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 238

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 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
267	1 October 1892	Alfred Humphrey Hindmarsh Winefred Taylor	Alfred Humphrey Hindmarch Winifrid Taylor 💍 1892/3096	Bachelor Spinster	Solicitor	32 24	Wellington Wellington	10 months 10 months	St Mary of the Angels	92/3298		1 October 1892	Very Revd. F. Denvy
268	3 October 1892	Charles Bracey Minnie Pinkerton	Charles Bradey Minnie Pinkerton 💍 1892/3131	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 22	Pahautanui Pahautanui	years years	St Pauls Cathedral	92/3310		3 October 1892	Revd. W. H. Sprott
269	3 October 1892	Thomas Hamilton Annette Bailey	Thomas Hamilton Annette Bailey 💍 1892/3154	Widower Spinster	Gentleman	38 37	Wellington Wellington	1 week 1 week	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3357		3 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
270	5 October 1892	Charles Brown Elizabeth Young	Charles Brown Elizabeth Margt Rooney 💍 1892/3097 Charles Brown Ellen Austin 💍 1892/2411	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	30 26	Wellington Palmerston North	2 days years	St Mary of the Angels	92/3299		5 October 1892	Very Revd. F. Denvy
271	5 October 1892	Edward John Henry Emily Sanwarin	Edward John Harvey Emily Tauvarin 💍 1892/3155	Bachelor Spinster	Carter	40 31	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3358		5 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
272	6 October 1892	Edward James Morley Anna Caroline Mathilde Jensen	Edward James Morby Anna Carolina Mathilda Jensen 💍 1892/3151	Bachelor Spinster	Commercial Traveller	31 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Bridegroom Willis Street	92/3354		6 October 1892	Revd. J. K. Elliott
273	8 October 1892	Frederick Archer Annie Elizabeth Lake	Frederick Archer Annie Elizabeth Lake 💍 1892/3156	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 26	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3359		8 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
274	10 October 1892	Richard Barrer Alice Eliza Brooker	Richard Barrer Alice Eliza Brooker 💍 1892/3133	Bachelor Spinster	Joiner	27 26	Wellington Wellington	5 days years	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3360		10 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
275	10 October 1892	Roger Mooney Mary Kavanagh	Roger Mulrooney Mary Kavanagh 💍 1892/3098	Bachelor Spinster	Warder	34 32	Wellington Wellington	years years	St Mary of the Angels Boulcott Street	92/3300		10 October 1892	Very Revd. F. Denvy
276	11 October 1892	Chow Lim Lena Furst	Chow Lun Lena Furst 💍 1892/3134	Bachelor Spinster	Storekeeper	44 34	Wellington Wellington	years 1 week	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3361		11 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
277	11 October 1892	Harry Arthur Owen Grace Elizabeth Hickelvie	Harry Arthur Ewen Grace Elizabeth McKelvie 💍 1892/3655	Bachelor Spinster	Bank Agent	30 24	Wellington Wellington	2 days years	St Johns Church	92/3937		11 October 1892	Revd. J. Paterson
278	15 October 1892	John Rodgers Elizabeth King	John Rodgers Elizabeth King 💍 1892/3115	Bachelor Spinster	Spinner	24 22	Petone Petone	years years	Presbyterian Church Petone	92/3318		15 October 1892	Revd. A. Thomson
279	17 October 1892	Jim Patching Alice Eliza Judge	Jim Patching Alice Thurza Mudge 💍 1892/3248	Bachelor Spinster	Brickmaker	27 18	Wellington Adelaide Road	years years	House of Mr. Judge Adelaide Road	92/3334	Abraham Judge, father	17 October 1892	Revd. A. F. Turner
280	18 October 1892	Neil Michael Andersen Patience Jolly	Neil Michael Andersen Patience Jolly 💍 1892/3135	Bachelor Spinster	Hotel Keeper	32 29	Petone Wellington	one month 6 months	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3362		18 October 1892	W. T. Wyatt
281	19 October 1892	Charles Judge Margaret Mowles	Charles Judge Margaret Mowtell 💍 1892/3119	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	29 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	St Peters Church Willis Street	92/3321		19 October 1892	Revd. W. C. Waters

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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).