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 1070

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
106	13 April 1892	James McDonald Mary Hedgland	James McDonald Mary Hedgland 💍 1892/1201	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	25 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Parker, Sussex Square	92/1270		13 April 1892	Revd W. H. Beck
107	13 April 1892	John Nathan Stephen Bosher Mary Ann Ricco	John Nathan Stephen Bosher Mary Ann Reece 💍 1892/1195	Bachelor Spinster	Gardener	35 25	Wellington Wellington	16 months years	House of Mr Ricco, Taranaki Street	92/1264		13 April 1892	Revd C. Dallaston
108	13 April 1892	Charles Hans Aamodt Mary Josephine McKelvey	Charles Hans Aamodt Mary Josephine McKeegan 💍 1892/1262	Bachelor Spinster	Law Clerk	33 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Joseph's Church, Buckle Street	92/1236		13 April 1892	Revd J. Devoy
109	13 April 1892	Joseph Lyall Holmes Betty Journay	Joseph Lall Holmes Hetty Jounnan 💍 1892/1208	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	26 18	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mark's Church	92/1255	Mother	13 April 1892	Revd R. Coffey
110	14 April 1892	George Flaws Zealandia Hereford Pickering	George Flaws Zealandia Hereford Pickering 💍 1892/1137	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	21 18	Karori Karori	years years	Wesleyan Parsonage, Taranaki Street	92/1281	Relation in Colony	28 April 1892	Revd J. J. Lewis
111	19 April 1892	Edward Charles Ferris Maggie Houghton	Edward Charles Ferris Maggie Houghton 💍 1892/1132	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	24 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Henry Ferris, Murphy Street	92/1275		19 April 1892	Revd J. G. Chapman
112	19 April 1892	Morton Jones Annie Maria Jenks	Morton Jones Annie Maria Tunks 💍 1892/1095	Widower Spinster	Insurance Agent	54 30	Wellington Wellington	6 days years	House of the Hon. John Ballance, Tinakori Road	92/1224		19 April 1892	Revd J. Paterson
113	19 April 1892	Emmanuel George Stephen New Emma Bell	Emmanuel George Saunders Emma Bell 💍 1892/3932	Bachelor Spinster	Sailmaker	24 20	Wellington Wellington	Weeks 3 weeks	House of Mr W. Jenks, Owen Street	92/1292	Father	19 April 1892	Revd J. Brewes
114	19 April 1892	William Chalaban Annie Mary Benn	William Chalmers Annie Mary Benn 💍 1892/1282	Widower Spinster	Cooper	41 20	Wellington Wellington	years 10 days	St. Mary's Cathedral	92/1233		19 April 1892	Very Revd J. C. Mac Norman
115	19 April 1892	Hans Niels Christian Andreas Sarah Miller	Hans Niels Christian Andersen Sarah Miller 💍 1892/106	Bachelor Widow	Carpenter	28 31	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/1300		19 April 1892	W. H. Wyall
116	20 April 1892	Marshall John Masal alias Donnelly Weighana Jessie Sutherland	Marshall John Dounelly Hughena Jessie Sutherland 💍 1892/1260	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	26 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Bridegroom, Crawfords Lane	92/1225		20 April 1892	Revd J. Paterson
117	22 April 1892	Edgar Knight Kate Hamilton Luff	Edgar Knight Kate Hamilton Luff 💍 1892/1129	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	23 30	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	Wesleyan Church, Petone	92/1290		22 April 1892	Revd I. Griffith
118	25 April 1892	Thomas Kerwin Alice Georgina Bennett	Thomas Kerwin Alice Georgina Bennett 💍 1892/114	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 25	Wellington Wellington	9 months 18 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/1302		25 April 1892	W. H. Wyall
119	25 April 1892	Valentine Clarkson Hannah Portice	Valentine Clarkson Hannah Portice 💍 1892/113	Bachelor Widow	Labourer	36 35	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/1301		25 April 1892	W. H. Wyall
120	25 April 1892	William Frederick Burgess Agnes Barr	William Frederick Burgess Agnes Barr 💍 1892/1192	Bachelor Spinster	Artist	35 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr John Barr, Lorne Street	92/1261		25 April 1892	Revd W. Shirer

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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).