Intentions to Marry, 1890

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840402, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, May 23 2025

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1890 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

28 January 1890

Thomas Augustus Johnston
Jane Henderson Baird

Thomas Augustus Jones
Jane Henderson Baird
💍 1890/258

Bachelor
Widow

Teacher

41
33

Kaipara
Kaipara

4 years
3 years

Church of St Sepulchre, Khyber Pass

90/108

28 January 1890

Rev. B. T. Dudley, Ch of England

No	49
Date of Notice	28 January 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Augustus Johnston	Jane Henderson Baird
BDM Match (90%)	Thomas Augustus Jones	Jane Henderson Baird
	💍 1890/258
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Teacher
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Kaipara	Kaipara
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Sepulchre, Khyber Pass
Folio	90/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. T. Dudley, Ch of England

28 January 1890

James Thorpe Inglis
Nellie Trubb

James Thorpe Inglis
Nellie Grubb
💍 1890/277

Bachelor
Spinster

Amalgamator

26
23

Thames
Auckland

23 years
20 years

Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street

90/104

28 January 1890

Rev. M. Gittos, Wesleyan

No	50
Date of Notice	28 January 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thorpe Inglis	Nellie Trubb
BDM Match (96%)	James Thorpe Inglis	Nellie Grubb
	💍 1890/277
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Amalgamator
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Thames	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street
Folio	90/104
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Gittos, Wesleyan

28 January 1890

Peter Quick
Augusta Lucking

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
24

Coromandel
Coromandel

4 years
20 years

Church of St Matthew

90/110

28 January 1890

Rev. Haselden, Ch of England

No	51
Date of Notice	28 January 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Quick	Augusta Lucking
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Coromandel	Coromandel
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Matthew
Folio	90/110
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. Haselden, Ch of England

31 January 1890

Franklin John Smith
Annie Eveleigh

Franklin John Smith
Annie Eveleigh
💍 1890/661

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
24

Thames
Auckland

3 years
2 years

Church of St Matthew

90/846

31 January 1890

Rev. M. Tebbs, Ch of England

No	52
Date of Notice	31 January 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Franklin John Smith	Annie Eveleigh
	💍 1890/661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Thames	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Matthew
Folio	90/846
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Tebbs, Ch of England

3 February 1890

Donald Campbell McMillan
Annie McGregor Johnson

Donald Campbell McMillan
Annie McGregor
💍 1890/196

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

34
35

Helensville
Waipu

1 year
30 years

Dwelling of James McMillan, Albert Street

90/93

3 February 1890

Rev. M. Tebbs, Ch of England

No	53
Date of Notice	3 February 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald Campbell McMillan	Annie McGregor Johnson
BDM Match (82%)	Donald Campbell McMillan	Annie McGregor
	💍 1890/196
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Waipu
Length of Residence	1 year	30 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of James McMillan, Albert Street
Folio	90/93
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Tebbs, Ch of England

3 February 1890

John Archibald Frederick Gray
Mary Clark Pilecer

John Archibald Frederic Gray
Mary Clarke Niccol
💍 1890/2102

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

31
25

Otahuhu
North Shore

8 years
25 years

The Presbyterian Church

90/915

3 February 1890

Rev. J. Skill, Presbyterian

No	54
Date of Notice	3 February 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Archibald Frederick Gray	Mary Clark Pilecer
BDM Match (82%)	John Archibald Frederic Gray	Mary Clarke Niccol
	💍 1890/2102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Otahuhu	North Shore
Length of Residence	8 years	25 years
Marriage Place	The Presbyterian Church
Folio	90/915
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Skill, 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).