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 939

District of Invercargill Quarter ending 31 March 1875 Registrar Arthur C Henderson

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

2 January 1875

Alexander Officer
Janet Pargiter

Alexander Officer
Sarah Pargiter
💍 1875/54

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

30
29

Invercargill
Invercargill

12 months
18 months

At the Manse of W Teviotdale Invercargill

75/48

2 January 1875

Rev. J. A. Taylor

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Officer	Janet Pargiter
BDM Match (86%)	Alexander Officer	Sarah Pargiter
	💍 1875/54
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	12 months	18 months
Marriage Place	At the Manse of W Teviotdale Invercargill
Folio	75/48
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Taylor

5 January 1875

Carl Yohan Henrich Malingson
Ellen Stirling

Carl Johnn Henrich Malgrom
Helen Stirling
💍 1875/564

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Dressmaker

30
24

Seaward Downs
Invercargill

16 months
10 years

At the Church of England Invercargill

75/568

5 January 1875

Rev. W. P Tanner

No	2
Date of Notice	5 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl Yohan Henrich Malingson	Ellen Stirling
BDM Match (80%)	Carl Johnn Henrich Malgrom	Helen Stirling
	💍 1875/564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Dressmaker
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Seaward Downs	Invercargill
Length of Residence	16 months	10 years
Marriage Place	At the Church of England Invercargill
Folio	75/568
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P Tanner

5 January 1875

Patrick Flanagan
Margaret Colman

[No matching marriage registration has been located]

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer
Domestic Servant

27
24

Flints Bush
Flints Bush

4 months
4 months

At the Roman Catholic Church Invercargill

5 January 1875

Rev Father Carden

No	3
Date of Notice	5 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Flanagan	Margaret Colman
	💍 [No matching marriage registration has been located]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Flints Bush	Flints Bush
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church Invercargill
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Carden

6 January 1875

Richard Davis
Hannah Deputron

Richard Davis
Hannah Deputron
💍 1875/72

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

21
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

2 years
4 months

At the house of the Rev. J. A. Taylor Invercargill

75/50

6 January 1875

Rev. J. A. Taylor

No	4
Date of Notice	6 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Davis	Hannah Deputron
	💍 1875/72
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	At the house of the Rev. J. A. Taylor Invercargill
Folio	75/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Taylor

6 January 1875

Henry Coster
Ada Deputron

Henry Coster
Ada Deputron
💍 1875/65

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

29
24

Invercargill
Invercargill

2 years
4 months

At the house of the Rev. J. A. Taylor Invercargill

75/49

6 January 1875

Rev. J. A. Taylor

No	5
Date of Notice	6 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Coster	Ada Deputron
	💍 1875/65
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	2 years	4 months
Marriage Place	At the house of the Rev. J. A. Taylor Invercargill
Folio	75/49
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Taylor

6 January 1875

Thomas Lenehan
Sarah Cadey

Thomas Lenehan
Sarah Keady
💍 1875/265

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

31
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

6 years
9 months

At the Roman Catholic Church Invercargill

75/296

6 January 1875

Rev Father Carden

No	6
Date of Notice	6 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Lenehan	Sarah Cadey
BDM Match (86%)	Thomas Lenehan	Sarah Keady
	💍 1875/265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	6 years	9 months
Marriage Place	At the Roman Catholic Church Invercargill
Folio	75/296
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Carden

11 January 1875

George Flanagan
Susan Pont

George Flanagan
Susan Pont
💍 1875/55

Bachelor
Spinster

Constable
Domestic Servant

26
22

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 months
2 years

At the house of the Rev Mr. Williams Invercargill

75/57

11 January 1875

Rev Mr. Williams

No	7
Date of Notice	11 January 1875
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Flanagan	Susan Pont
	💍 1875/55
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Constable	Domestic Servant
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 months	2 years
Marriage Place	At the house of the Rev Mr. Williams Invercargill
Folio	75/57
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1875
Officiating Minister	Rev Mr. Williams

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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 1908. 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).