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 1061

District of Greytown 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
612	11 April 1892	Thomas Ingley Catherine Cross	Thomas Ingler Catherine Cross 💍 1892/105	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher Home duties	28 23	Greytown Greytown	28 years 23 years	Residence of Bride	92/1317		11 April 1892	J. Lynburn
613	19 April 1892	Frederic John Hunn Alice Georgina Cameron	Frederic John Hunn Georgina Alice Cameron 💍 1892/90	Bachelor Spinster	Coach painter Home duties	27 29	Greytown Greytown	15 months 2 years	Mr. Masters' residence	92/1327		19 April 1892	C. Murray
614	9 May 1892	Thomas Gage Goulbe Elizabeth Ann Jackson	Thomas George Gronbe Elizabeth Ann Jackson 💍 1892/108	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer Dressmaker	28 33	Greytown Greytown	5 years 33 years	St. Lukes Church	92/1319		9 May 1892	J. B. Maclean
615	16 May 1892	Alexander Campbell Mary Ellen Udy	Alexander Campbell Mary Ellen Udy 💍 1892/103	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Home duties	30 21	Greytown Greytown	9 years 10 years	Registrar's Office	92/1315		16 May 1892	R. C. Black
616	17 May 1892	Hans Wood Duff Cecelia Frances Jackson	Hans Woods Duff Cecelia Frances Jackson 💍 1892/109	Bachelor Spinster	Baker Dressmaker	23 21	Greytown Greytown	3 years 21 years	St. Lukes Church	92/1320		17 May 1892	T. B. Maclean
617	18 May 1892	John Willis Ada Wilkie	John Willis Ada Wilkie 💍 1892/107	Bachelor Spinster	Contractor Home duties	26 25	Featherston Greytown	8 years 25 years	Featherston	92/1318		18 May 1892	W. Rouse
618	2 June 1892	David James Baker Sarah Ann King	David James Baker Sarah Ann King 💍 1892/110	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter Home duties	23 22	Greytown Greytown	3 days 22 years	St. Lukes Church	92/1321		2 June 1892	J. B. Maclean
619	17 June 1892	William Pauling Mabel Grace Bishop	William Pauling Mabel Grace Bishop 💍 1892/104	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor Home duties	22 16	Greytown Greytown	1 year 16 years	Registrar's Office	92/1316	Jane Gibson, mother	17 June 1892	R. C. Black

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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).