Intentions to Marry, 1882

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840394, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, April 16 2025

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District of Turanga Quarter ending 31 March 1882 Registrar G. L. Greenwood

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

284

2 January 1882

Louis Antony Buckela
Henrietta Green

Louis Antony
Henrietta Green
💍 1882/197

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

49
28

Gisborne
Gisborne

4 years
4 years

The Office of the Registrar at Gisborne

82/141

2 January 1882

G. L. Greenwood, Registrar of Marriages

No	284
Date of Notice	2 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Louis Antony Buckela	Henrietta Green
BDM Match (80%)	Louis Antony	Henrietta Green
	💍 1882/197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	49	28
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Office of the Registrar at Gisborne
Folio	82/141
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1882
Officiating Minister	G. L. Greenwood, Registrar of Marriages

285

4 January 1882

Thomas Kane
Mary Grady

Thomas Kane
Mary O'Grady
💍 1882/208

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

24
25

Matawhero
Gisborne

6 years
4 years

The Roman Catholic Church at Gisborne

82/1100

4 January 1882

Rev. Felix D. Vaggioli, R.C.

No	285
Date of Notice	4 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Kane	Mary Grady
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Kane	Mary O'Grady
	💍 1882/208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Matawhero	Gisborne
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church at Gisborne
Folio	82/1100
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. Felix D. Vaggioli, R.C.

286

13 January 1882

John Livingstone
Rebecca Douglas McCallum

John Livingstone
Rebecca Douglas McCallum
💍 1882/193

Widower
Spinster

Shepherd
Domestic

30
21

Waikohu County
Kaiteratahi

8 years
About 7 months

The residence of Mr. D. Dixon, Kaiteratahi

82/168

13 January 1882

Rev. John McLea, Pres

No	286
Date of Notice	13 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Livingstone	Rebecca Douglas McCallum
	💍 1882/193
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Domestic
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Waikohu County	Kaiteratahi
Length of Residence	8 years	About 7 months
Marriage Place	The residence of Mr. D. Dixon, Kaiteratahi
Folio	82/168
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. John McLea, Pres

287

24 January 1882

Henry Elton Walter
Margaret Jane Franklin

Henry John Walker
Margaret Jane Franklin
💍 1882/190

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager
Manager

34
30

Waikohu
Gisborne

5 years
4 years

Holy Trinity Church at Gisborne

82/165

24 January 1882

Rev. A. Lawson Williams, C of E

No	287
Date of Notice	24 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Elton Walter	Margaret Jane Franklin
BDM Match (86%)	Henry John Walker	Margaret Jane Franklin
	💍 1882/190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager	Manager
Age	34	30
Dwelling Place	Waikohu	Gisborne
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church at Gisborne
Folio	82/165
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Lawson Williams, C of E

288

24 January 1882

Osborne Bond Hubble
Susan Harvey

Osborn Beal Hubble
Susannah Harvey
💍 1882/194

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Domestic

28
20

Gisborne
Gisborne

7 years
4 months

The Residence of Mr. Edwards of Gisborne

Memo: No Certificate issued in this Notice.

No	288
Date of Notice	24 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Osborne Bond Hubble	Susan Harvey
BDM Match (79%)	Osborn Beal Hubble	Susannah Harvey
	💍 1882/194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Domestic
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Gisborne	Gisborne
Length of Residence	7 years	4 months
Marriage Place	The Residence of Mr. Edwards of Gisborne
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Memo: No Certificate issued in this Notice.

289

15 February 1882

Edward Carlton Witlock
Frances Mary Roe

Edward Carlton Whitlock
Frances Mary Roe
💍 1882/186

Bachelor
Spinster

Stationer
Manager

32
19

Waikohu
Ormond

1 year
7 years

The Roman Catholic Church at Gisborne

82/161

Samuel Roe - Father

15 February 1882

Rev. D. F. Yaggioli, R.C.

No	289
Date of Notice	15 February 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Carlton Witlock	Frances Mary Roe
BDM Match (98%)	Edward Carlton Whitlock	Frances Mary Roe
	💍 1882/186
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stationer	Manager
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Waikohu	Ormond
Length of Residence	1 year	7 years
Marriage Place	The Roman Catholic Church at Gisborne
Folio	82/161
Consent	Samuel Roe - Father
Date of Certificate	15 February 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. F. Yaggioli, R.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).

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).