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

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District of Hamilton Quarter ending First of July 1882 to the Thirteenth of September 1882 inclusive Registrar Thomas Hook

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

30 July 1892

John Redler
Ann Hocason Sandison

John Ridler
Ann Hoseason Sandison
💍 1892/2056

Bachelor
Spinster

Coal Merchant
Hospital Nurse

51
34

Hamilton
Hamilton

27 years
5 years

In the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East

92/2166

30 July 1892

Rev.d John Hendrie, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	30 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Redler	Ann Hocason Sandison
BDM Match (91%)	John Ridler	Ann Hoseason Sandison
	💍 1892/2056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coal Merchant	Hospital Nurse
Age	51	34
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	27 years	5 years
Marriage Place	In the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East
Folio	92/2166
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev.d John Hendrie, Presbyterian

5 August 1892

Arthur Williams
Clara Wilder Jones

Arthur Williams
Clara Wilder Jones
💍 1892/2057

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

23
22

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

18 years
4 years

The Episcopalian Church

92/2167

5 August 1892

Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

No	19
Date of Notice	5 August 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Williams	Clara Wilder Jones
	💍 1892/2057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	18 years	4 years
Marriage Place	The Episcopalian Church
Folio	92/2167
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

13 August 1892

Frederick Eldon Hill
Georgina Gall

Frederic Eldon Hill
Georgina Gall
💍 1892/2062

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
22

Taupiri
Huntly

14 years
12 months

In the house of Mrs. Janet Smith, Huntly

92/2171

13 August 1892

Rev.d James Thomas, Wesleyan

No	20
Date of Notice	13 August 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Eldon Hill	Georgina Gall
BDM Match (98%)	Frederic Eldon Hill	Georgina Gall
	💍 1892/2062
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Huntly
Length of Residence	14 years	12 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs. Janet Smith, Huntly
Folio	92/2171
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 August 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev.d James Thomas, Wesleyan

30 August 1892

Matthew Joseph Mack
Charlotte Hill

Matthew Joseph Mack
Charlotte Hill
💍 1892/2059

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Guard

25
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
Since Birth

In St. Peters Episcopalian Church, Hamilton

92/2168

30 August 1892

Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

No	21
Date of Notice	30 August 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Joseph Mack	Charlotte Hill
	💍 1892/2059
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Guard
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	Since Birth
Marriage Place	In St. Peters Episcopalian Church, Hamilton
Folio	92/2168
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

5 September 1892

Richard William Beattie
Ann Lawson

Richard Dillicar
Ann Lawson
💍 1892/2060

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
24

Hamilton
Hamilton

12 years
6 weeks

In St. Peters Episcopalian Church, Hamilton

92/2169

5 September 1892

Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

No	22
Date of Notice	5 September 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard William Beattie	Ann Lawson
BDM Match (78%)	Richard Dillicar	Ann Lawson
	💍 1892/2060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	12 years	6 weeks
Marriage Place	In St. Peters Episcopalian Church, Hamilton
Folio	92/2169
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 September 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev.d R. O. C. Biggs, Episcopalian

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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 1908. More registers are being added almost every week.

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).