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 1453

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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
46	19 February 1892	John Berry Mary Ann Leslie	John Curry Mary Anne Leslie 💍 1892/407	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	35 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mary of the Angels Church	92/351		19 February 1892	Rev. J. W. Goggan
47	22 February 1892	Charles Wooley Catharine Selfer	Charles Wooley Catherine Telfer 💍 1892/159	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	33 31	Wellington Auckland	3 days 3 days	House of Mr. C. B. Lang, Rocky Nook, Auckland	92/53		22 February 1892	Rev. R. L. West
48	23 February 1892	William John Harper Ruth Taylor	William John Harper Ruth Taylor 💍 1892/382	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	26 19	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/326	Eliza Helen Amadio, mother	23 February 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
49	25 February 1892	Henry Francis Hall Emily Lucy Weston	Henry Francis Hall Emily Lucy Weston 💍 1892/383	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	29 23	Blenheim Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/327		25 February 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
50	26 February 1892	William Harry George Bennett Hannah Abigail Borrie	William Harry George Bennett Hannah Abagail Bowie 💍 1892/2675	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	23 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mrs. Borrie, McFarlane Street	92/2884		26 February 1892	Rev. C. T. Cagg
51	26 February 1892	Francis James Taylor Mary Ann Starks	Francis James Taylor Mary Ann Slarks 💍 1892/403	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	31 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Peters Church	92/347		26 February 1892	Rev. W. C. Waters
52	26 February 1892	Alfred Perrin Amy Ellen Palmer	Alfred Perrin Amy Ellen Palmer 💍 1892/381	Bachelor Spinster	Joiner	24 26	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/325		26 February 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
53	26 February 1892	John McHarrie Rosina Florence Hadson	John McHarrie Rosina Florence Hudson 💍 1892/440	Bachelor Spinster	Dairyman	27 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/393		26 February 1892	W. E. Wyatt
54	26 February 1892	William Hay Susan Barber	William Hay Susan Barber 💍 1892/411	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	27 20	Petone Petone	15 months years	House of Mrs. Rennie, Broadway Terrace	92/337	Elizabeth Barber, mother	26 February 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
55	29 February 1892	William Henry Rodges Augusta Elizabeth Vile	William Henry Rodgers Aucusta Elizabeth Vile 💍 1892/42	Bachelor Spinster	Fireman	32 23	Wellington Wellington	1 month years	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/368		29 February 1892	Rev. J. G. Lewis
56	1 March 1892	Charles Austin Colbeck Violet Mabel Lakeman	Charles Austin Colbeck Violet Mabel Lakeman 💍 1892/413	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 26	Wellington Lower Hutt	10 months years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	92/355		1 March 1892	Rev. Joshua Jones
57	4 March 1892	John Coutts Clara Storey	John Coutts Clara Storey 💍 1892/37	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	29 29	Wellington Karori	3 days years	House of Mr. Storey, Karori	92/363		4 March 1892	Rev. C. H. Laws
58	7 March 1892	Thomas Herd Martha Dixon	Thomas Herd Martha Dixon 💍 1892/404	Bachelor Spinster	Builder	24 26	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Peters Church	92/348		7 March 1892	Rev. W. C. Waters
59	7 March 1892	Alfred Henry Hemly Priscilla Sinclair	Alfred Henry Hunt Priscilla Sinclair 💍 1892/418	Bachelor Widow	N.Z. Torpedo Corps	33 30	Wellington Wellington	years 1 week	House of Mr. Heml, Pipitea Street	92/338		7 March 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
60	7 March 1892	Alfred Joseph Weston Annie Matilda Childenhall	Alfred John Weston Annie Matilda Mildenhall 💍 1892/426	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	21 19	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	92/394	Elizabeth Childenhall, mother	7 March 1892	W. E. Wyatt

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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).