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 1456

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
1	5 January 1892	Charles Henry Smith Phoebe Bradshaw	Charles Henry Smith Phoebe Bradshaw 💍 1892/33	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 21	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	92/381		5 January 1892	W. T. Wyatt
2	6 January 1892	George Frederick Gildred Henrietta Bell	George Frederick Gelderd Henrietta Bell 💍 1892/34	Bachelor Spinster	Storekeeper	40 24	Wellington Wellington	2 days 2 weeks	Registrars office Pahiatua	92/382		6 January 1892	W. T. Wyatt
3	7 January 1892	Alexander Ramsay Janet Hannah Dryden	Alexander Ramsay Janet Hannah Dryden 💍 1892/422	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	26 24	Wellington Karori	years years	Episcopalian Church, Karori	92/342		7 January 1892	Rev. A. Dasent
4	7 January 1892	Daniel McRandall Elizabeth Earth Ide	Daniel McRandall Elizabeth Edith Ido 💍 1892/36	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	26 26	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/384		7 January 1892	W. T. Wyatt
5	8 January 1892	George Christopher Barker Annie Graham Cubbert	George Christopher Barker Annie Graham Culbert 💍 1892/20	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	21 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	Home of Mr Burnham, Brougham St	92/361		8 January 1892	Rev. C. H. Laws
6	8 January 1892	Francis Joseph Lissington Emily Randell	Francis Joseph Lessington Emily Randell 💍 1892/399	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	24 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	St Marys Cathedral	92/319		8 January 1892	Rev. P. Power
7	9 January 1892	Frank Wood Elizabeth Russell	Frank Wood Elizabeth Russell 💍 1892/425	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 21	Wellington Wellington	6 months years	Registrars office Wellington	92/385		9 January 1892	W. T. Wyatt
8	11 January 1892	John Hamilton Bond Carlon Adèle Carlon Azemar	John Hamilton Carlon Bond Adela Carlon Azemar 💍 1892/424	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer	32 26	Wellington Wellington	4 days 1 day	St Peters Church	92/344	(Mr. J. Bond)	11 January 1892	Rev. H. P. Raikes
9	11 January 1892	William Alfred Palmer Octavia Frances Whittaker	William Alfred Palmer Petavia Frances Whittaker 💍 1892/390	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	27 31	Wellington Wellington	years years	Primitive Methodist Chapel	92/333		11 January 1892	Rev. W. J. Dean
10	11 January 1892	Henry Lee Annie Robina Telfer	Henry Lee Annie Robina Telfer 💍 1892/412	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	24 19	Petone Petone	years 7 months	Episcopalian Church, Lower Hutt	92/355	Robert Hamilton Telfer, Father	11 January 1892	Rev. Joshua Jones
11	12 January 1892	John Richard James Denly Henrietta Robinson	John Richard James Darby Henrietta Robinson 💍 1892/401	Bachelor Spinster	Barman	20 22	Wellington Wellington	years 18 months	St Peters Church	92/345		12 January 1892	Rev. H. P. Raikes
12	12 January 1892	George McArthur Florence Jean Goldbolt Sergeant	George McArthur Florence Jane Sergent Shadbolt 💍 1892/28	Bachelor Spinster	Hairdresser	21 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr McArthur, Oxford Terrace	92/377		12 January 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
13	12 January 1892	Charles Mitchell Kate Goddard	Charles Mitchell Kate Stoddart 💍 1892/423	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	31 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St Marys Church, Karori	92/343		12 January 1892	Rev. A. Dasent
14	13 January 1892	John Coverend Rose Smith	John Overend Rose Smith 💍 1892/414 John Martin Rosa Smith 💍 1892/3358	Bachelor Widow	Brickmaker	46 45	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Fryer, Vogel Town	92/357		13 January 1892	Rev. H. W. Bick
15	13 January 1892	William Henry Hillway Jessie Gray	William Henry Millward Jessie Gray 💍 1892/392 William Ferguson Jessie Gray 💍 1892/3454	Bachelor Spinster	Secretary Gear Company	20 29	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Charley, Brougham St	92/335		13 January 1892	Rev. Jas. Paterson

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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).