Intentions to Marry, 1889

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840401, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, May 23 2025

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District of Waipawa Quarter ending 30 March 1889 Registrar Samuel Johnson

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

383

16 January 1889

Charles Henry Chickett
Bertha Mary Elliott

Charles Henry Chissell
Bertha Mary Elliott
💍 1889/336

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser
nil

24
23

Waipawa
Napier

1 3/4 years
23 years

St Augustines Church, Napier

89/387

14 January 1889

Rev. J. Parkinson

No	383
Date of Notice	16 January 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Chickett	Bertha Mary Elliott
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Henry Chissell	Bertha Mary Elliott
	💍 1889/336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser	nil
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Napier
Length of Residence	1 3/4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Augustines Church, Napier
Folio	89/387
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Parkinson

384

31 January 1889

Thomas Rogers Johnson
Elizabeth Hannah Condit

Bachelor
Spinster

Postal Clerk
nil

24
28

Waipawa
Waipawa

7 days
4 weeks

Christ Church, Waipawa

89/209

31 January 1889

Rev. T. L. Tudor

No	384
Date of Notice	31 January 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Rogers Johnson	Elizabeth Hannah Condit
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postal Clerk	nil
Age	24	28
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	7 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Waipawa
Folio	89/209
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. L. Tudor

385

18 February 1889

William Henry Jones
Isabella Mary Carlyle

William Henry James Doud Bennett
Isabella Mary Carlyle
💍 1889/329

Bachelor
Spinster

Banker
nil

21
19

Waipawa
Waipawa

Since birth
5 years

Residence of Mrs C. Harwood

89/363

Mrs C. Harwood (Mother)

18 February 1889

Rev. T. G. Dawson

No	385
Date of Notice	18 February 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Jones	Isabella Mary Carlyle
BDM Match (78%)	William Henry James Doud Bennett	Isabella Mary Carlyle
	💍 1889/329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Banker	nil
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	Since birth	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs C. Harwood
Folio	89/363
Consent	Mrs C. Harwood (Mother)
Date of Certificate	18 February 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Dawson

386

26 February 1889

Thomas Colybourn
Alice Tollington

Thomas Colquhoun
Alice Pollington
💍 1889/323

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Housemaid

24
20

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 years
11 years

St Johns Church, Waipawa

89/362

John Tollington (Father)

27 February 1889

Rev. R. Mc Clean, Mt

No	386
Date of Notice	26 February 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Colybourn	Alice Tollington
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Colquhoun	Alice Pollington
	💍 1889/323
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Housemaid
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church, Waipawa
Folio	89/362
Consent	John Tollington (Father)
Date of Certificate	27 February 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Mc Clean, Mt

387

26 February 1889

Charles Joseph Albert Longhman
Margaret Eliza Lewis

Charles Joseph Albert Loughnan
Margaret Eliza Lewis
💍 1889/330

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

26
23

Hastings
Waipawa

6 months
2 months

Residence of Mr E. O. B. Longhman, Waipawa

89/364

26 February 1889

Rev. T. G. Dawson, Waipawa

No	387
Date of Notice	26 February 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Joseph Albert Longhman	Margaret Eliza Lewis
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Joseph Albert Loughnan	Margaret Eliza Lewis
	💍 1889/330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Hastings	Waipawa
Length of Residence	6 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr E. O. B. Longhman, Waipawa
Folio	89/364
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Dawson, Waipawa

388

27 February 1889

John Spink
Maryton Henry

John Spink
Mary Ann Henry
💍 1889/331

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

23
18

Waipawa
Waipawa

10 days
4 years

St Patricks Church, Waipawa

89/365

M. A. Henry (Mother)

27 February 1889

Rev. T. G. Dawson

No	388
Date of Notice	27 February 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Spink	Maryton Henry
BDM Match (89%)	John Spink	Mary Ann Henry
	💍 1889/331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	10 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St Patricks Church, Waipawa
Folio	89/365
Consent	M. A. Henry (Mother)
Date of Certificate	27 February 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. G. Dawson

389

14 March 1889

Ridley Salvati
Harriett Ann Barlas

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor
Servant

26
23

Waipawa
Waipawa

8 months
8 months

Residence of Mr S. Palmer, Waipawa

89/366

15 March 1889

Rev. J. Benning

No	389
Date of Notice	14 March 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ridley Salvati	Harriett Ann Barlas
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor	Servant
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	8 months	8 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr S. Palmer, Waipawa
Folio	89/366
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Benning

390

27 March 1889

Robert Pickett
Clara Bates

Robert Peckett
Clara Bates
💍 1889/1339

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Housemaid

34
19

Te Aute
Kaikora

12 years
3 months

Anglican Church, Te Aute

89/231

No consent authorised in Colony

27 March 1889

Rev. S. Williams

No	390
Date of Notice	27 March 1889
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Pickett	Clara Bates
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Peckett	Clara Bates
	💍 1889/1339
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Housemaid
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Te Aute	Kaikora
Length of Residence	12 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Anglican Church, Te Aute
Folio	89/231
Consent	No consent authorised in Colony
Date of Certificate	27 March 1889
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Williams

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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).