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 Christchurch Quarter ending 30 June 1892 Registrar J. M. Ollivier

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

6 April 1892

Stephen Hubbard
Elizabeth Ann Burrows

Stephen Hubbard
Elizabeth Ann Burrows
💍 1892/1466

Widower
Widow

Farmer

49
52

Christchurch
Christchurch

12 years
14 years

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

92/1584

6 April 1892

Registrar, J. M. Ollivier

No	83
Date of Notice	6 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Hubbard	Elizabeth Ann Burrows
	💍 1892/1466
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	49	52
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	12 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	92/1584
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Registrar, J. M. Ollivier

6 April 1892

Edward Priestnall
Jane Hill

Edward Priestnall
Jane Hill
💍 1892/1465

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

19
18

Christchurch
Christchurch

14 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Christchurch

92/1583

William Hill, Father

6 April 1892

Registrar, J. M. Ollivier

No	84
Date of Notice	6 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Priestnall	Jane Hill
	💍 1892/1465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	19	18
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	14 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Christchurch
Folio	92/1583
Consent	William Hill, Father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Registrar, J. M. Ollivier

7 April 1892

Christopher Isaac Tenley
Martha Ann Steward

Christopher Isaac Denby
Martha Ann Stewart
💍 1892/1423

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

28
22

Christchurch
Christchurch

3 days
22 years

St. Luke's Church, Christchurch

92/1562

7 April 1892

Rev. V. Corcle Dugard, Church of England

No	85
Date of Notice	7 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christopher Isaac Tenley	Martha Ann Steward
BDM Match (91%)	Christopher Isaac Denby	Martha Ann Stewart
	💍 1892/1423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Church, Christchurch
Folio	92/1562
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. V. Corcle Dugard, Church of England

7 April 1892

Daniel Round
Elizabeth Emma Jasper

Daniel Round
Elizabeth Emma Soper
💍 1892/1396

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Painter

27
27

Christchurch
Christchurch

27 years
16 years

St. Saviour's Church, Sydenham

92/1511

7 April 1892

Rev. H. B. Cocks, Church of England

No	86
Date of Notice	7 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Round	Elizabeth Emma Jasper
BDM Match (93%)	Daniel Round	Elizabeth Emma Soper
	💍 1892/1396
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Painter
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	27 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Saviour's Church, Sydenham
Folio	92/1511
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Cocks, Church of England

8 April 1892

John Henry Derrett Goode
Lydia Alice Chapman

John Henry Ernest Goode
Lydia Alice Chapman
💍 1892/1429

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Machinist

24
20

Christchurch
Christchurch

11 years
20 years

House of John Goode, Marshlands

92/1580

John Goode, Father

8 April 1892

Rev. F. Leintrell, Bible Christian

No	87
Date of Notice	8 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Derrett Goode	Lydia Alice Chapman
BDM Match (92%)	John Henry Ernest Goode	Lydia Alice Chapman
	💍 1892/1429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Machinist
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	11 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of John Goode, Marshlands
Folio	92/1580
Consent	John Goode, Father
Date of Certificate	8 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Leintrell, Bible Christian

8 April 1892

Joseph John Dearsley
Margaret Simpson Maurice

Joseph John Dearsley
Margaret Simpson Maurice
💍 1892/1871

Bachelor
Spinster

Woodturner

23
26

Christchurch
Christchurch

23 years
15 years

St. Paul's Church, Cashel St, Christchurch

92/1990

8 April 1892

Rev. F. Plushie, Presbyterian

No	88
Date of Notice	8 April 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Dearsley	Margaret Simpson Maurice
	💍 1892/1871
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Woodturner
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Christchurch
Length of Residence	23 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Cashel St, Christchurch
Folio	92/1990
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 April 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Plushie, Presbyterian

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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).