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 Invercargill Quarter ending 30 September 1892 Registrar John Winstanley Wilkin

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

4 July 1892

Richard Alfred Seaward Cantrell
Kathleen Ellen Walsh

Richard Alfred Seaward Cantrall
Kathleen Ellen Walsh
💍 1892/3050

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

24
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

18 months
1 year

Residence of A. R. Walsh

92/2816

4 July 1892

Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

No	53
Date of Notice	4 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Alfred Seaward Cantrell	Kathleen Ellen Walsh
BDM Match (98%)	Richard Alfred Seaward Cantrall	Kathleen Ellen Walsh
	💍 1892/3050
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	18 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of A. R. Walsh
Folio	92/2816
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1892
Officiating Minister	Ven. Archdeacon Stocker

4 July 1892

Joseph Leslie Ridland
Mary Ann Colquhoun

Joseph Leslie Ridland
Mary Ann Colquhoun
💍 1892/3065

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
23

Invercargill
Invercargill

18 years
23 years

House of Rev. J. Ferguson

92/2807

4 July 1892

Rev. John Ferguson

No	54
Date of Notice	4 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Leslie Ridland	Mary Ann Colquhoun
	💍 1892/3065
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	18 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Ferguson
Folio	92/2807
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 July 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Ferguson

5 July 1892

Guy Anson Whealler
Huora Bradshaw

Guy Anson Whealler
Mona Bradshaw
💍 1892/3059

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
27

Invercargill
Bluff

4 days
11 years

Office of the Registrar

92/2824

5 July 1892

J. W. Wilkin, Registrar

No	55
Date of Notice	5 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Guy Anson Whealler	Huora Bradshaw
BDM Match (89%)	Guy Anson Whealler	Mona Bradshaw
	💍 1892/3059
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Bluff
Length of Residence	4 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar
Folio	92/2824
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1892
Officiating Minister	J. W. Wilkin, Registrar

8 July 1892

Arthur Gerrard
Margaret Jessie Gibon

Arthur Gerrard
Margaret Jessie Gibson
💍 1892/3060

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
3 weeks

Office of the Registrar

92/2825

8 July 1892

J. W. Wilkin, Registrar

No	56
Date of Notice	8 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Gerrard	Margaret Jessie Gibon
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Gerrard	Margaret Jessie Gibson
	💍 1892/3060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar
Folio	92/2825
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 July 1892
Officiating Minister	J. W. Wilkin, Registrar

9 July 1892

Richard Howarth
Agnes Rose

Richard Howarth
Agnes Rose
💍 1892/3058

Widower
Widow

Storekeeper

53
50

Invercargill
Oteramika

4 years
14 years

House of Rev. H. Kelly, Oteramika

92/2823

9 July 1892

Rev. H. Kelly

No	57
Date of Notice	9 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Howarth	Agnes Rose
	💍 1892/3058
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	53	50
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Oteramika
Length of Residence	4 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. H. Kelly, Oteramika
Folio	92/2823
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Kelly

12 July 1892

Thomas Stephen Ray Richardson
Isabella Wallace Dick

Thomas Stephen Ray Richardson
Isabella Wallace Dick
💍 1892/2609

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
24

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
3 years

Office of the Registrar

92/2826

12 July 1892

J. L. Bush, Deputy Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	12 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Stephen Ray Richardson	Isabella Wallace Dick
	💍 1892/2609
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar
Folio	92/2826
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 July 1892
Officiating Minister	J. L. Bush, Deputy Registrar

18 July 1892

George Hall
Lucy Parish

George Hall
Lucy Parish
💍 1892/3049

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
22

Invercargill
North Invercargill

19 years
10 years

House of Rev. J. Sharp, Joseph Parish

92/2815

18 July 1892

Rev. J. Sharp

No	59
Date of Notice	18 July 1892
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hall	Lucy Parish
	💍 1892/3049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	North Invercargill
Length of Residence	19 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. J. Sharp, Joseph Parish
Folio	92/2815
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1892
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sharp

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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).