Intentions to Marry, 1892

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840404, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, May 28 2025

Page 233

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1892

No	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
342	17 December 1892	George Perry Hannah Tearancko	George Perry Hannah Searancke 💍 1892/3202	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	32 26	Silver Stream Upper Hutt	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3381		17 December 1892	W. Twyall
343	17 December 1892	Henry James Bouchin heade Amelia Henry	Henry James Bouchier Meade Amelia Merry 💍 1892/3203	Bachelor Spinster	Artilleryman	28 21	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	92/3382		17 December 1892	W. Twyall
344	19 December 1892	Joseph William Allan Elizabeth Harris	Joseph William Allen Elizabeth Harris 💍 1892/3204 John William Roffey Elizabeth Julia Harris 💍 1893/991	Bachelor Spinster	Ironmonger	24 26	Wellington Wellington	9 months years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3383		19 December 1892	W. Twyall
345	19 December 1892	John Myers Julia Levi	John Myers Julia Levi 💍 1892/3247	Bachelor Spinster	Merchant	30 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	Home of Levi Hotson, Ghuznee Street	92/3333		19 December 1892	Rev. Hoan Taverer
346	20 December 1892	Louis Henry Giles Mary Brown	Louis Henry Eilers May Brown 💍 1892/3242 James McAlister Gillies Mary Brown 💍 1892/4054	Bachelor Spinster	Hotel Keeper	24 19	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	Home of Mrs Abel Smith, Ghuznee Street	92/3350	James Richard Brown, Father	20 December 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
347	20 December 1892	Samuel Hill Edith Turnbull	Samuel Hill Edith Turnbull 💍 1892/3205	Bachelor Spinster	Potter	21 23	Wellington Wellington	years 9 months	Registrars office Wellington	92/3384		20 December 1892	W. Twyall
348	20 December 1892	Charles Frederick Jones Sarah Elizabeth Ward	Charles Frederick James Spiers Sarah Elizabeth Ward 💍 1892/3182	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	26 27	Karori Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3385		20 December 1892	W. Twyall
349	21 December 1892	William Arthur Pointon Thirza Kingdon	William Arthur Pointon Thurza Kingdon 💍 1892/3184	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	23 21	Petone Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3387		21 December 1892	W. Twyall
350	21 December 1892	Charles Edward Justin Emily Dryden	Charles Edward Justin Emily Dryden 💍 1892/3132	Bachelor Spinster	Cabinet Maker	25 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	Home of Mrs Dryden, Taranaki Street	92/3351		21 December 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
351	22 December 1892	John Thomas Williamson Grace Lucy Burrows	John Thomas Williamson Grace Lucy Burrows 💍 1892/3143	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 21	Wellington Wellington	4 days 5 days	Home of J. K. Elliott, Oriental Bay	92/3352		22 December 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
352	22 December 1892	William Joseph Cowburn Nellie Kitching		Bachelor Widow	Blacksmith	26 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	Home of Mrs Cowburn, Ghuznee Street	92/3327		22 December 1892	Rev. C. Dallaston
353	22 December 1892	John de Smith Susan Cecilia Kenny	John De Muth Susan Cecilia Kenny 💍 1892/3128	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	28 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	St Mary of the Angels	92/3307		22 December 1892	Very Rev. J. Sherry
354	23 December 1892	Robert Neville Elizabeth Grant	Robert Neville Elizabeth Grant 💍 1892/3183	Bachelor Widow	Stevedore	57 47	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3386		22 December 1892	W. Twyall
355	23 December 1892	Charles William Henderson Mary Carolena Wishart	Charles William Henderson Mary Wishart 💍 1892/3373	Bachelor Spinster	Printer	27 25	Wellington Christchurch	years years	Wesley Church, East Belt, Christchurch	92/3559		22 December 1892	Rev. W. Eslick
356	28 December 1892	Alfred Darell Fraser Emily Theresa Tunder	Alfred Durell Fraser Emily Theresa Dennelt 💍 1892/3112	Bachelor Spinster	Native Agent	32 23	Wellington Wellington	5 days 5 months	St Pauls Cathedral	92/3315		28 December 1892	Rev. I. H. Sprott

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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 1894. More registers will be added as the project continues.

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).