Intentions to Marry, 1880

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840392, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Page 385

District of Wellington Quarter ending Oct - Dec

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

239

1 November 1880

John Thomas Schiches
Harriet Young

John Thomas Mitchell
Harriet Young
💍 1880/2826

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

30
32

Wellington
Do

5 days
5 days

St. Peters Church

80/244

1 November 1880

Rev. Archdeacon Stock

No	239
Date of Notice	1 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Schiches	Harriet Young
BDM Match (85%)	John Thomas Mitchell	Harriet Young
	💍 1880/2826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Do
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church
Folio	80/244
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Archdeacon Stock

240

1 November 1880

James George Harding
Harriet Hichens

Thomas George Harding
Hariet Kichens
💍 1880/125

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

27
26

Do
Do

4 years
4 years

St. Marks Church

80/2494

1 November 1880

Rev. Richard Coffey

No	240
Date of Notice	1 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James George Harding	Harriet Hichens
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas George Harding	Hariet Kichens
	💍 1880/125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	80/2494
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Richard Coffey

241

2 November 1880

Charles Dems
Alice Jeeman

Charles Duns
Alice Illman
💍 1880/460

Charles Dugan
Alice Murray
💍 1880/232

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
27

Do
Soughs Model Lodgings House, Shaddock Street

2 years
2 years

Mr. Hendleys Residence

80/3059

2 November 1880

Rev. Charles S. Ogg

No	241
Date of Notice	2 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Dems	Alice Jeeman
BDM Match (79%)	Charles Duns	Alice Illman
	💍 1880/460
BDM Match (64%)	Charles Dugan	Alice Murray
	💍 1880/232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Do	Soughs Model Lodgings House, Shaddock Street
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Hendleys Residence
Folio	80/3059
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles S. Ogg

242

3 November 1880

David Howard
Eliza Green

David Howard
Eliza Green
💍 1880/459

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

28
21

Do
Do

5 years
6 years

Mr. Rowntrees Residence Arthur Street

80/3058

3 November 1880

Rev. Charles J. Ogg

No	242
Date of Notice	3 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Howard	Eliza Green
	💍 1880/459
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	5 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Rowntrees Residence Arthur Street
Folio	80/3058
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Charles J. Ogg

243

4 November 1880

Frederick Asher
Rose Mary Henne

Frederick Aisher
Rose Mary McNenny
💍 1880/2929

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

22
18

Do
Do

12 years
1 year

St. Pauls Church Thorndon

80/2508

No person to give consent

4 November 1880

Rev. B. W. Harvey

No	243
Date of Notice	4 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Asher	Rose Mary Henne
BDM Match (85%)	Frederick Aisher	Rose Mary McNenny
	💍 1880/2929
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	12 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church Thorndon
Folio	80/2508
Consent	No person to give consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. W. Harvey

244

8 November 1880

William Rogers
Elizabeth Kitchen

William Rogers
Elizabeth Kitchen
💍 1880/774

Widower
Spinster

Auctioneer

44
21

Do
Wellington

5 months
4 days

Registrars Office Wellington

80/2452

8 November 1880

J. G. Holdsworth Reg.

No	244
Date of Notice	8 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Rogers	Elizabeth Kitchen
	💍 1880/774
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Auctioneer
Age	44	21
Dwelling Place	Do	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	80/2452
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1880
Officiating Minister	J. G. Holdsworth Reg.

245

11 November 1880

George Willis
Annie Caldwell

George Willis
Annie Caldwell
💍 1880/126

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

50
29

Do
Do

3 years
6 days

St. Marks Church

80/2495

11 November 1880

Rev. Richard Coffey

No	245
Date of Notice	11 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Willis	Annie Caldwell
	💍 1880/126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	50	29
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	3 years	6 days
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	80/2495
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Richard Coffey

246

13 November 1880

Edward Charles Gannaway
Alice Jane Archer

Edward Charles Gannaway
Alice Jane Archer
💍 1880/2827

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
20

Do
Do

12 years
8 years

St. Peters Church Le Aro

80/2478

William Gannaway Father

13 November 1880

Ven. Archdeacon Stock

No	246
Date of Notice	13 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Charles Gannaway	Alice Jane Archer
	💍 1880/2827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	12 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church Le Aro
Folio	80/2478
Consent	William Gannaway Father
Date of Certificate	13 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stock

247

15 November 1880

William Bell
Mary Dixon

William Beck
Mary Dixon
💍 1880/2828

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
26

Do
Do

3 days
20 years

St. Peters Church

80/2479

15 November 1880

Ven: Archdeacon Stock

No	247
Date of Notice	15 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bell	Mary Dixon
BDM Match (92%)	William Beck	Mary Dixon
	💍 1880/2828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church
Folio	80/2479
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Ven: Archdeacon Stock

248

16 November 1880

Alexander Cumming
Elizabeth Allison

Alexander Cumming
Elizabeth Allison Reid
💍 1880/2813

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
16

Do
Wellington

6 years
2 years

Registrars Office Wellington

80/2461

Lucy Rickard Mother

16 November 1880

J. G. Holdsworth Regr

No	248
Date of Notice	16 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Cumming	Elizabeth Allison
BDM Match (89%)	Alexander Cumming	Elizabeth Allison Reid
	💍 1880/2813
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	16
Dwelling Place	Do	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	80/2461
Consent	Lucy Rickard Mother
Date of Certificate	16 November 1880
Officiating Minister	J. G. Holdsworth Regr

249

20 November 1880

Thomas Joseph Dair
Bridget Caroline James

Thomas Joseph Davis
Bridget Caroline Farrell
💍 1880/130

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
21

Do
Do

27 years
4 years

St. Marys of the Angels, Boulcott Street

80/2500

20 November 1880

Rev. Father Kerrigan

No	249
Date of Notice	20 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Dair	Bridget Caroline James
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Joseph Davis	Bridget Caroline Farrell
	💍 1880/130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Marys of the Angels, Boulcott Street
Folio	80/2500
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Kerrigan

250

22 November 1880

Charles John Redmond
Elizabeth White

Charles John Rodmore
Elizabeth White
💍 1880/124

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

38
28

Do
Do

6 years
4 years

House of C. J. Redmond Lambton Street

80/2463

22 November 1880

Rev. H. B. Redstone

No	250
Date of Notice	22 November 1880
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles John Redmond	Elizabeth White
BDM Match (93%)	Charles John Rodmore	Elizabeth White
	💍 1880/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	38	28
Dwelling Place	Do	Do
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of C. J. Redmond Lambton Street
Folio	80/2463
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 November 1880
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Redstone

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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).