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 31 March 1890 Registrar W. Dwygatt

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

4 March 1890

Thomas O'Neill
Ellen Jane Teep

Thomas O'Neill
Ellen Jane Toop
💍 1890/417

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

Home of Mrs Simpson, Nairn Street

90/290

4 March 1890

Rev. W. Lee

No	61
Date of Notice	4 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas O'Neill	Ellen Jane Teep
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas O'Neill	Ellen Jane Toop
	💍 1890/417
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs Simpson, Nairn Street
Folio	90/290
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Lee

5 March 1890

Benjamin George Davis
Maggie Rodgers

Benjamin George Davis
Maggie Rodgers
💍 1890/215

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

26
20

Petone
Petone

years
years

Brooks Presbyterian Church, Petone

90/243

Euphemia Rodgers, mother

5 March 1890

Rev. A. Thomson

No	62
Date of Notice	5 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin George Davis	Maggie Rodgers
	💍 1890/215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	Brooks Presbyterian Church, Petone
Folio	90/243
Consent	Euphemia Rodgers, mother
Date of Certificate	5 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Thomson

5 March 1890

Robert Francis Richardson
Ellen Maria Isaac

Robert Francis Richardson
Ellen Maria Isaac
💍 1890/344

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

30
19

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

Home of Mrs Isaac, Aro Street

90/255

William Isaac, father

5 March 1890

Rev. N. B. Reastone

No	63
Date of Notice	5 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Francis Richardson	Ellen Maria Isaac
	💍 1890/344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	Home of Mrs Isaac, Aro Street
Folio	90/255
Consent	William Isaac, father
Date of Certificate	5 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Reastone

5 March 1890

Peter James Hervey
Elaine Mary Webb

Peter James Herbey
Elaine Mary Webb
💍 1890/794

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

37
21

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

St Andrews Church

90/897

5 March 1890

Rev. C. C. Ogg

No	64
Date of Notice	5 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter James Hervey	Elaine Mary Webb
BDM Match (97%)	Peter James Herbey	Elaine Mary Webb
	💍 1890/794
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church
Folio	90/897
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Ogg

6 March 1890

Edward Cameron Smith
Frances Mary Fairchild

Edward Canavan Smith
Frances Mary Fairchild
💍 1890/419

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
21

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

St Peters Church

90/292

6 March 1890

Rev. W. C. Waters

No	65
Date of Notice	6 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Cameron Smith	Frances Mary Fairchild
BDM Match (90%)	Edward Canavan Smith	Frances Mary Fairchild
	💍 1890/419
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church
Folio	90/292
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Waters

11 March 1890

Charles Edward Carter
Zoe Martin

Charles Edward Carter
Zoe Martin
💍 1890/331

Bachelor
Spinster

Sign Writer

27
20

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

Home of Mr Martin, Manners Street

90/266

Robert Martin, father

11 March 1890

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	66
Date of Notice	11 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Carter	Zoe Martin
	💍 1890/331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sign Writer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr Martin, Manners Street
Folio	90/266
Consent	Robert Martin, father
Date of Certificate	11 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

11 March 1890

Robert Hall Coltman
Lucy Ann Amadio

Robert Hall Coltman
Lucy Ann Amadio
💍 1890/411

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

22
19

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

House of Mrs Amadio, Pirie Street

90/284

Frances Caroline Amadio, mother

11 March 1890

Mr Edward Lewis

No	67
Date of Notice	11 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Hall Coltman	Lucy Ann Amadio
	💍 1890/411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs Amadio, Pirie Street
Folio	90/284
Consent	Frances Caroline Amadio, mother
Date of Certificate	11 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Mr Edward Lewis

12 March 1890

Timothy Glavin
Kate Griffin

Timothy Glavin
Kate Griffin
💍 1890/325

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

St Mary of the Angels

90/260

12 March 1890

Rev. P. Kerrigan

No	68
Date of Notice	12 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Timothy Glavin	Kate Griffin
	💍 1890/325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels
Folio	90/260
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Kerrigan

12 March 1890

Francis Kitto
Esther Roe

Francis Kitto
Esther Roe
💍 1890/432

Widower
Spinster

Sailor

36
22

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

House of Bridegroom, Ghuznee Street

90/282

12 March 1890

Mr Edward Lewis

No	69
Date of Notice	12 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Kitto	Esther Roe
	💍 1890/432
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	36	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Ghuznee Street
Folio	90/282
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Mr Edward Lewis

13 March 1890

Samuel Johnson Davenport
Alice Cross

Samuel Johnson Davenport
Alice Cross
💍 1890/343

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
years

House of Mr Cross, Arthur Street

90/254

13 March 1890

Rev. H. B. Reastone

No	70
Date of Notice	13 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Johnson Davenport	Alice Cross
	💍 1890/343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	years
Marriage Place	House of Mr Cross, Arthur Street
Folio	90/254
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Reastone

15 March 1890

Albin Charles Ashbridge
Charlotte Sarah Sayler

Widower
Spinster

Fireman

28
30

Wellington
Wellington

years
years

St Pauls Cathedral

90/252

15 March 1890

Rev. John Still

No	71
Date of Notice	15 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albin Charles Ashbridge	Charlotte Sarah Sayler
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	years	years
Marriage Place	St Pauls Cathedral
Folio	90/252
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1890
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Still

18 March 1890

George Smith
Ellen Stevens

George Smith
Ellen Stevens
💍 1890/3826

Widower
Spinster

Bootmaker

52
36

Kilbirnie
Kilbirnie

3 days
years

Registrars Office, Wellington

90/316

18 March 1890

W. Dwygatt

No	72
Date of Notice	18 March 1890
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Smith	Ellen Stevens
	💍 1890/3826
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	52	36
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Kilbirnie
Length of Residence	3 days	years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	90/316
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1890
Officiating Minister	W. Dwygatt

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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).