Intentions to Marry, 1877

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840389, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, April 16 2025

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District of THAMES Quarter ending 30 June 1877

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

695

14 May 1877

Jacot Allaway
Maggie Johnson

Jacob Allaway
Maggie Johnson
💍 1877/873

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

41 years
18 years

Thames
Thames

1 years
2 years

In the dwelling house occupied by Brown St. Thames

77/192

Brother

19 May 1877

Rev. J. Hinton

No	695
Date of Notice	14 May 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacot Allaway	Maggie Johnson
BDM Match (96%)	Jacob Allaway	Maggie Johnson
	💍 1877/873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	41 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling house occupied by Brown St. Thames
Folio	77/192
Consent	Brother
Date of Certificate	19 May 1877
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hinton

696

29 May 1877

Amos McDuff
Matilda McAihey

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Domestic

38 years
20 years

Thames
Thames

1 years
2 years

No	696
Date of Notice	29 May 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Amos McDuff	Matilda McAihey
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Domestic
Age	38 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 years	2 years
Marriage Place
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister

697

31 May 1877

Charles Everitt
Mary Loomey

Charles Everitt
Mary Loomey
💍 1877/1423

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheel Meller

26 years
17 years

Thames
Kauwangorna

9 years
8 years

St Francis Roman Catholic Church Thames

77/349

Richard Loomey, Father

31 May 1877

Rev. S. Chatagnon

No	697
Date of Notice	31 May 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Everitt	Mary Loomey
	💍 1877/1423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheel Meller
Age	26 years	17 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Kauwangorna
Length of Residence	9 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Francis Roman Catholic Church Thames
Folio	77/349
Consent	Richard Loomey, Father
Date of Certificate	31 May 1877
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Chatagnon

698

5 June 1877

George Dodd
Margaret Monan

George Dodd
Margaret Monan
💍 1877/881

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman
Housemaid

26 years
20 years

Thames
Thames

1 month
4 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Thames

77/499

5 June 1877

L. H. Bower

No	698
Date of Notice	5 June 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Dodd	Margaret Monan
	💍 1877/881
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman	Housemaid
Age	26 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	1 month	4 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Thames
Folio	77/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 June 1877
Officiating Minister	L. H. Bower

699

4 June 1877

James Griffle
Emma Eleanor Jones

James Gribble
Emma Eleanor Jones
💍 1877/875

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27 years
18 years

Kauwangorna
Thames

3 years
3 years

In the dwelling house Wesleyan Church, Willoughby Street, Thames

77/494

James Jones, Guardian

5 June 1877

Rev. R. S. Bunn

No	699
Date of Notice	4 June 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Griffle	Emma Eleanor Jones
BDM Match (92%)	James Gribble	Emma Eleanor Jones
	💍 1877/875
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27 years	18 years
Dwelling Place	Kauwangorna	Thames
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling house Wesleyan Church, Willoughby Street, Thames
Folio	77/494
Consent	James Jones, Guardian
Date of Certificate	5 June 1877
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. Bunn

700

11 June 1877

William Sugerson
Mary Ann Bateman

William Ingerson
Mary Ann Bateman
💍 1877/1418

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Milliner

24 years
20 years

Kauwangorna
Thames

15 months
14 months

In the dwelling house occupied by Bateman, Milla Street, Thames

77/344

Henry Bateman, Father

12 June 1877

Rev. P. Linsley

No	700
Date of Notice	11 June 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Sugerson	Mary Ann Bateman
BDM Match (94%)	William Ingerson	Mary Ann Bateman
	💍 1877/1418
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Milliner
Age	24 years	20 years
Dwelling Place	Kauwangorna	Thames
Length of Residence	15 months	14 months
Marriage Place	In the dwelling house occupied by Bateman, Milla Street, Thames
Folio	77/344
Consent	Henry Bateman, Father
Date of Certificate	12 June 1877
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Linsley

701

18 June 1877

James Abbot
Mary Frances Clements

James Abbot
Mary Frances Clements
💍 1877/882

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

36 years
30 years

Fair Hill
Thames

8 years
18 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Thames

77/800

18 June 1877

L. H. Bower

No	701
Date of Notice	18 June 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Abbot	Mary Frances Clements
	💍 1877/882
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	36 years	30 years
Dwelling Place	Fair Hill	Thames
Length of Residence	8 years	18 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages Thames
Folio	77/800
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1877
Officiating Minister	L. H. Bower

702

21 June 1877

Henry Endres
Annie Milner

Henry Endres
Annie Milner
💍 1877/877

Bachelor
Spinster

Licensed Victualler
Domestic

30 years
22 years

Thames
Thames

40 years
5 years

In the dwelling house occupied by Fenton, Richmond Street, Thames

77/495

21 June 1877

Rev. V. Lush

No	702
Date of Notice	21 June 1877
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Endres	Annie Milner
	💍 1877/877
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Licensed Victualler	Domestic
Age	30 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Thames	Thames
Length of Residence	40 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the dwelling house occupied by Fenton, Richmond Street, Thames
Folio	77/495
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 June 1877
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. Lush

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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).