💍 1875/3140
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	18	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	75/2599
Consent	No person within the Colony has authority
Date of Certificate	25 October 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. H. Hassard, C of E

321

1 November 1875

Edward McGarrigle
Annie O'Kane

Edward McGarrigle
Annie O'Kane
💍 1875/2563

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Dressmaker

31
17

Parnell
Parnell

12 years
9 years

St. John the Baptist's Ch., Parnell

75/2762

Patrick O'Kane, Father

1 November 1875

Very Revd. H. J. Fynes, R. C.

No	321
Date of Notice	1 November 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward McGarrigle	Annie O'Kane
	💍 1875/2563
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Dressmaker
Age	31	17
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	12 years	9 years
Marriage Place	St. John the Baptist's Ch., Parnell
Folio	75/2762
Consent	Patrick O'Kane, Father
Date of Certificate	1 November 1875
Officiating Minister	Very Revd. H. J. Fynes, R. C.

322

2 November 1875

Walter Daniel Mundy
Helen Turk

Walter Daniel Mundy
Ellen Turk
💍 1875/2213

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

26
19

Auckland
Mount Albert

22 years
12 years

Dwelling house of Mr. Turk, Mount Albert

75/2394

William Turk, Father

2 November 1875

Rev. A. Reid, Wes

No	322
Date of Notice	2 November 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Daniel Mundy	Helen Turk
BDM Match (90%)	Walter Daniel Mundy	Ellen Turk
	💍 1875/2213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Albert
Length of Residence	22 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling house of Mr. Turk, Mount Albert
Folio	75/2394
Consent	William Turk, Father
Date of Certificate	2 November 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Reid, Wes

323

3 November 1875

Henry Shailer
Mary Strachan Brown

Henry Shailer
Mary Strahan Brown
💍 1875/3244

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

39
29

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 years

The dwelling house of Mr. Black, Albert Street, Auckland

75/2973

3 November 1875

Revd. R. F. Macnicol, F C

No	323
Date of Notice	3 November 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Shailer	Mary Strachan Brown
BDM Match (97%)	Henry Shailer	Mary Strahan Brown
	💍 1875/3244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	39	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The dwelling house of Mr. Black, Albert Street, Auckland
Folio	75/2973
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1875
Officiating Minister	Revd. R. F. Macnicol, F C

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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).

Primary digitisation of registers between 1855 and 1925 is now complete. Our digitisation volunteers are now working on verifying the currently digitised pages against printed district/page indexes, to identify pages which may have been missed or out of focus. These pages can be re-imaged as required.

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.

How can I help?

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

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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).