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

Page 377

District of Marton Quarter ending 31 March 1882

No	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
1	10 January 1882	Wilhelm Theodor Larsen Antonia Anna Kaionokowski	Wilhelm Theodor Larsen Antonia Anne Zajonskowski 💍 1882/268	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	27 20	Marton Marton	3 days 8 years	The house of Mr. John Kaionokowski Marton	82/243	John Kaionokowski, father	16 January 1882	Rev. Christopher Faustin
2	13 January 1882	Charles Watson Kendrick Ann Kendrick	Charles Watson Ann Kendrick 💍 1882/269	Bachelor Spinster	Carter	22 19	Marton Marton	15 years 16 years	The house of Mr. James Kendrick Marton	82/244	James Kendrick, father	13 January 1882	Rev. W. Stewart
3	14 January 1882	George John Baker Harrison Frances Westwood Harrison	George John Baker Frances Westwood Harrison 💍 1882/267	Bachelor Spinster	Postmaster	31 26	Marton Woodbury Marton	8 years 3 years	St. Stephens Church Marton	82/242		14 January 1882	Rev. A. Towgood
4	21 January 1882	Daniel Coughlin Sarah Jane Ellison	Daniel Conghlin Sarah Jane Allison 💍 1882/266	Bachelor Widow	Carrier	43 25	Bulls Bulls	12 years 5 years	Roman Catholic Church Bulls	82/241		21 January 1882	Rev. Charles Kirk
5	6 February 1882	Leyson Hopkin Davy Emma Nash	Leyson Hopkin Davy Emma Nash 💍 1882/272	Bachelor Spinster	Fellmonger	27 24	Naugachu Naugachu	9 years 6 days	The house of Mr. Charles Davy Naugachu	82/246		6 February 1882	Rev. John Ross
6	6 March 1882	Isteran Bellac Emily Constable	Estevan Bellve Emily Constable 💍 1882/274	Widower Spinster	Hotel Keeper	65 36	Marton Marton	3 days 3 days	The Office of the Registrar Marton	82/248		6 March 1882	F. W. Deighton, Registrar of Marriages
7	20 March 1882	William Gibson Mary Perry	William Gibson Mary Perry 💍 1882/275	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 21	Marton Marton	4 days 4 days	The Office of the Registrar Marton	82/249		20 March 1882	F. W. Deighton, Registrar for Marriages
8	27 March 1882	William John Cameron Margaret Eleanor Cameron	William John Cameron Margaret Eleanor Cameron 💍 1882/273 William Robson Margaret Cameron 💍 1882/3384	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 21	Paraekareu Turakina	4 years 18 years	The house of Mr. Duncan Cameron Turakina	82/247		27 March 1882	Rev. J. Ross

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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 1898. More registers will be added when the Archives NZ Wellington reading room re-opens in September 2025.

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).