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 1173

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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
156	14 April 1892	Thomas Burgin Dora Malden	Thomas Bergin De Wolfe Dora Walden 💍 1892/3844	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	32 24	Onehunga Onehunga	7 yrs 4 yrs	Dwelling of Henry Ford, Onehunga	92/1992		14 April 1892	Rev. R. M. Miller
157	14 April 1892	Alfred Harold Adams Frances Kate Andrea	Alfred Harold Adams Frances Kate Andrews 💍 1892/1867	Bachelor Spinster	Clothier	29 25	Auckland Ponsonby	8 yrs 25 yrs	Church of St Matthew, Auckland	92/1969		14 April 1892	Rev. L. A. Duthie, Ch. of England
158	14 April 1892	Gerald Joseph Holt Ann M'Manus	Gerald Joseph Holt Annie McManus 💍 1892/69	Bachelor Spinster	Confectioner	19 18	Eden Terrace Eden Terrace	4 yrs 7 yrs	Church of St Benedict	92/1021	Sarah Holt, mother	14 April 1892	Rev. C. Downey, R. Catholic
159	14 April 1892	Alexander John Donaldson Grace Crombie	Alexander John Donaldson Grace Crombie 💍 1892/870	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	27 27	Auckland Auckland	8 yrs 7 yrs	Dwelling of James Crombie, Ponsonby	92/1955	John Crombie, Father	14 April 1892	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian
160	14 April 1892	Daniel Kennedy Alice Maud Cantell	Daniel Kennedy Alice Maud Cantell 💍 1892/1029	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	24 18	Newmarket Newton	24 yrs 10 yrs	Church of St Sepulchre	92/1000	Charles Cantell, Father	14 April 1892	Rev. B. T. Dudley, Ch. of England
161	14 April 1892	Francis Alfred Freepe Margaret Mary M'Indoe	Francis Alfred Green Margaret Mary McIndoe 💍 1892/3843	Bachelor Spinster	Nurseryman	21 21	One Tree Hill Epsom	5 yrs 19 yrs	Roman Catholic Church	92/1971		14 April 1892	Rev. P. M. M'Donald, R. Catholic
162	14 April 1892	George Anderson Catherine Berger	George Anderson Catherine Bergin 💍 1892/70 Peter Anderson Catherine Kruber 💍 1892/1953	Bachelor Spinster	Fireman	26 25	Benedict Newton	26 yrs 7 yrs	Church of St Benedict	92/1022		14 April 1892	Rev. C. Downey, R. Catholic
163	14 April 1892	James Andrew Lewis Prudence Johnson	James Andrew Lewis Prudence Johnson 💍 1892/76	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	22 20	Auckland Newmarket	7 yrs 20 yrs	Registrar's Office	92/1027	Joseph Johnson, Father	14 April 1892	J. Owen Lord, Registrar

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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).