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 667

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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
213	28 July 1892	Samuel Swain Caroline Pilcher	Samuel Swain Caroline Pilcher 💍 1892/2212	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 18	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	1 year 1 year	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2328	John Pilcher, Father	28 July 1892	W. T. Wyatt
214	30 July 1892	George Russell Harriet Cecilia Escott	George Bussell Harriet Cecillia Escott 💍 1892/2160	Bachelor Spinster	Steward	21 21	Wellington Wellington	9 years 9 years	Congregational Church, Wellington Terrace	92/2276		30 July 1892	Rev. G. J. Allan
215	1 August 1892	Michael Riddler Eleanor Parker	Michael Riedler Eleanor Parker 💍 1892/2190	Bachelor Spinster	Bushfeller	22 22	Haywards Wellington	9 years 9 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2330		1 August 1892	W. T. Wyatt
216	1 August 1892	Walter Christopher Ordina Isabel Caroline Waterson	Walter Christopher Ordish Isabel Caroline Waterson 💍 1892/2175	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 21	Silver Stream Silver Stream	4 days 4 days	Home of Mr. Waterson, Silver Stream	92/2314		1 August 1892	Rev. F. Griffin
217	1 August 1892	Thomas Carroll Alma Augusta Emms	Thomas Carroll Alma Auguste Ernst 💍 1892/2191	Bachelor Spinster	Surveyor	28 21	Wellington Wellington	4 days 14 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2331		1 August 1892	W. T. Wyatt
218	1 August 1892	Alfred Leese Alice Ada Withers	Alfred Leese Alice Ada Withers 💍 1892/2143	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	34 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	Home of Mr. Withers, Dock Street	92/2283		1 August 1892	Rev. C. E. Ward
219	2 August 1892	Ernest Northcroft Olivia Emma Pellow Payne	Ernest Northcroft Olivia Emma Pellow Payne 💍 1892/2140	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	38 29	Wellington Wellington	14 weeks years	St. Pauls Cathedral, Thorndon	92/2280		2 August 1892	Rev. J. H. Sprott
220	2 August 1892	Clifton Henry Hickerson Anna Amy Playle	Clifton Henry Dickersen Anna Amy Playle 💍 1892/2146	Bachelor Spinster	Warehouseman	25 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square	92/2286		2 August 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
221	5 August 1892	Angleson Edward Adams Florence Bessie Gale	Angleson Edward Adams Florence Bessie Gale 💍 1892/2172	Bachelor Spinster	Chair Manufacturer	27 22	Wellington Wellington	18 months years	House of Mr. Austin, Majoribanks Street	92/2312		5 August 1892	Rev. J. J. Lewis
222	5 August 1892	Alexander Wilson Laura Augusta King	Alexander Wilson Laura Augusta Simken 💍 1892/2152	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	33 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. James Church, Adelaide Road	92/2291		5 August 1892	Rev. W. Shore
223	6 August 1892	Andrew Brown Harriet Theresa King	Andrew Brown Alice King 💍 1892/2192	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	29 20	Porirua Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2332	Harriet Theresa King, Mother	6 August 1892	W. T. Wyatt
224	6 August 1892	William Fleming Mary Hampton	William Flemming Mary Hampton 💍 1892/2139	Bachelor Spinster	Salvation Army Officer	32 27	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Salvation Army Barracks, Berhampore	92/2279	Charles Robinson	6 August 1892	Charles Robinson
225	8 August 1892	Walter Henry Cooper Nancy Spencer	Walter Henry Cooper Nancy Spencer 💍 1892/2141	Bachelor Spinster	Traveller	29 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Pauls Cathedral, Thorndon	92/2281		8 August 1892	Rev. J. H. Sprott
226	8 August 1892	William Hooper Berman Flora Elizabeth Jeffries	William Hooper Barnard Flora Elizabeth Jeffries 💍 1892/2147	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	23 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square	92/2287		8 August 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
227	8 August 1892	Hugh Simpson Hall Julia Edwards	Hugh Simpson McCall Julia Edwards 💍 1892/2193	Bachelor Spinster	Surgeon	32 21	Wellington Wellington	7 months 5 months	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2333		8 August 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).