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 234

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
327	7 December 1892	William Humphreys Susannah Mabel McCulloch	William Humphries Susannah Mabel McCulloch 💍 1892/4044	Bachelor Widow	Clerk	38 30	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Mr. Rolls	92/3344		7 December 1892	Rev. J. G. Chapman
328	8 December 1892	Samuel Speight Elizabeth Steller	Samuel Speight Elizabeth Helter 💍 1892/3192	Bachelor Spinster	Cook	28 28	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3377		8 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
329	8 December 1892	George Poulsen Haule Alice Payne	George Poulson Maule Alice Payne 💍 1892/3199	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	31 21	Wellington Wellington	years 5 weeks	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3378		8 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
330	9 December 1892	Alfred Judd Dinah Guilliam	Alfred Judd Dinah Guilliam 💍 1892/3229	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 22	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	years	St. James Church	92/3337		9 December 1892	Rev. Joshua Jones
331	10 December 1892	Harry Anderson Agnes Jane Smith	Harry Anderson Agnes Jane Smith 💍 1892/3147	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	33 22	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3373		10 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
332	10 December 1892	George Thomas Knight McKenzie Lilian Jane Parker	George Thomas Knight McKenzie Lilian Jane Parker 💍 1892/3148	Bachelor Widow	Manufacturer	42 24	Wellington Wellington	years 6 months	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3374		10 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
333	10 December 1892	Michael William Donovan Fanny Harriet Amer	Michael William Donovan Fanny Harriet Arnett 💍 1892/3149	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	30 21	Wellington Wellington	years 1 month	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3375		10 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
334	12 December 1892	Hilary Macdonald Mary Hall	Hilary Maindonald Mary Hall 💍 1892/3235	Bachelor Spinster	Settler	50 43	Wellington Wellington	5 days years	House of Mr. D. Hall, George Street	92/3343		12 December 1892	Rev. J. G. Chapman
335	12 December 1892	Thomas Brickley Mary Caroline Miners	Thomas Brickley Mary Caroline Miners 💍 1892/3181	Bachelor Spinster	Carter	23 19	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3376	Mark Miners, Father	12 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
336	12 December 1892	George Lewis Bartlett Elizabeth Maud Unico	George Lewis Bartlett Elizabeth Maude Vince 💍 1892/3122	Bachelor Spinster	Hair Dresser	22 21	Wellington Wellington	10 days years	House of Mr. Jessie Street	92/3324		12 December 1892	Rev. C. E. Ward
337	13 December 1892	Frederick John Walters Emma Stockbridge		Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	27 28	Wellington Ohariu	years	House of Mr. Stockbridge, Ohariu Road	92/3326		13 December 1892	Rev. C. Challaston
338	14 December 1892	James Gustavus Wolferstan Ethel Marian Cobbett	James Gustavus Wolferstan Ethel Marian Cobbett 💍 1892/3110	Bachelor Spinster	Bank Manager	40 24	Wellington Wellington	4 days 2 months	St. Paul's Cathedral	92/3313		14 December 1892	Rev. S. H. Sprott
339	15 December 1892	John Newton Johnson Amelia Caroline Styles	John Newton Johnson Amelia Caroline Styles 💍 1892/3200	Bachelor Spinster	Cooper	26 22	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3379		15 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
340	16 December 1892	William Leo Rose Adams	William Lee Rose Adams 💍 1892/3201	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	27 24	Wellington Wellington	6 months years	Registrar's office, Wellington	92/3380		16 December 1892	Mr. Wyatt
341	16 December 1892	Thomas Palmer Martha Miller	Thomas Palmer Martha Miller 💍 1892/3666 Thomas Adams Jane Miller 💍 1893/208 Thomas Blong Margaret Jane Miller 💍 1892/2863	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	23 21	Wellington Taranaki Place	1 month 4 days	House of Mr. Jacob, Taranaki Place	92/3938		16 December 1892	Rev. J. Paterson

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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).