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 30 June 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
166	8 June 1892	George Howard Mary Duggan	George Howard Mary Duggan 💍 1892/101	Widower Spinster	Soapmaker	30 16	Wellington Wellington	9 months years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/1313	Margaret Duggan, mother	8 June 1892	W. Wyall
167	13 June 1892	Arthur David Wells Nellie Smith	Arthur David Wells Nellie Smith 💍 1892/1276	Bachelor Spinster	Mill Hand	23 25	Wellington Wellington	3 days 6 months	House of Rev. J. Paterson, Woolcombe Street	92/1227		13 June 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
168	13 June 1892	John Rustand Alice Mary Banks	John Bustard Alice Mary Banks 💍 1892/1139	Bachelor Spinster	Gentleman	32 30	Wellington Wellington	years years	House in which Parties reside, Taranaki Street	92/1284		13 June 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
169	14 June 1892	Matthew Robson Catherine Frances Parkinson	Matthew Robson Catherine Frances Parkinson 💍 1892/102	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	33 25	Wellington Wellington	6 weeks years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/1314		14 June 1892	W. Wyall
170	17 June 1892	Thomas Ryan Mary Jane Wood	Thomas Ryan Mary Jane Wood 💍 1892/1127	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	19 18	Petone Petone	years years	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt	92/1288	Thomas Ryan, father; William Wood, father	17 June 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
171	18 June 1892	Fred Butler Maria Borris	Fred Butler Maria Bovis 💍 1892/1191	Bachelor Widow	Bookbinder	35 40	Paraparaumu Wellington	3 months years	St. Mark's Church	92/1260		18 June 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
172	20 June 1892	Robert Goodwin Eliza Amelia Bartlett	Robert Goodwin Eliza Amelia Bartlett 💍 1892/3931	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 25	Petone Petone	3 days 4 years	House of Mr. W. H. Randerson, Petone	92/1287		20 June 1892	Rev. T. N. Griffin
173	20 June 1892	William Huston Shadgett Bertha Todd Ross	Walter Muston Shadgett Bertha Todd Ross 💍 1892/2144	Bachelor Spinster	Electrician	26 30	Wellington Wellington	8 months 17 years	St. Mark's Church	92/2284		20 June 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
174	21 June 1892	Henry Stone Sarah Talbot	Henry Stone Sarah Talbot 💍 1892/1126	Widower Widow	Draper	64 43	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Bridegroom, Cuba Street	92/1286		21 June 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
175	22 June 1892	John Wylie Brown Lilley Muriel Price	John Wylie Brown Lilly Muriel Price 💍 1892/1277	Bachelor Spinster	Saddler	29 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. Price, Peter Street	92/1228	Edward James Jamlyn Price, father	22 June 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
176	22 June 1892	Nicholas George Smith Rose Jackson	Nicholas George Smith Rose Jackson 💍 1892/1125	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Rev. J. J. Lewis, Taranaki Street	92/1285		22 June 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
177	24 June 1892	George Myers Mary Alice Winifred Robson	George Myers Mary Alice Winifred Robson 💍 1892/3923	Bachelor Spinster	Electrical Engineer	27 31	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 months	House of Mr. Nathan, Tory Street	92/1247		24 June 1892	Rev. J. Brewes
178	25 June 1892	Hugh Pillans Keren Happuck Speedy	Hugh Pillans Keren Happuch Speedy 💍 1892/2653	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer	32 25	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 weeks	St. Andrew's Church	92/2886		25 June 1892	Rev. C. I. Bigg
179	27 June 1892	Michael Higgins Mary Ann Frost	Michael Higgins Mary Anne Frost 💍 1892/1274	Bachelor Widow	Hotel Keeper	37 38	Wellington Wellington	15 months years	St. Mary of the Angels	92/1245		27 June 1892	Rev. F. Devoy
180	28 June 1892	Sills John Gibbons Jane Ellen Alice Wilmer McKenzie	Sills John Gibbons Jane Ellen Alice Wilmer McKenzie 💍 1892/1278	Widower Spinster	Sheep Farmer	35 32	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	House of Mr. W. McKenzie, Ghuznee Street	92/1229		28 June 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).