Intentions to Marry, 1883

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840395, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, May 16 2025.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1883 Registrar John Owen Lord

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

294

9 July 1883

Martin Humphry
Margaret O'Keefe

Martin Murphy
Margaret O'Keefe
💍 1883/1706

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Labourer
Servant

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
4 years

St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland

83/1813

9 July 1883

Rev. G. Lenihan, Roman Catholic

No	294
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Humphry	Margaret O'Keefe
BDM Match (89%)	Martin Murphy	Margaret O'Keefe
	💍 1883/1706
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Labourer	Servant
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral Auckland
Folio	83/1813
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Lenihan, Roman Catholic

295

9 July 1883

Henry Parsons
Mary Ann Stanley

Henry Parsons
Mary Ann Stanley
💍 1883/2053

Widower
Widow

Engineer

44
42

Newton
Newton

6 months
10 years

Registrar's Office Auckland

83/1769

9 July 1883

J. Owen Lord, Dep. Reg.

No	295
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Parsons	Mary Ann Stanley
	💍 1883/2053
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engineer
Age	44	42
Dwelling Place	Newton	Newton
Length of Residence	6 months	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Auckland
Folio	83/1769
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	J. Owen Lord, Dep. Reg.

296

9 July 1883

Ephraim John Thomas
Elizabeth Jane Penhaligon

Frank William Thomas
Maria Elizabeth Penlington
💍 1883/2127

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
23

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

8 years
8 years

Congregational Church, Dunsford Street

83/1839

9 July 1883

Rev. J. P. Robertson

No	296
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ephraim John Thomas	Elizabeth Jane Penhaligon
BDM Match (41%)	Frank William Thomas	Maria Elizabeth Penlington
	💍 1883/2127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Dunsford Street
Folio	83/1839
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Robertson

297

9 July 1883

Thomas Mincher
Christina Harriet Harvey

Thomas Mincher
Christina Harriet Harvey
💍 1883/2061

Bachelor
Spinster

Sellerman

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

16 months
7 years

Church of Epiphany Newton

83/1753

James Caleb Herring, Father

9 July 1883

Rev. J. Haselden, Church England

No	297
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Mincher	Christina Harriet Harvey
	💍 1883/2061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sellerman
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Church of Epiphany Newton
Folio	83/1753
Consent	James Caleb Herring, Father
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church England

298

9 July 1883

Cecil Henry Clinkard
Julia Letitia Hooper

Cecil Henry Clinkard
Julia Letitia Hooper
💍 1883/1838

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

19
22

Makarau
Warkworth

17 years
15 years

Dwelling of Mr. Isaac Glenny, Queen Street, Onehunga

83/1836

Thomas Clinkard, Father

9 July 1883

Rev. Jas. Bruce, Presbyterian

No	298
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Henry Clinkard	Julia Letitia Hooper
	💍 1883/1838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	19	22
Dwelling Place	Makarau	Warkworth
Length of Residence	17 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Isaac Glenny, Queen Street, Onehunga
Folio	83/1836
Consent	Thomas Clinkard, Father
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Bruce, Presbyterian

299

9 July 1883

Richard Diskin Glow
Mary Ann Eyles

Richard Aickin Glover
Mary Ann Eyles
💍 1883/2051

Bachelor
Spinster

Tobacconist

23
19

Newton
Auckland

23 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

83/1767

Margaret Eyles, Mother

9 July 1883

J. Owen Lord, Dep. Reg.

No	299
Date of Notice	9 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Diskin Glow	Mary Ann Eyles
BDM Match (88%)	Richard Aickin Glover	Mary Ann Eyles
	💍 1883/2051
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tobacconist
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Newton	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	83/1767
Consent	Margaret Eyles, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 July 1883
Officiating Minister	J. Owen Lord, Dep. Reg.

300

10 July 1883

Charles Burns
Charlotte Elizabeth Carlyle

Charles Burns
Charlotte Elizabeth Carlyle
💍 1883/2064

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
18

Newton
New North Road

22 years
15 years

No 2 Cotter Villa off New North Road

83/1756

Charlotte Carlyle, Mother

10 July 1883

Rev. J. Macfarlane, United Methodist

No	300
Date of Notice	10 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Burns	Charlotte Elizabeth Carlyle
	💍 1883/2064
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Newton	New North Road
Length of Residence	22 years	15 years
Marriage Place	No 2 Cotter Villa off New North Road
Folio	83/1756
Consent	Charlotte Carlyle, Mother
Date of Certificate	10 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Macfarlane, United Methodist

301

10 July 1883

George Cozens
Anna Hooper

George Cozens
Anna Hooper
💍 1883/1836

Widower
Spinster

Agent

45
28

Parnell
Parnell

7 years
5 years

Dwelling of Mr. Isaac Glenny, Queen Street, Onehunga

83/1835

10 July 1883

Rev. Jas. Bruce, Presbyterian

No	301
Date of Notice	10 July 1883
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Cozens	Anna Hooper
	💍 1883/1836
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	45	28
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	7 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Mr. Isaac Glenny, Queen Street, Onehunga
Folio	83/1835
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1883
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Bruce, Presbyterian

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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).