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 Wanganui Quarter ending 30 September 1882 Registrar Garland Woon

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

05 July 1882

John Henry Panteion
Alice Blake

Bachelor
Widow

Laborer

35
33

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
3 days

In the residence of the Rev. B.H.

05 July 1882

Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	05 July 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Panteion	Alice Blake
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Laborer
Age	35	33
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the residence of the Rev. B.H.
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	05 July 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

08 July 1882

Patrick O'Connor
Annie Devlin

Patrick O'Connor
Anne Devlin
💍 1882/1948

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

24
17

Wanganui
Wanganui

7 yrs.
7 yrs.

In the Roman Catholic Church, Devlin

08 July 1882

Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

No	47
Date of Notice	08 July 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick O'Connor	Annie Devlin
BDM Match (96%)	Patrick O'Connor	Anne Devlin
	💍 1882/1948
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	24	17
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	7 yrs.	7 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church, Devlin
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	08 July 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

17 July 1882

Francis Richard Towithick
Amanda Helena Remington

Francis Richard Trevithick
Amanda Helene Rienenschneider
💍 1882/2046

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

30
25

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
16 yrs.

In the English Church

82/1263

17 July 1882

Rev. T.L. Tudor Church of England

No	48
Date of Notice	17 July 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Richard Towithick	Amanda Helena Remington
BDM Match (74%)	Francis Richard Trevithick	Amanda Helene Rienenschneider
	💍 1882/2046
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	16 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the English Church
Folio	82/1263
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 July 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. T.L. Tudor Church of England

19 July 1882

William James Dew
Tuthinia Park

William James Dew
Euphemia Clark
💍 1882/1858

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

31
33

Brunswick Line
do.

6 yrs.
2 yrs.

In the Office of the Registrar

82/1964

19 July 1882

J.W. Woon Registrar

No	49
Date of Notice	19 July 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Dew	Tuthinia Park
BDM Match (79%)	William James Dew	Euphemia Clark
	💍 1882/1858
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	33
Dwelling Place	Brunswick Line	do.
Length of Residence	6 yrs.	2 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar
Folio	82/1964
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1882
Officiating Minister	J.W. Woon Registrar

11 August 1882

Duncan Hopkins Evans
Annie Davy

Duncan Hopkins Stevens
Annie Davy
💍 1882/2053

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
19

Wanganui
do

6 days
4 mo.

In the Church of England

82/1941

11 August 1882

Rev. E.C. Tudor Church of England

No	50
Date of Notice	11 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Duncan Hopkins Evans	Annie Davy
BDM Match (91%)	Duncan Hopkins Stevens	Annie Davy
	💍 1882/2053
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	19
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	6 days	4 mo.
Marriage Place	In the Church of England
Folio	82/1941
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. E.C. Tudor Church of England

12 August 1882

George Benson
Minnie Schultz

George Benson
Minnie Schultz
💍 1882/1859

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

20
22

Wanganui
do

7 yrs.
2 yrs.

In the Office of the Registrar

82/1945

12 August 1882

J.W. Woon Registrar

No	51
Date of Notice	12 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Benson	Minnie Schultz
	💍 1882/1859
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	7 yrs.	2 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar
Folio	82/1945
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 August 1882
Officiating Minister	J.W. Woon Registrar

15 August 1882

James Lawler
Mary Taylor

James Lawler
Mary Taylor
💍 1882/1949

James Whitehead
Maria Taylor
💍 1882/1363

Robert Bartlett Martin
Mary Taylor
💍 1882/2781

Charles Crichton
Mary Taylor
💍 1882/494

Bachelor
Spinster

Joiner

21
23

Wanganui
do

8 mos.
20 yrs.

In the Roman Catholic

15 August 1882

Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

No	52
Date of Notice	15 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Lawler	Mary Taylor
	💍 1882/1949
BDM Match (65%)	James Whitehead	Maria Taylor
	💍 1882/1363
BDM Match (64%)	Robert Bartlett Martin	Mary Taylor
	💍 1882/2781
BDM Match (63%)	Charles Crichton	Mary Taylor
	💍 1882/494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Joiner
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	8 mos.	20 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. B.H. Kirk Roman Catholic

15 August 1882

William Edward Norris
Janet Gray

William Edward Woods
Janet Gray
💍 1882/2475

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

26
22

Wanganui
do

3 days
22 yrs.

In the residence of Frederick

82/2489

15 August 1882

Rev. Jas. Treadwell Presbyterian

No	53
Date of Notice	15 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Norris	Janet Gray
BDM Match (91%)	William Edward Woods	Janet Gray
	💍 1882/2475
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	3 days	22 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the residence of Frederick
Folio	82/2489
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 August 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Treadwell Presbyterian

16 August 1882

Samuel Farrel
Mary Jane Holford

Samuel Carrel
Mary Jane Woolford
💍 1882/2054

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

25
24

Wanganui
do

5 yrs.
5 yrs.

In the Church of England

82/1265

16 August 1882

Rev. E.L. Tudor Church of England

No	54
Date of Notice	16 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Farrel	Mary Jane Holford
BDM Match (91%)	Samuel Carrel	Mary Jane Woolford
	💍 1882/2054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	5 yrs.	5 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the Church of England
Folio	82/1265
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 August 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. E.L. Tudor Church of England

22 August 1882

Jens Janson
Annie Elizabeth Boney

Jens Jenson
Annie Elizabeth Corney
💍 1882/1851

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
23

Wanganui
do

3 days
5 yrs.

In the residence of Spinster

82/1963

22 August 1882

Rev. W.J. Williams Wesleyan

No	55
Date of Notice	22 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jens Janson	Annie Elizabeth Boney
BDM Match (91%)	Jens Jenson	Annie Elizabeth Corney
	💍 1882/1851
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	3 days	5 yrs.
Marriage Place	In the residence of Spinster
Folio	82/1963
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 August 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.J. Williams Wesleyan

26 August 1882

William Parreen
Mary Wood Robertson

William Curreen
Mary Wright Robertson
💍 1882/1860

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

22
23

Wanganui
do

2 yrs.
3 days

In the Office of the Registrar

82/1988

26 August 1882

J.W. Woon Registrar

No	56
Date of Notice	26 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Parreen	Mary Wood Robertson
BDM Match (81%)	William Curreen	Mary Wright Robertson
	💍 1882/1860
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	do
Length of Residence	2 yrs.	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar
Folio	82/1988
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1882
Officiating Minister	J.W. Woon Registrar

31 August 1882

Joseph Shaw Kendrick
Ellen Histed

Joseph Henry Kendrick
Ellen Histed
💍 1882/1861

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

28
19

Otoi
Wanganui

18 mos.
6 yrs.

Of Marriage, Wanganui

82/1946

02 September 1882

J.W. Woon Registrar

No	57
Date of Notice	31 August 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Shaw Kendrick	Ellen Histed
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph Henry Kendrick	Ellen Histed
	💍 1882/1861
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Otoi	Wanganui
Length of Residence	18 mos.	6 yrs.
Marriage Place	Of Marriage, Wanganui
Folio	82/1946
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 September 1882
Officiating Minister	J.W. Woon Registrar

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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).