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 Registrar Owen Lord

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

127

26 March 1892

William Henry Norton Morris
Annie Charlotte Brandon

William Henry Norton Morris
Charlotte Annie Brandon
💍 1892/2712

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

20
23

Franklin
Franklin

8 years
12 years

Church of St Matthew

92/2852

26 March 1892

Rev. R. O. Duncan Ch of England

No	127
Date of Notice	26 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Norton Morris	Annie Charlotte Brandon
BDM Match (74%)	William Henry Norton Morris	Charlotte Annie Brandon
	💍 1892/2712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Franklin	Franklin
Length of Residence	8 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Matthew
Folio	92/2852
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. O. Duncan Ch of England

128

28 March 1892

Frederick William Fitton
Lucy Ann Wilkins

Francis Smith Phillips
Lucy Ann Wilkins
💍 1892/68

Bachelor
Spinster

Miller
Operative

26
21

Wyber Pass
Auckland

10 years
6 years

Christchurch at dwelling of

92/1020

28 March 1892

Rev. J. Marshall Ch of England

No	128
Date of Notice	28 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Fitton	Lucy Ann Wilkins
BDM Match (60%)	Francis Smith Phillips	Lucy Ann Wilkins
	💍 1892/68
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miller	Operative
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wyber Pass	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Christchurch at dwelling of
Folio	92/1020
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Marshall Ch of England

129

28 March 1892

Newton Arthur Mother
Florence Emma Septima Cray

Newton Arthur Worker
Florence Emma Septima Cray
💍 1892/355

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
26

Nellford
Wharehine

2 years
2 years

Jas. Good's Maygood

92/109

28 March 1892

Rev. J. Simmons Wesleyan

No	129
Date of Notice	28 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Newton Arthur Mother	Florence Emma Septima Cray
BDM Match (93%)	Newton Arthur Worker	Florence Emma Septima Cray
	💍 1892/355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Nellford	Wharehine
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Jas. Good's Maygood
Folio	92/109
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Simmons Wesleyan

130

28 March 1892

George Frederick Batley
Margaret Batley

George Green
Margaret Bartley
💍 1892/135

Bachelor
Spinster

Shoemaker

33
21

Auckland
Personally

33 years
21 years

Church of St Paul

92/47

28 March 1892

Rev. C. M. Nelson Ch of England

No	130
Date of Notice	28 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Batley	Margaret Batley
BDM Match (69%)	George Green	Margaret Bartley
	💍 1892/135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shoemaker
Age	33	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Personally
Length of Residence	33 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Paul
Folio	92/47
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson Ch of England

131

28 March 1892

Robert Draper
Jeanette Elizabeth Martin

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

26
23

Ponsonby
Mt Albert

6 years
23 years

Church of St Luke

92/49

28 March 1892

Rev. B. T. Dudley Ch of England

No	131
Date of Notice	28 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Draper	Jeanette Elizabeth Martin
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Ponsonby	Mt Albert
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of St Luke
Folio	92/49
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. T. Dudley Ch of England

132

29 March 1892

George Ogle
Mary Hunt

George Ogle
Mary Hunt
💍 1892/363

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
25

Whangapoua
Port Charles

3 years
8 months

dwelling of Mr. Thompson Bell

92/99

29 March 1892

Mr. F. W. Greenwood Ch of Christ

No	132
Date of Notice	29 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ogle	Mary Hunt
	💍 1892/363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Whangapoua	Port Charles
Length of Residence	3 years	8 months
Marriage Place	dwelling of Mr. Thompson Bell
Folio	92/99
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Mr. F. W. Greenwood Ch of Christ

133

29 March 1892

Samuel Teague
Annie Crawford

Samuel Teague
Annie Crawford
💍 1892/153

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
27

Auckland
Parnell

24 years
4 years

All Saints Church

92/70

29 March 1892

Rev. W. Beatty Ch of England

No	133
Date of Notice	29 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Teague	Annie Crawford
	💍 1892/153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	24 years	4 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	92/70
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty Ch of England

134

30 March 1892

William Bonella
Rebecca Crawford

William Bonella
Rebecca Crawford
💍 1892/156

Bachelor
Spinster

Millhand

26
25

Aratapu
Hawick

2 years
25 years

All Saints Church

92/72

30 March 1892

Rev. W. Beatty Ch of England

No	134
Date of Notice	30 March 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Bonella	Rebecca Crawford
	💍 1892/156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Millhand
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Aratapu	Hawick
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	92/72
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 March 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty 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).