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 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	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
243	30 August 1892	Richard McCallum Winifred Mary Graay	Richard McCallum Winifred Mary Grady 💍 1892/2161	Bachelor Spinster	Barrister and Solicitor	29 24	Blenheim Wellington	years years	Congregational Church, Blenheim	92/2277	30 August 1892	Rev. W. Mc. Ara
244	1 September 1892	David Gibson Elizabeth Wilkins	David Gibson Elizabeth Wilkins 💍 1892/2198	Bachelor Spinster	Pastry Cook	32 22	Wellington Wellington	years 5 months	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2338	1 September 1892	Mr. W. T. Wyatt
245	1 September 1892	Frederick Nair Mary Eleanor Gillbanks	Frederick Mair Mary Eleanor Gillbourks 💍 1892/2164	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	25 23	Wellington Wellington	1 year years	Home of Mr. Gillbanks, Adelaide Road	92/2304	1 September 1892	Rev. W. H. Beck
246	5 September 1892	William Henry Cain Susan Eleanor Wells	William Henry Cain Susan Eleanor Walls 💍 1892/2174	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	25 26	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Baptist Church, Vivian Street	92/2290	5 September 1892	Rev. C. E. Dallaston
247	6 September 1892	Norman Winslade Margaret Johnson	Norman Winstanley Margaret Johnson 💍 1892/2159	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	21 26	Wellington Wellington	3 days 6 weeks	St. Peters Church	92/2275	6 September 1892	Rev. W. C. Waters
248	7 September 1892	James Kerr Rose Elizabeth Johnston	James Beard Elizabeth Johnston 💍 1892/2032	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	21 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 days	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2339	7 September 1892	Mr. W. T. Wyatt
249	7 September 1892	Charles William Markin Maud Prebble	Charles William Martin Maud Prebble 💍 1892/2148	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber and Gasfitter	23 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	92/2288	7 September 1892	Rev. R. Coffey
250	8 September 1892	William John Henry Knowled Georgina Marchant	William John Henry Knowles Georgina Maud Marsh 💍 1892/2201	Bachelor Widow	Blacksmith	22 24	Wellington Wellington	3 months years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2340	8 September 1892	Mr. W. T. Wyatt
251	10 September 1892	John Cobblter Mary Jane Livingstow	John Coulter Mary Jane Livingstone 💍 1892/3114	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 21	Pomona Lower Hutt	years years	Home of the Revd. A. Thomson, Lower Hutt	92/3317	10 September 1892	Rev. A. Thomson
252	10 September 1892	Samuel Wheatley Augusta Bertoli	Samuel Wheatley McCallum Augusta Bartoli 💍 1892/2202	Bachelor Spinster	Torpedo Corps	26 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2341	10 September 1892	Mr. W. T. Wyatt
253	13 September 1892	John Harrington Amy Burnley	John Harrington Amy Burnley 💍 1892/3228	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	33 23	Pomona Lower Hutt	years years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	92/3336	13 September 1892	Revd. Joshua Jones
254	12 September 1892	John Robert Dale Fanny Gardner	John Robert Dale Fanny Gardiner 💍 1892/3237	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	36 20	Wellington Wellington	3 months years	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	92/3346	27 September 1892	Revd. J. J. Lewis
255	14 September 1892	Richard Hall Colman Marie Alexandra Jensen	Richard Hall Coltman Marie Alexandra Jensen 💍 1892/2181	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	28 28	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. Jensen, Kent Terrace	92/2297	14 September 1892	Revd. C. E. Dallaston
256	14 September 1892	Reuben Morrish Kate Wiles	Reuben Morrish Kate Wiles 💍 1892/2203	Bachelor Spinster	Steward	47 26	Wellington Wellington	years 2 months	Registrars Office, Wellington	92/2342	14 September 1892	Mr. W. T. Wyatt
257	17 September 1892	Alexander Paterson Ada Fannie Butler	Alexander Paterson Ada Fannie Butler 💍 1892/2166	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	24 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	House of Mr. J. E. Butler, Cuba Street	92/2306	17 September 1892	Revd. J. G. Chapman

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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).