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 30 September 1880 Registrar John Owen Lost

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

244

13 July 1890

Henry Johnson
Annie Christine Taylor

Henry Johnston
Anne Christina Taylor
💍 1890/2191

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

28
31

Parnell
West Tamaki

9 yrs
31-

Church of St. Luke, Remuera

90/2005

13 July 1890

Rev D of St Luke Presbyterian

No	244
Date of Notice	13 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Johnson	Annie Christine Taylor
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Johnston	Anne Christina Taylor
	💍 1890/2191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Parnell	West Tamaki
Length of Residence	9 yrs	31-
Marriage Place	Church of St. Luke, Remuera
Folio	90/2005
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev D of St Luke Presbyterian

248

14 July 1890

Alfred Lundell
Maria Barnett Harrick - Elizabeth finding

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

36
21

Helensville
Auckland

15 mos
5 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

90/2027

14 July 1890

Regr. of Marriages

No	248
Date of Notice	14 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Lundell	Maria Barnett Harrick - Elizabeth finding
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	36	21
Dwelling Place	Helensville	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 mos	5 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	90/2027
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Regr. of Marriages

249

16 July 1890

Francis Henry George Lincoln
Eliza Stolben

Francis Henry George Lincoln
Eliza Holben
💍 1890/2163

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

20
19

Newmarket
Newmarket

20 yrs
14"

Church of St. Mark, Remuera

90/2000

Reuben Holden, Father

16 July 1890

Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

No	249
Date of Notice	16 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry George Lincoln	Eliza Stolben
BDM Match (92%)	Francis Henry George Lincoln	Eliza Holben
	💍 1890/2163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Newmarket	Newmarket
Length of Residence	20 yrs	14"
Marriage Place	Church of St. Mark, Remuera
Folio	90/2000
Consent	Reuben Holden, Father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

280

15 July 1890

George Charles Jelmore
Sara McDonald

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

39
29

Parnell
Mt. Roskill

8 yrs
12"

Church of St. Luke, Mt. Albert

90/1990

Alexander

15 July 1890

Rev. McKasson, Church of England

No	280
Date of Notice	15 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Jelmore	Sara McDonald
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	39	29
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Mt. Roskill
Length of Residence	8 yrs	12"
Marriage Place	Church of St. Luke, Mt. Albert
Folio	90/1990
Consent	Alexander
Date of Certificate	15 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. McKasson, Church of England

281

19 July 1890

Eugenis Pitoni
Henrietta Harrison

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

30
25

Auckland
Auckland

7 yrs
25 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

90/2028

19 July 1890

Regr. of Marriages

No	281
Date of Notice	19 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugenis Pitoni	Henrietta Harrison
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 yrs	25 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	90/2028
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Regr. of Marriages

282

21 July 1890

William Reitmann
Sarah Sussannah Hurst

William Reitmann
Sarah Susannah Heard
💍 1890/2164

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

38
22

Thames
Newmarket

22 yrs
6 yrs

St. Marks Church, Remuera

90/2001

21 July 1890

Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

No	282
Date of Notice	21 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Reitmann	Sarah Sussannah Hurst
BDM Match (88%)	William Reitmann	Sarah Susannah Heard
	💍 1890/2164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Thames	Newmarket
Length of Residence	22 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Remuera
Folio	90/2001
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Richards, Church of England

283

21 July 1890

James Godfrey Poole
Frances Williams

James Godfrey Poole
Frances Williams
💍 1890/3763

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

21
21

Chelsea
Russell

6 yrs
12 mos

Registrar's Office, Auckland

90/2029

21 July 1890

Regr. of Marriages

No	283
Date of Notice	21 July 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Godfrey Poole	Frances Williams
	💍 1890/3763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Chelsea	Russell
Length of Residence	6 yrs	12 mos
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	90/2029
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1890
Officiating Minister	Regr. of Marriages

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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).