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 Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1892

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

416

21 October 1892

David Maxwell Gibson
Annie Maud Hays

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockkeeper
Spinster

22
22

Birkenhead
Epsom

2 years
22 years

Dwelling of James Hays, Epsom

21 October 1892

Rev. C. H. Laws

No	416
Date of Notice	21 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Maxwell Gibson	Annie Maud Hays
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockkeeper	Spinster
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Birkenhead	Epsom
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of James Hays, Epsom
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Laws

418

25 October 1892

Thomas Blong
Through Jane Miller

Thomas Blong
Margaret Jane Miller
💍 1892/2863

Widower
Spinster

Groom
Spinster

28
25

Seddonville
Pukekohe

5 years
25 years

Registrars Office

92/3109

25 October 1892

Registrar of Marriages

No	418
Date of Notice	25 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Blong	Through Jane Miller
BDM Match (83%)	Thomas Blong	Margaret Jane Miller
	💍 1892/2863
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Groom	Spinster
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Seddonville	Pukekohe
Length of Residence	5 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	92/3109
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages

419

26 October 1892

Benjamin Arthur Kayes
Annie Demaris Clarke

Benjamin Arthur Kayes
Annie Demaris Clarke
💍 1892/2827

Bachelor
Spinster

Coml. Traveller
Spinster

23
24

Kingsland
Kingsland

7 years
8 years

Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street

92/3074

26 October 1892

Rev. G. Berry

No	419
Date of Notice	26 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Arthur Kayes	Annie Demaris Clarke
	💍 1892/2827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coml. Traveller	Spinster
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Kingsland	Kingsland
Length of Residence	7 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street
Folio	92/3074
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Berry

420

26 October 1892

Wm. Henry Howard
Francis Eleanor Cannell

William Henry Howard
Frances Eleanor Cannell
💍 1892/2824

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk
Spinster

22
24

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
12 years

Dwelling of Rev. J. G. Hackett, Wyndham Street

92/3047

27 October 1892

Rev. J. G. Hackett

No	420
Date of Notice	26 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wm. Henry Howard	Francis Eleanor Cannell
BDM Match (83%)	William Henry Howard	Frances Eleanor Cannell
	💍 1892/2824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk	Spinster
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Rev. J. G. Hackett, Wyndham Street
Folio	92/3047
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. Hackett

421

27 October 1892

Gordon Wallace Beare
Mary Bordcott Taylor

Gordon Wallace Bews
Mary Boulcott Taylor
💍 1892/2800

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer
Spinster

30
30

Parnell
Tamaki

5 years
30 years

St. Davids Church, Symonds Street

92/3023

27 October 1892

Rev. R. S. West

No	421
Date of Notice	27 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gordon Wallace Beare	Mary Bordcott Taylor
BDM Match (88%)	Gordon Wallace Bews	Mary Boulcott Taylor
	💍 1892/2800
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer	Spinster
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Tamaki
Length of Residence	5 years	30 years
Marriage Place	St. Davids Church, Symonds Street
Folio	92/3023
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. West

422

29 October 1892

John Porter
Mary Christina McColl McDonald

John Porter
Mary Christina McColl McDonald
💍 1892/2777

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Spinster

23
21

Homai
Homai

1 month
16 years

Dwelling of Wm. Staremake, Arawa Street

92/3024

29 October 1892

Rev. R. S. West

No	422
Date of Notice	29 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Porter	Mary Christina McColl McDonald
	💍 1892/2777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Spinster
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Homai	Homai
Length of Residence	1 month	16 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Wm. Staremake, Arawa Street
Folio	92/3024
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. West

423

29 October 1892

John Henry Adams
Frances Elizabeth Cherry

John Henry Adams
Frances Elizabeth Cherry
💍 1892/2756

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Spinster

24
20

Auckland
Newton

24 years
10 years

Church of St. Sepulchre, Khyber Pass

92/3003

Frances Cherry, mother

29 October 1892

Rev. B. T. Dudley

No	423
Date of Notice	29 October 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Adams	Frances Elizabeth Cherry
	💍 1892/2756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Spinster
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	24 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of St. Sepulchre, Khyber Pass
Folio	92/3003
Consent	Frances Cherry, mother
Date of Certificate	29 October 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. T. Dudley

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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 1908. 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).