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 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
297	10 November 1892	Louis Edward German Alice Maria Fairbrass	Louis Edward Gunner Alice Maria Fairbrass 💍 1892/3137	Bachelor Spinster	Printer	21 22	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3364		10 November 1892	W. T. Wyatt
298	10 November 1892	Thomas William Andreas Kathleen Margaret Hawes	Thomas William Andrews Kathleen Margaret Hanagan 💍 1892/3107	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	33 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marys of the Angels	92/3302		10 November 1892	Revd. W. Goggan
299	10 November 1892	Robert Gooller Sarah Bradbury	Robert Goodin Sarah Bradbury 💍 1892/3129	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	25 21	Wellington Kilbirnie	years years	House of Mr. Bradbury Kilbirnie	92/3308		10 November 1892	Revd. W. C. Wood
300	11 November 1892	Frederick Walter Rickard Laura Clementina Tuesday	Frederick Walter Rickard Laura Clementia Davidson 💍 1892/3240	Widower Widow	Joiner	29 20	Wellington Taranaki	years years	House of Revd. J. F. Leurs Taranaki	92/3348	father	11 November 1892	Revd. J. F. Leurs
301	12 November 1892	James Toyle Johanna Munro	James Doyle I O Johanna Munro 💍 1892/3138	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	30 18	Wellington Wellington	1 week years	Registrars office Wellington	92/3365	mother	12 November 1892	W. T. Wyatt
302	14 November 1892	James Tail Alice Frances Fisher	James Tait Alice Frances Futter 💍 1892/3116	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	32 22	Wellington Ngahauranga	years years	St. Davids Church Petone	92/3319		14 November 1892	Revd. A. Thomson
303	15 November 1892	Alexander Hopkirk Mary McLean	Alexander Hopkirk Mary McLean 💍 1892/3153	Bachelor Spinster	Flax Miller	32 30	Wellington Wellington	5 days years	House of Mr. J. McLean Hanson Street	92/3350		15 November 1892	Revd. J. K. Elliott
304	16 November 1892	John Joyce Mary Joseph Byrns	John Joyce Mary Joseph Byrne 💍 1892/3243	Bachelor Spinster	Prison Warder	31 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. Marys Cathedral	92/3329		16 November 1892	Revd. T. Dawson
305	16 November 1892	Walter Hanley Nelson Mary Ellen Nohally	Walter Stanley Nelson Mary Ellen Nohally 💍 1892/3142	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	32 25	Wellington Wellington	1 day 4 days	Registrars office Wellington	92/3369		16 November 1892	W. T. Wyatt
306	18 November 1892	Richard Sidney Llewellyn Rice Charlotte Osgood	Richard Sidney Llewellyn Rice Charlotte Osgood 💍 1892/3139	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	32 26	Wellington Blenheim	8 days years	Registrars office Wanganui	92/3366		18 November 1892	W. T. Wyatt
307	18 November 1892	James Patterson Mary Winifer Sullivan	James Patterson Mary Winifred Sullivan 💍 1892/3118	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	41 24	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	St. Mary of the Angels	92/3303		18 November 1892	Very Revd. J. Deory
308	19 November 1892	Jeremiah O'Neill Margaret Walsh	Jeremiah ONeil Margaret Walsh 💍 1892/3125	Bachelor Spinster	Hotel Keeper	35 28	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mary of the Angels	92/3304		19 November 1892	Very Revd. J. Deory
309	21 November 1892	Joseph de Junis Esther Anna Johnson	Joseph de Simas Esther Anna Johnson 💍 1892/3249	Bachelor Spinster	Fisherman	25 19	Lower Hutt Wellington	years years	House of Mr. C. O. Johnson Coromandel Street	92/3335	father	21 November 1892	Rev. A. F. Turner
310	22 November 1892	Stanley Wakefield Elizabeth Holmes	Stanley Wakefield Shaw Elizabeth Holmes 💍 1892/3109 James Baillie Elizabeth Holmes 💍 1892/29	Bachelor Spinster	Auctioneer	29 20	Wellington Wellington	2 days years	St. Pauls Cathedral	92/3312		22 November 1892	Revd. S. H. Sprott
311	22 November 1892	Joe Poy Annie Garrick	Joe Poy Annie Garrick 💍 1892/3141	Bachelor Spinster	Cook	28 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office Wellington	92/3368		22 November 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).