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 Christchurch Quarter ending 31 March 1882 Registrar J.J. Maukerson

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

13 January 1882

Horatio Cooper
Ross & Mary

Bachelor

Laborer

Christchurch

3 years

Roman Catholic Church

82/1555

11 January 1882

Rev. L. Guinty

No	13
Date of Notice	13 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horatio Cooper	Ross & Mary
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Laborer
Age	25
Dwelling Place	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	82/1555
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Guinty

14 January 1882

William Henry Baxter
Clemow & Elizabeth Hartley

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier
Dressmaker

27
24

Sydenham
Sydenham

2 years
14 days

St. Michael's Church

82/1532

11 January 1882

Rev. W. Harper

No	14
Date of Notice	14 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Baxter	Clemow & Elizabeth Hartley
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Dressmaker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Sydenham	Sydenham
Length of Residence	2 years	14 days
Marriage Place	St. Michael's Church
Folio	82/1532
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Harper

15 January 1882

Hugh Hocking
Raddow & Elizabeth

Bachelor

Master Mariner

Papanui

4 days

Papanui Church

82/1527

13 January 1882

Rev. F. G. Brittan

No	15
Date of Notice	15 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Hocking	Raddow & Elizabeth
Condition	Bachelor
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	28
Dwelling Place	Papanui
Length of Residence	4 days
Marriage Place	Papanui Church
Folio	82/1527
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Brittan

16 January 1882

Charles Frederick
Amos Jackson

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Holder

27
21

Christchurch
Papanui

27 years
21 years

In the Avon Side Church

82/1481

16 January 1882

Rev. W. A. Pascoe

No	16
Date of Notice	16 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Frederick	Amos Jackson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Holder
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Papanui
Length of Residence	27 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Avon Side Church
Folio	82/1481
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Pascoe

17 January 1882

Harry Charles Sachsen
Lilian Annie Paitt

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
22

Christchurch
Christchurch

20 years
22 years

St. Luke's Church

82/1490

Percival Pearce Father

1 February 1882

Rev. E. A. Lingard

No	17
Date of Notice	17 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Charles Sachsen	Lilian Annie Paitt
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	22
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church
Folio	82/1490
Consent	Percival Pearce Father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. A. Lingard

17 January 1882

John Martin
Peace Matilda Chillingworth

John Martin
Henrietta Louisa Collins
💍 1882/2265

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman
Dressmaker

33
19

St. Albans
Christchurch

3 years
14 years

Roman Catholic Church

82/1530

17 January 1882

Rev. L. Guinty

No	18
Date of Notice	17 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Martin	Peace Matilda Chillingworth
BDM Match (63%)	John Martin	Henrietta Louisa Collins
	💍 1882/2265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman	Dressmaker
Age	33	19
Dwelling Place	St. Albans	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	82/1530
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Guinty

18 January 1882

Dierich Meierhoff
Mary Quaid

Diedrich Meierhoff
Maria Anna Schroeder
💍 1882/873

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Servant

27
25

Kaiapoi
Christchurch

4 years
4 years

In the House of Mr. Shroder

82/1582

18 January 1882

Rev. P. Jacobsen

No	19
Date of Notice	18 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dierich Meierhoff	Mary Quaid
BDM Match (62%)	Diedrich Meierhoff	Maria Anna Schroeder
	💍 1882/873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Servant
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Kaiapoi	Christchurch
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the House of Mr. Shroder
Folio	82/1582
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Jacobsen

18 January 1882

Daniel O'Brien
Maria Shroder

Daniel O'Brien
Florence Porter
💍 1882/606

Bachelor
Spinster

Grainier

35
21

Riccarton
Kaiapoi

14 years
6 years

In the Registry Office, Christchurch

82/1571

Alfred Porter

18 January 1882

Registrar of Marriages

No	20
Date of Notice	18 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel O'Brien	Maria Shroder
BDM Match (63%)	Daniel O'Brien	Florence Porter
	💍 1882/606
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grainier
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Riccarton	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	14 years	6 years
Marriage Place	In the Registry Office, Christchurch
Folio	82/1571
Consent	Alfred Porter
Date of Certificate	18 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

18 January 1882

Florence Porter

Spinster

Christchurch

3 days

Ashburton Father

J.J. Maukerson

No
Date of Notice	18 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Florence Porter
Condition	Spinster
Profession
Age	20
Dwelling Place	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place
Folio
Consent	Ashburton Father
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	J.J. Maukerson

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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).