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 Wangarei Quarter ending 31 March 1892 Registrar C. Storey

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

20 February 1892

Stephen James Manktelow
Isabella Bunting

Stephen James Manktelow
Isabel Bunting
💍 1892/336

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

34
25

Wangarei
Wangarei

6 days
5 years

Church of England, Wangarei

92/13

Rev. L. L. Cubitt, Episcopalian

No	27
Date of Notice	20 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen James Manktelow	Isabella Bunting
BDM Match (94%)	Stephen James Manktelow	Isabel Bunting
	💍 1892/336
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Wangarei	Wangarei
Length of Residence	6 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Wangarei
Folio	92/13
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. L. Cubitt, Episcopalian

27 February 1892

Alfred Cadman
Zylpha Johnson

Alfred Cadman
Zylpha Johnson
💍 1892/334

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

22
22

Kamo
Kamo

9 years
1½ years Mangarei

Wesleyan Church, Kamo

92/11

Rev. Joseph H. Simmonds, Wesleyan

No	28
Date of Notice	27 February 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Cadman	Zylpha Johnson
	💍 1892/334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	9 years	1½ years Mangarei
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Kamo
Folio	92/11
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph H. Simmonds, Wesleyan

4 March 1892

Walter Hansen
Louisa Cook

Walter Hansen
Louisa Cook
💍 1892/338

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

26
24

Kamo
Kamo

1½ years
2 months Mangarei

Registrars Office, Wangarei

92/15

Registrar, Wangarei

No	29
Date of Notice	4 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hansen	Louisa Cook
	💍 1892/338
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Kamo	Kamo
Length of Residence	1½ years	2 months Mangarei
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wangarei
Folio	92/15
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Wangarei

8 March 1892

John Peters
Charlotte Rouse

[John Peters folio number: 18 and Charlotte Rouse folio number: 16 - not in computerised index]

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

28
21

Hikurangi
Hukerenui

6 years
3 years

Residence Thomas Rouse, Hukerenui, Wangarei

92/16

Rev. J. H. Hawkes, Episcopalian

No	30
Date of Notice	8 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peters	Charlotte Rouse
BDM Match (8%)
	💍 [John Peters folio number: 18 and Charlotte Rouse folio number: 16 - not in computerised index]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Hikurangi	Hukerenui
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence Thomas Rouse, Hukerenui, Wangarei
Folio	92/16
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Hawkes, Episcopalian

22 March 1892

Donald McMillan
Mary Ann Dorothy McKenzie

[Donald McMillan folio number: 87 and Mary Ann Dorothy McKenzie folio number : 17 - not in computerised index]

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

40
31

Ruatangata, Wangarei
Kaurihohore, Wangarei

4 years
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Kaurihohore

92/17

Rev. G. Jones, Presbyterian

No	31
Date of Notice	22 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McMillan	Mary Ann Dorothy McKenzie
BDM Match (5%)
	💍 [Donald McMillan folio number: 87 and Mary Ann Dorothy McKenzie folio number : 17 - not in computerised index]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	40	31
Dwelling Place	Ruatangata, Wangarei	Kaurihohore, Wangarei
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kaurihohore
Folio	92/17
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Jones, Presbyterian

23 March 1892

Anthony Wilkinson
Georgina Lena Pearson

Anthony Wilkinson
Georgina Lena Pearson
💍 1892/335

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

21
17

Wangarei
Wangarei

6 years
17 years

Residence of Andrew Pearson, Wangarei

92/12

Rev. A. C. Lowry, Wesleyan

No	32
Date of Notice	23 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Wilkinson	Georgina Lena Pearson
	💍 1892/335
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Wangarei	Wangarei
Length of Residence	6 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Andrew Pearson, Wangarei
Folio	92/12
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. C. Lowry, Wesleyan

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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).