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 668

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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
198	13 July 1892	John George Coster Emma Austin	John George Coster Emma Austin 💍 1892/2169	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	27 23	Wellington Wellington	4 days 2 weeks	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/2309		13 July 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
199	14 July 1892	Albert Harris Lydia Baxter	Albert Harris Lydia Baxter 💍 1892/2207	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 21	Wellington Wellington	2 weeks 1 month	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2323		14 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
200	15 July 1892	Frank Marsden Rachael Annie Davis	Frank Marsden Rachel Annie Davis 💍 1892/2654	Bachelor Widow	Commercial Traveller	34 31	Wellington Wellington	1 week 10 days	House of Rev. C. S. Ogg, Wellington Terrace	92/2887		15 July 1892	Rev. C. S. Ogg
201	19 July 1892	James Prebble Maria Elizabeth Donovan	James Prebble Maria Elizabeth Donovan 💍 1892/2209	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	43 24	Wellington Wellington	3 days 2 weeks	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2325		19 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
202	19 July 1892	Geovanni Tanti Ellen Elizabeth Frances Tolley	Giovanni Santi Ellen Elizabeth Frances Tolley 💍 1892/2208	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	38 26	Wellington Wellington	6 days 1 day	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2324		19 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
203	19 July 1892	George Webb Florence Mary Wells	George Webb Florence Mary Wells 💍 1892/2171	Bachelor Spinster	Carrier	31 29	Wellington Wellington	years months	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/2311		19 July 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
204	20 July 1892	Samuel Dawson Mary Wright	Samuel Dawson Mary Wright 💍 1892/2210	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer	32 30	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2326		20 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
205	20 July 1892	William Agat Warnick Emma French	William Agate Warwick Emma French 💍 1892/2151	Bachelor Spinster	Tinsmith	22 21	Wellington London	years years	House of Mr. G. J. Skyler, South Road	92/2290		20 July 1892	Rev. W. Therer
206	20 July 1892	William George Geary Selina Hannah Hobbs	William George Geary Selina Hannah Hobbs 💍 1892/2170	Bachelor Spinster	Sawmiller	27 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/2310		20 July 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
207	21 July 1892	Jesse Fisher Grace Johnston	Jesse Fisher Grace Johnston 💍 1892/2211	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 21	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2327		21 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
208	21 July 1892	Andrew Hamilton Isa Mitchell	Andrew Hamilton Isa Mitchell 💍 1892/2186	Bachelor Spinster	Brewer	25 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. High Street, Willis Street	92/2302		21 July 1892	Rev. W. H. Beck
209	25 July 1892	Albert William John Ryan Lydia Mary Perry	Albert William John Marau Lydia Mary Perry 💍 1892/2187	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	30 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Rev. W. H. Beck, Rentone Street	92/2803		25 July 1892	Rev. W. H. Beck
210	26 July 1892	William Lomas Maggie Evans	William Lomas Maggie Evans 💍 1892/2189	Bachelor Spinster	Woodworker	24 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2329	Samuel Evans, Father	26 July 1892	W. L. Wyatt
211	26 July 1892	William Eagle Isabella Trotter	William Eagle Issabella Trotter 💍 1892/2177	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	22 23	Wellington Makara	3 days years	Episcopalian Church, Makara	92/2316		26 July 1892	Rev. A. Daring
212	27 July 1892	Edward South Clara Victoria Linder	Edward South Clara Victoria Linder 💍 1892/2656	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	34 29	Wellington Wellington	14 days 1 month	House of Mr. Boyd, Cuba Street	92/2889		27 July 1892	Rev. J. Paterson

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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).