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

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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
312	23 November 1892	Rubin Writi Miori Ellen Jones Kilberston		Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	17 25	Wellington Wellington	1 month 6 weeks	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church	92/4004	Rubin Writi Miori father	23 November 1892	Revd. C. J. Egg
313	23 November 1892	Albert Hood Kate Fogarty	Albert Moore Kate Fogarty 💍 1892/3244	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	24 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 1 month	St. Mary's Cathedral	92/3330		23 November 1892	Revd. J. Dawson
314	23 November 1892	Thomas Edwin Young Amelia Richardson	Thomas Edwin Young Amelia Richardson 💍 1892/3126 Thomas Wilkinson Alice Richardson 💍 1892/2570	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 24	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 months	St. Mary of the Angels	92/3305		23 November 1892	Very Revd. J. Devoy
315	25 November 1892	Thomas Beverley Sarah Jane Dunn	Thomas Bevan Junr Sarah Jane Dunn 💍 1892/3123	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 22	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	St. Mark's Church	92/3325		25 November 1892	Revd. R. Coffey
316	25 November 1892	George Cloak Jane Higgins	George Cloutt Jane Higgins 💍 1892/3117	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	24 19	Petone Petone	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Higgins, Petone	92/3320	Joseph Higgins, father	25 November 1892	Revd. A. Thomson
317	28 November 1892	John Charles Taylor Isabella Cross	John Charles Taylor Isabella Cross 💍 1892/3144	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	27 26	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/3370		28 November 1892	Mr. T. W. Wyatt
318	28 November 1892	John Andrew Carson Mary Frances Knight	John Andrew Carson Mary Francis Knipe 💍 1892/3111	Widower Spinster	Builder	46 31	Khandallah Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Paul's Cathedral	92/3314		28 November 1892	Revd. T. H. Sprott
319	5 December 1892	Walter Lee Mary Ann Folla	Walter Lee Mary Ann Folla 💍 1892/3145	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	42 42	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/3371		5 December 1892	Mr. T. W. Wyatt
320	5 December 1892	Joseph Leary Maria Kerris	Joseph Leary Maria Kerins 💍 1892/3127	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor	29 26	Wellington Wellington	6 weeks 14 days	St. Mary of the Angels	92/3306		5 December 1892	Very Revd. S. Devoy
321	5 December 1892	Hans Andersen Thea Anna Matilda Jacobsen	Hans Andersen Ihle Anna Matilda Jacobsen 💍 1892/3241	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	26 28	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 years	Wesley Church	92/3349		5 December 1892	Revd. J. J. Lewis
322	5 December 1892	Harry Butler Susan Roberts	Harry Butler Susan Roberts 💍 1892/3146	Widower Widow	Farmer	37 37	Upper Hutt Lower Hutt	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/3372		5 December 1892	Mr. T. W. Wyatt
323	6 December 1892	Alfred Ernest Pollard Jane Elizabeth Fountain	Alfred Ernest Pollard Jane Elizabeth Hountain 💍 1892/3236	Bachelor Spinster	Warehouseman	26 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place	92/3345		6 December 1892	Revd. W. Powell
324	6 December 1892	Richard Percyval Power Christina Kerr	Richard Percival Power Christina Kerr 💍 1892/3130	Bachelor Spinster	French Polisher	25 20	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Primitive Methodist Church, Sydney Street	92/3309	Mary Kerr, mother	6 December 1892	Revd. W. C. Wood
325	6 December 1892	John Johnston Ratch Agnes Pirrie	John Johnson Reich Agnes Pirie 💍 1892/3757	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	29 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Pirrie, Percival Street	92/4005		6 December 1892	Revd. C. J. Egg
326	7 December 1892	Albert Arthur Johnson Charlotte Eliza Biggs	Albert Arthur Johnston Charlotte Eliza Biggs 💍 1892/3121	Bachelor Spinster	Bricklayer	22 20	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Biggs, Webb Street	92/3323	William Biggs, father	6 December 1892	Revd. C. E. Ward

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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).