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 1455

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
16	13 January 1892	William Henry Rudman Hannah Elizabeth Chambers	William Henry Rudman Hannah Elizabeth Chambers 💍 1892/39	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	24 22	Wellington Wellington	years 3 months	House of Mr Rudman, Kent Terrace	92/365		13 January 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
17	13 January 1892	Walter Frank Love Eliza Perress	Walter Frank Moore Eliza Perres 💍 1892/417	Bachelor Spinster	Bus Driver	24 25	Lower Hutt Wellington	years years	House of Mr Wainwright, Kaiwarra	92/360		13 January 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
18	14 January 1892	Christopher Aplin Green Sarah Stevens	Christopher Aplin Sarah Stevens 💍 1892/41	Bachelor Spinster	Dairyman	25 24	Crofton Wellington	years years	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/364		14 January 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
19	15 January 1892	George Henry Jones Mary Ellen Heary	George Henry Jones Mary Eileen Heany 💍 1892/377	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	24 25	Wellington Wellington	3 days 6 months	Church	92/321		15 January 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
20	15 January 1892	Charles Frank Frederick Augustus Ramsbottom Isherwood Lily Eva Jones	Charles Frank Frederick Augustus Ramsbottom Isherwood Lily Eva Jones 💍 1892/402	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Peters Church	92/346		15 January 1892	Rev. H. P. Parkes
21	16 January 1892	Thomas Thompson Elizabeth Laing	Thomas Thompson Elizabeth Laing 💍 1892/433	Widower Spinster	Farmer	41 30	Karori Wellington	1 week 2 weeks	Registrars office, Wellington	92/386		16 January 1892	Mr. S. W. Wyatt
22	21 January 1892	James Bingham Grace Matilda Anderson	James Bingham Grace Matilda Anderson 💍 1892/32	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	24 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	House of Mr Anderson, Dock Street	92/380		21 January 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
23	24 January 1892	Frederick William Hook Janet Chambers	Frederick William Hook Janet Chambers 💍 1892/434	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 20	Surra Flat Wellington	years 18 months	Registrars office, Wellington	92/387	Alexander Chambers, Father	24 January 1892	Mr. S. W. Wyatt
24	25 January 1892	John Marcus Raby Clara Frances Lines Eden	John Marcus Rabe Clara Frances Lines Eden 💍 1892/43	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	28 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	Church of Christ, Ghuznee Street	92/369		25 January 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
25	25 January 1892	Ernest Herbert Hobday Ada Anne Mudge	Ernest Herbert Hobday Ada Ann Mudge 💍 1892/378	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	22 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/322		25 January 1892	Mr. S. W. Wyatt
26	26 January 1892	Scares Augustus Hatton Rose Emma Renment	Jearus Augustus Mabin Rose Emma Renment 💍 1892/436	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 22	Wellington Wellington	6 months years	Registrars office, Wellington	92/389		26 January 1892	Mr. S. W. Wyatt
27	27 January 1892	John George Calder Mary King	John George Falder Mary King 💍 1892/396	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	27 24	Petone Petone	years years	Presbyterian Church, Petone	92/316		27 January 1892	Rev. H. Thomson
28	27 January 1892	Frederick William Row Ada Mary Dawe	Frederick William Low Ada Mary Dawe 💍 1892/435	Bachelor Spinster	Cook	27 22	Wellington Wellington	6 months 6 weeks	Registrars office, Wellington	92/388		27 January 1892	Mr. S. W. Wyatt
29	27 January 1892	John Creighton Martha Baygier	John Creighton Martha Caygill 💍 1892/2720	Widower Spinster	Flour Pot Maker	48 31	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Parker, Queen Street	92/2854		27 January 1892	Rev. H. B. Redstone
30	28 January 1892	George Bradley Elizabeth Keen	George Bradley Elizabeth Keen 💍 1892/30	Widower Spinster	Baker	37 32	Wellington Wellington	years years	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace	92/379		28 January 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).