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 1452

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
61	7 March 1892	John Henry William Frederick George Heron Clara Eha Thompson	John Henry William Frederick George Heron Clara Ellen Thompson 💍 1892/427	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	20 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/395	John George Heron, father	7 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
62	9 March 1892	Alexander James Hummer Elizabeth Campbell	Alexander James Drummond Elizabeth Campbell 💍 1892/21 Edward James Moore Elizabeth Campbell 💍 1892/3675	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	26 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Green, Abel Smith Street	92/370		9 March 1892	Mr. A. F. Turner
63	9 March 1892	Charles Burt Alice Helen Greenwood	Charles Burt Alice Helen Greenwood 💍 1892/419	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	21 21	Wellington Upper Hutt	3 days years	St. John's Church	92/339		9 March 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
64	9 March 1892	Henry Joseph Pearman Margaret Ramsay Condie	Henry Joseph Pearman Margaret Ramsay Donald 💍 1892/27	Bachelor Spinster	Hatter	23 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Donald Kent Terrace	92/375		9 March 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
65	10 March 1892	Robert Andrews Gray Douglas McNeil	Robert Andrews Gray Douglas McNeil 💍 1892/428	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	31 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/396		10 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
66	10 March 1892	Alexander Lindsay Amelia Winter	Alexander Lindsay Amelia Winter 💍 1892/26	Bachelor Spinster	Labour	30 31	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Fulton Frederick Street	92/374		10 March 1892	Rev. J. K. Elliott
67	12 March 1892	William Thomas McFarland Annie Aplin	William Thomas McFarlane Annie Aplin 💍 1892/429	Bachelor Divorced	Railway Guard	38 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/397		12 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
68	14 March 1892	Thomas Henry Sutcliffe Ada Jeffries	Thomas Henry McIntyre Ada Jeffries 💍 1892/23	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	24 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	Church of Christ Dixon Street	92/371		14 March 1892	Mr. A. F. Turner
69	15 March 1892	William Valler Harriet Bagley Valler	William Valler Harriet Bagley Valler 💍 1892/430	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 28	Tawa Flat Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/398		15 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
70	15 March 1892	John Gray Mary Hannah Marshall	John Gray Mary Hannah Marshall 💍 1892/22	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	22 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr Western Johnsonville	92/372	From Marshall, Father	15 March 1892	Mr. A. F. Turner
71	15 March 1892	Sydney Harry Blackwood Sarah Annie Hawkins	Sydney Harry Blackmore Sarah Annie Hawkins 💍 1892/431	Bachelor Spinster	Barman	24 22	Wellington Wellington	6 months years	Registrars office Wellington	92/399		15 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
72	16 March 1892	William George Jones Letitia Mary Pruden	William George Jones Letitia Mary Pruden 💍 1892/432	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	35 26	Wellington Wellington	years 8 months	Registrars office Wellington	92/400		16 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt
73	16 March 1892	Charles Foster Wigley Fanny Ida La Roche	Charles Fisher Wrigley Fanny De La Roche 💍 1892/385	Bachelor Spinster	Steward	29 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/329		16 March 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
74	16 March 1892	Henry Gillespie Heyes Adelaide Elizabeth Bishop	Henry Gillespie Hayes Adelaide Elizabeth Bishop 💍 1892/421	Bachelor Spinster	Labour	22 22	Karori Wellington	years years	House of Mr Read Smakari Road	92/341		16 March 1892	Rev. J. Paterson
75	19 March 1892	Henry Amy Bender Louisa Sarah Wilhelmina Jansen	Henry Amy Bender Louisa Nina Wilhelmina Jansen 💍 1892/441	Bachelor Spinster	Boat Builder	25 17	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office Wellington	92/401	Peter Jeensen, Father	19 March 1892	W. T. Wyatt

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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).