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 Auckland 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

22 January 1892

Curley Love
January Robinson

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

32
32

Parnell
Parnell

25 years
5 years

Church of St Mary Parnell

92/115

22 January 1892

Rev. J. Preston Ch of England

No	41
Date of Notice	22 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Curley Love	January Robinson
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	32	32
Dwelling Place	Parnell	Parnell
Length of Residence	25 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Mary Parnell
Folio	92/115
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Preston Ch of England

25 January 1892

William Mansfield
January Annie Sarah Stewart

Bachelor
Spinster

Preserver

25
27

Kaipara
Auckland

25 years
27 years

Church of St Paul Parnell

92/2846

25 January 1892

Rev. J. Gould Ch of England

No	42
Date of Notice	25 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mansfield	January Annie Sarah Stewart
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Preserver
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Kaipara	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Paul Parnell
Folio	92/2846
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gould Ch of England

25 January 1892

John Taylor
January Evelena Brown

John Taylor
Jane Lowe
💍 1892/1592

Bachelor
Spinster

Postman

24
26

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
26 years

Dwelling of Thomas Taylor Victoria Avenue

92/89

25 January 1892

Rev. R. G. West Presbyterian

No	43
Date of Notice	25 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Taylor	January Evelena Brown
BDM Match (67%)	John Taylor	Jane Lowe
	💍 1892/1592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Postman
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Thomas Taylor Victoria Avenue
Folio	92/89
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. G. West Presbyterian

27 January 1892

Alfred Rewes Bingley
January Agnes Shaw

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

25
21

5 North Road Mapleton
Remuera

5 years
21 years

Dwelling of F. G. North Road

92/111

27 January 1892

George Aldridge Ch of Christ

No	44
Date of Notice	27 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Rewes Bingley	January Agnes Shaw
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	5 North Road Mapleton	Remuera
Length of Residence	5 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of F. G. North Road
Folio	92/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1892
Officiating Minister	George Aldridge Ch of Christ

27 January 1892

Sampson Priestley
January Ennis Selley

Sampson Priestley
Annis Tetley
💍 1892/125

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

45
32

Kirikiri
Bradford

9 months
32 years

Church of St Peter

92/39

27 January 1892

Rev. R. Sommerville Presbyterian

No	45
Date of Notice	27 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sampson Priestley	January Ennis Selley
BDM Match (73%)	Sampson Priestley	Annis Tetley
	💍 1892/125
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	45	32
Dwelling Place	Kirikiri	Bradford
Length of Residence	9 months	32 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Peter
Folio	92/39
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville Presbyterian

28 January 1892

William Anderson
January Crombie

Widower
Widow

Settler

43
40

5 North Road
5 North Road

20 years
10 years

Dwelling of Rev. N. G. West

92/90

Margaret Reid

28 January 1892

Rev. N. G. West Presbyterian

No	46
Date of Notice	28 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Anderson	January Crombie
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	43	40
Dwelling Place	5 North Road	5 North Road
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Dwelling of Rev. N. G. West
Folio	92/90
Consent	Margaret Reid
Date of Certificate	28 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. G. West Presbyterian

28 January 1892

George Thomas Bookes
January Charlotte Watkins

George Thomas Boaks
Charlotte Watkins
💍 1892/170

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
25

Ponsonby
Ponsonby

17 years
8 years

Church of All Saints Ponsonby

92/87

28 January 1892

Rev. W. Calder Ch of England

No	47
Date of Notice	28 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Bookes	January Charlotte Watkins
BDM Match (79%)	George Thomas Boaks	Charlotte Watkins
	💍 1892/170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	17 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of All Saints Ponsonby
Folio	92/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder Ch of England

30 January 1892

William Arthur Thomas
January Edith Miriam Hughes

William Arthur Thomas
Edith Miriam Hughes
💍 1892/826

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

8 months
9 months

Church of St Matthew Auckland

92/884

30 January 1892

Rev. L. R. Suttem Ch of England

No	48
Date of Notice	30 January 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Thomas	January Edith Miriam Hughes
BDM Match (85%)	William Arthur Thomas	Edith Miriam Hughes
	💍 1892/826
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 months	9 months
Marriage Place	Church of St Matthew Auckland
Folio	92/884
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. R. Suttem Ch of England

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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).