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 Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1890 Registrar W. I. Wyall

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

11 April 1890

Charles Vaughan Kreeft
Annie Henrietta Lawson

Charles Vaughan Kregt
Annie Henrietta Lawson
💍 1890/1189

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
25

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

St. Marks Church

90/1226

11 April 1890

Rev. R. Coffey

No	92
Date of Notice	11 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Vaughan Kreeft	Annie Henrietta Lawson
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Vaughan Kregt	Annie Henrietta Lawson
	💍 1890/1189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	90/1226
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

14 April 1890

William Alexander Pye
Elizabeth Kerr

William Alexander Pye
Elizabeth Kerr
💍 1890/1214

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

40
31

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

House of Mr. Montgomery, Belfast Street

90/1280

14 April 1890

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	93
Date of Notice	14 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Pye	Elizabeth Kerr
	💍 1890/1214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	40	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Montgomery, Belfast Street
Folio	90/1280
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

15 April 1890

James Wishart
Magdalena Kate Morley

James Wishart
Magdalene Kate Morley
💍 1890/1185

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

35
26

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

The Chancel, Woolcombe Street

90/1222

15 April 1890

Rev. J. Paterson

No	94
Date of Notice	15 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wishart	Magdalena Kate Morley
BDM Match (98%)	James Wishart	Magdalene Kate Morley
	💍 1890/1185
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	The Chancel, Woolcombe Street
Folio	90/1222
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

16 April 1890

Richard Gooder
Letitia Enright

Richard Gooder
Letitia Enright
💍 1890/1213

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

House of The Rev. J. K. Elliott, Oriental Bay

90/1279

16 April 1890

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	95
Date of Notice	16 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Gooder	Letitia Enright
	💍 1890/1213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	House of The Rev. J. K. Elliott, Oriental Bay
Folio	90/1279
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

16 April 1890

John Walter Hope
May Row Parkinson

John Walter Hope
May Rose Parkinson
💍 1890/1883

Bachelor
Spinster

Minister

31
21

Lower Hutt
Christchurch

3 months
2 days

St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Christchurch

90/1568

16 April 1890

Rev. Gordon Webster

No	96
Date of Notice	16 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Walter Hope	May Row Parkinson
BDM Match (94%)	John Walter Hope	May Rose Parkinson
	💍 1890/1883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Minister
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 months	2 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Presbyterian Church, Christchurch
Folio	90/1568
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. Gordon Webster

16 April 1890

William Hoye
Constance Eleanor Forbes

William Moye
Constance Eleanor Forbes
💍 1890/1229

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

30
23

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
years

House of Mrs. Forbes, Bidwill Street

90/1273

16 April 1890

Rev. Joseph Berry

No	97
Date of Notice	16 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hoye	Constance Eleanor Forbes
BDM Match (96%)	William Moye	Constance Eleanor Forbes
	💍 1890/1229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Forbes, Bidwill Street
Folio	90/1273
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph Berry

16 April 1890

Edward Sill
Elizabeth Wood

Edward Till
Elizabeth Wood
💍 1890/3692

Bachelor
Widow

Butcher

33
34

Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt

years
6 months

The Chancel, Woolcombe Street

90/1221

16 April 1890

Rev. J. Paterson

No	98
Date of Notice	16 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Sill	Elizabeth Wood
BDM Match (95%)	Edward Till	Elizabeth Wood
	💍 1890/3692
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Butcher
Age	33	34
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Upper Hutt
Length of Residence	years	6 months
Marriage Place	The Chancel, Woolcombe Street
Folio	90/1221
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

16 April 1890

Arthur William Evans
Jane Elizabeth Baker

Arthur William Stevens
Jane Elizabeth Baker
💍 1890/1190

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

34
28

Killinis
Wellington

years
years

St. Marks Church

90/1227

16 April 1890

Rev. R. Coffey

No	99
Date of Notice	16 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Evans	Jane Elizabeth Baker
BDM Match (91%)	Arthur William Stevens	Jane Elizabeth Baker
	💍 1890/1190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Killinis	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	90/1227
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

100

17 April 1890

Herbert James De Kringer
Martha Bold

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

21
16

Petone
Lower Hutt

years
years

House of Mrs. Guilliam, Waiweto

90/1258

mother

17 April 1890

Rev. W. J. Watkin

No	100
Date of Notice	17 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert James De Kringer	Martha Bold
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Petone	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Guilliam, Waiweto
Folio	90/1258
Consent	mother
Date of Certificate	17 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Watkin

101

17 April 1890

Benjamin Edwin Gower
Jemima Honeyman Rodgers

Benjamin Edwin Oxner
Jemima Honeyman Rodgers
💍 1890/1199

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

61
24

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

Wesleyan Church, Riccarton Street

90/1263

Married also at Registrar's Office

17 April 1890

Rev. W. M. Beck

No	101
Date of Notice	17 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Edwin Gower	Jemima Honeyman Rodgers
BDM Match (93%)	Benjamin Edwin Oxner	Jemima Honeyman Rodgers
	💍 1890/1199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	61	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Riccarton Street
Folio	90/1263
Consent	Married also at Registrar's Office
Date of Certificate	17 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. M. Beck

102

18 April 1890

Thomas Murphy
Sophia Mouldy

Thomas Murphy
Sophia Mouldy
💍 1890/3671

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
22

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
1 week

St. Mary's Cathedral

90/1245

18 April 1890

Very Rev. J. McNamara

No	102
Date of Notice	18 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Murphy	Sophia Mouldy
	💍 1890/3671
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	90/1245
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. McNamara

103

21 April 1890

Donald McDonald
Isabella Teer

Donald McDonald
Isabella Teer
💍 1890/1198

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

28
28

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
2 months

House of Mr. Smith, Adelaide Road

90/1262

21 April 1890

Rev. W. Oliver

No	103
Date of Notice	21 April 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McDonald	Isabella Teer
	💍 1890/1198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	2 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Smith, Adelaide Road
Folio	90/1262
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Oliver

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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).