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 1089

District of Rangitikei 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
6	1 April 1892	Francis Charles Parker Columba Catherine Decourles	Francis Charles Parker Columba Catherine Decarles 💍 1892/1065	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 23	Paraekaretu Paraekaretu	1 year 2 years	St. John's Church, Turakina	92/1168		1 April 1892	Revd. A. Towgood, Church of England
7	5 April 1892	Harry Halcombe Marshall Eleanor Mary Adela Sacrimson	Henry Halcombe Marshall Eleanor Mary dehys Swainson 💍 1892/1075	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 21	Turakina Palmerston North	28 years 7 years	All Saints Church, Palmerston North	92/1193		5 April 1892	Revd. H. B. Harvey, Church of England
8	14 April 1892	Abel Illing Matilda Ellen Trott	Abel Illing Matilda Ellen Trott 💍 1892/3863	Bachelor Spinster	Laborer	29 23	Paraekaretu Hunterville	4 years 14 days residence Marton	Revd. W. Gordon's	92/1172		14 April 1892	Revd. W. Gordon, Presbyterian
9	16 April 1892	Walter Clapham Theresa Nolan	Walter Clapham Teresa Nolan 💍 1892/1048	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 18	Turu Hati Turu Hati	3 days 7 years residence Turu Hati	Mr. W. Howard's residence	92/1175	Nolan - Father	16 April 1892	Revd. W. Howard, Presbyterian
10	5 May 1892	William Frampton Emily Floyd	William Frampton Emily Floyd 💍 1892/1045	Bachelor Spinster	Carter	26 18	Hunterville Hunterville	7 years 2 years	Deputy Registrar's Office, Marton	92/1170	James Floyd, father	5 May 1892	W. F. Chaney, Depy. Registrar
11	18 May 1892	Horatio Dudley Clark Phillis Moore	Horatio Armley Clark Phillis Moore 💍 1892/1879	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep farmer	27 18	Turakina Turakina	20 years Turakina 4 days Clark Turakina	Turakina	92/1975		18 May 1892	Revd. J. Ross, Presbyterian
12	27 May 1892	Bernard Spencer Carver Mary Louisa Remington	Bernard Spencer Carver Mary Louisa Remmington 💍 1892/1046	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 25	Ohinegaite Bulls	3 months The Office of the Registrar Marton 4 years Marton	The Office of the Registrar Marton	92/1171		30 May 1892	F. H. Weighton, Registrar
13	1 June 1892	William Alfred Ruddell Eleanor Matilda Atkinson	William Alfred Blundell Eleanor Matilda Atkinson 💍 1892/1044	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 34	Paraekaretu Hunterville	10 years St. John's Church 3 months Hunterville	St. John's Church	92/1169		1 June 1892	Revd. A. Towgood, Church of England
14	20 June 1892	William Gordon Mackay Kate Chapman	William Gordon Mackay Kate Chapman 💍 1892/3864	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 24	Hunterville Upper Turakina	4 years Mr. R. Cottle's residence 4 months Upper Turakina	Mr. R. Cottle's residence	92/1173		20 June 1892	Revd. W. Gordon, Presbyterian
15	29 June 1892	George Frederick More Huyge Annie Elizabeth Wilson	George Frederick More Benge Annie Elizabeth Wilson 💍 1892/1047	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	22 20	Marton Bulls	6 months St. Andrew's Church 5 years Bulls	St. Andrew's Church	92/1174	Thos. Wilson Father	29 June 1892	Revd. R. I. Innes Jones, Church 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 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).