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 Palmerston North Quarter ending 31 March 1892

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

02 February 1892

Andrew Charles Pocock
Jane Bartlett
formerly Gilmore

Andrew Charles Pocock
Jane Bartlett
💍 1892/817

Bachelor
Widow

Tinsmith

23 years
25 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

2 weeks
1 week

All Saints Church

92/898

02 February 1892

Rev. H. B. Harvey, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

No	7
Date of Notice	02 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Charles Pocock	Jane Bartlett formerly Gilmore
	💍 1892/817
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Tinsmith
Age	23 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 weeks	1 week
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	92/898
Consent
Date of Certificate	02 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Harvey, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

16 February 1892

Edwin Dixon
Elizabeth Anne Nicholson

Edwin Dixon
Elizabeth Ann Nicholson
💍 1892/321

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

24 years
21 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

4 years
1 year

Wesleyan Church

92/306

16 February 1892

Rev. W. Reall, Wesleyan Minister, Palmerston North

No	8
Date of Notice	16 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Dixon	Elizabeth Anne Nicholson
BDM Match (98%)	Edwin Dixon	Elizabeth Ann Nicholson
	💍 1892/321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	24 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	4 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	92/306
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Reall, Wesleyan Minister, Palmerston North

23 February 1892

Thomas Charles Cornford
Mary Ellen Rodgers

Thomas Charles Cornford
Nellie Rodgers
💍 1892/312

Bachelor
Spinster

Dealer

25 years
21 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

5 years
15 years

Roman Catholic Church

92/298

23 February 1892

Rev. Father Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

No	9
Date of Notice	23 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Charles Cornford	Mary Ellen Rodgers
BDM Match (78%)	Thomas Charles Cornford	Nellie Rodgers
	💍 1892/312
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dealer
Age	25 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	92/298
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

23 February 1892

William Dixon
Eliza Wells

William Mann
Adeline Wells
💍 1892/3951

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

35 years
25 years

Palmerston North
Kaiapoi

3 weeks

All Saints Church entered by Registrar, Palmerston North

92/899

23 February 1892

Rev. H. B. Harvey, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

No	10
Date of Notice	23 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Dixon	Eliza Wells
BDM Match (65%)	William Mann	Adeline Wells
	💍 1892/3951
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	35 years	25 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Kaiapoi
Length of Residence	3 weeks
Marriage Place	All Saints Church entered by Registrar, Palmerston North
Folio	92/899
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Harvey, Anglican Minister, Palmerston North

24 February 1892

Jeremiah Loughnan
Mary Cronie

Jeremiah Loughman
Mary Cronin
💍 1892/4079

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

35 years
23 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

2 years
1 year

Roman Catholic Church

92/296

24 February 1892

Rev. Father Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

No	11
Date of Notice	24 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jeremiah Loughnan	Mary Cronie
BDM Match (93%)	Jeremiah Loughman	Mary Cronin
	💍 1892/4079
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	35 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	92/296
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

26 February 1892

John McCarthy
Annie Brown

John McCarthy
Anne Brown
💍 1892/311

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

33 years
26 years

Pahiatua
Palmerston North

6 years
8 years

St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston North

92/297

26 February 1892

Rev. J. J. Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

No	12
Date of Notice	26 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John McCarthy	Annie Brown
BDM Match (95%)	John McCarthy	Anne Brown
	💍 1892/311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	33 years	26 years
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	6 years	8 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	92/297
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Patterson, C. P., Palmerston North

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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).