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 Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1882 Registrar William Joseph Hall

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

28 January 1882

Henry Corish Bennett
Matilda Wareuzie

Henry Corish Bennett
Matilda McKenzie
💍 1882/3575

Widower
Spinster

Merchant

51
33

Dunedin
Dunedin

9 years
8 years

St Josephs Chapel

82/3593

28 January 1882

Revd In Walsh

No	34
Date of Notice	28 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Corish Bennett	Matilda Wareuzie
BDM Match (88%)	Henry Corish Bennett	Matilda McKenzie
	💍 1882/3575
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	51	33
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	9 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St Josephs Chapel
Folio	82/3593
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1882
Officiating Minister	Revd In Walsh

31 January 1882

William Henry Leake
Henrietta Lambrette

William Henry Leake
Henrietta Lambrette
💍 1882/784

Bachelor
Spinster

Comedian

41
16

Dunedin
Dunedin

6 months
7 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages

82/692

Elizabeth Lambrette, mother of minor

31 January 1882

W. J. Hall, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

No	35
Date of Notice	31 January 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Leake	Henrietta Lambrette
	💍 1882/784
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Comedian
Age	41	16
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 months	7 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	82/692
Consent	Elizabeth Lambrette, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	31 January 1882
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hall, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

1 February 1882

Thomas William James Burgess
Mary Stitt

Thomas William James Burgess
Mary Still
💍 1882/1013

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Housemaid

33
22

Tomahawk
Tomahawk

16 years
3 months

In the house of Robert Macherras, Tomahawk

82/1146

1 February 1882

Revd C. S. Ross, Presbyterian Minister

No	36
Date of Notice	1 February 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William James Burgess	Mary Stitt
BDM Match (90%)	Thomas William James Burgess	Mary Still
	💍 1882/1013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Housemaid
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Tomahawk	Tomahawk
Length of Residence	16 years	3 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Robert Macherras, Tomahawk
Folio	82/1146
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1882
Officiating Minister	Revd C. S. Ross, Presbyterian Minister

2 February 1882

Daniel Corles Ross
Florence Mary Meyer

Daniel Forbes Ross
Florence Mary Meyer
💍 1882/691

Widower
Spinster

Baker

33
30

Roslyn
Roslyn

9 years
12 months

On Knox Church

82/123

John Charles Gelwary, Frederick Meyer, father of minor

2 February 1882

Revd Dr Stuart, Presbyterian Minister

No	37
Date of Notice	2 February 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Corles Ross	Florence Mary Meyer
BDM Match (94%)	Daniel Forbes Ross	Florence Mary Meyer
	💍 1882/691
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Roslyn	Roslyn
Length of Residence	9 years	12 months
Marriage Place	On Knox Church
Folio	82/123
Consent	John Charles Gelwary, Frederick Meyer, father of minor
Date of Certificate	2 February 1882
Officiating Minister	Revd Dr Stuart, Presbyterian Minister

2 February 1882

Frederick Bishop
Margaret Robson

Frederick Bishop
Margaret Robson
💍 1882/791

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Housemaid

28
17

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 weeks

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages

82/698

no person in the Colony to give Consent to minor

16 February 1882

W. J. Hall, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

No	38
Date of Notice	2 February 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Bishop	Margaret Robson
	💍 1882/791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Housemaid
Age	28	17
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	82/698
Consent	no person in the Colony to give Consent to minor
Date of Certificate	16 February 1882
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hall, Deputy Registrar of Marriages

3 February 1882

Adam Duncan Lowe
Louisa Eleanor Haynes

Adam Duncan Lowe
Louisa Eleanor Haynes
💍 1882/3559

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer

25
16

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
8 days

In the house of James Lowe, Forth Street

13599

no person in the Colony to give Consent to minor

18 February 1882

Revd C. E. Barley, Methodist Minister

No	39
Date of Notice	3 February 1882
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adam Duncan Lowe	Louisa Eleanor Haynes
	💍 1882/3559
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	8 days
Marriage Place	In the house of James Lowe, Forth Street
Folio	13599
Consent	no person in the Colony to give Consent to minor
Date of Certificate	18 February 1882
Officiating Minister	Revd C. E. Barley, Methodist Minister

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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).