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 Napier Quarter ending 31 March 1892 Registrar Forward

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

8 February 1892

Gustav Hermann Weber
Linton McMurray

Gustav Hermann Weber
Sinton McMurray
💍 1892/820

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
21

Port Ahuriri
Napier

3 years
12 months

St Augustine's Church, Napier

8 February 1892

Rev A. S. Fox, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	8 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gustav Hermann Weber	Linton McMurray
BDM Match (97%)	Gustav Hermann Weber	Sinton McMurray
	💍 1892/820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Port Ahuriri	Napier
Length of Residence	3 years	12 months
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev A. S. Fox, Church of England

9 February 1892

Gustav Hermann Weber
Linton McMurray

Gustav Hermann Weber
Sinton McMurray
💍 1892/820

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
21

P. Ahuriri
Napier

3 years
12 months

Presbyterian Church, Napier

92/901

9 February 1892

Rev J. G. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	9
Date of Notice	9 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gustav Hermann Weber	Linton McMurray
BDM Match (97%)	Gustav Hermann Weber	Sinton McMurray
	💍 1892/820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	P. Ahuriri	Napier
Length of Residence	3 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Napier
Folio	92/901
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Paterson, Presbyterian

11 February 1892

William Young
Annie Menzies

William Irving
Annie Menzie
💍 1892/821

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher
Domestic

33
22

Napier
Napier

18 years
6 months

Residence of Mrs Oakley, Napier Terrace

92/902

11 February 1892

Rev J. G. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	11 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Young	Annie Menzies
BDM Match (82%)	William Irving	Annie Menzie
	💍 1892/821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher	Domestic
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	18 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Oakley, Napier Terrace
Folio	92/902
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Paterson, Presbyterian

12 February 1892

Edward Hector Maitland Ellis
Elizabeth Jane

Edward Henry Campbell
Elizabeth Pope
💍 1893/1155

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker
Domestic

over 21
22

Napier
Napier

5 weeks in the office of the Registrar
2 years

Office of the Registrar, Napier

No	11
Date of Notice	12 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Hector Maitland Ellis	Elizabeth Jane
BDM Match (63%)	Edward Henry Campbell	Elizabeth Pope
	💍 1893/1155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker	Domestic
Age	over 21	22
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 weeks in the office of the Registrar	2 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Napier
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister

15 February 1892

Rudolph de Burgh Adams
Grace Annie Bell

Randolph De Burgh Adams Willcocks
Grace Annie Bell
💍 1892/3816

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
26

Napier
Napier

15 months
2 years

St Augustine's Church, Napier

92/466

15 February 1892

Rev John Hobbs, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	15 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rudolph de Burgh Adams	Grace Annie Bell
BDM Match (80%)	Randolph De Burgh Adams Willcocks	Grace Annie Bell
	💍 1892/3816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	15 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St Augustine's Church, Napier
Folio	92/466
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev John Hobbs, Church of England

16 February 1892

Martin Kean
Mary Jane Coleman

Martin Kean
Mary Jane Coleman
💍 1892/3815

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic

30
24

Puketapu
Puketapu

4 years
5 years

Roman Catholic Chapel, Meanee

92/463

16 February 1892

Rev F. Yardin, R.C. Priest

No	13
Date of Notice	16 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Martin Kean	Mary Jane Coleman
	💍 1892/3815
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Puketapu	Puketapu
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Chapel, Meanee
Folio	92/463
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev F. Yardin, R.C. Priest

16 February 1892

Henry Holmes
Clara Gold

Henry Holmes
Clara Coker
💍 1892/829

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

40
35

Port Ahuriri
Napier

9 years
1 month

Presbyterian Manse, Napier

92/903

16 February 1892

Rev J. G. Paterson, Presbyterian

No	14
Date of Notice	16 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Holmes	Clara Gold
BDM Match (82%)	Henry Holmes	Clara Coker
	💍 1892/829
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	40	35
Dwelling Place	Port Ahuriri	Napier
Length of Residence	9 years	1 month
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Napier
Folio	92/903
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev J. G. Paterson, 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).