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 Nelson 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
34	3 October 1892	Michael O'Halloran Rose Drummond	Michael O'Halloran Rose Drummond 💍 1892/3996	Bachelor Spinster	Miner Cook	27 24	Bridge Street Nelson Bridge Street Nelson	3 days 1 year	St Mary Catholic Church Nelson	92/3473		3 October 1892	Revd Wm Joseph Mahoney Roman Catholic Church
35	10 October 1892	John Kidson Edith Bright	John Kidson Edith Bright 💍 1892/3250	Bachelor Spinster	Seaman Servant	24 21	Russell Street Nelson Wakefield Road Nelson	2 years 20 years	Residence of Mr J Kidson Street Nelson	92/3477		10 October 1892	Revd Fredk Wm Chatterton Church of England
36	11 October 1892	William Lovett Esther Levien	William Lock Esther Levien 💍 1892/3271	Bachelor Spinster	Auctioneer Nil	33 21	Waimea Street Nelson Hardy Street Nelson	33 years 7 years	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Nelson	92/3482		11 October 1892	Robert Kinton Registrar
37	15 October 1892	Henry Wood Jane Wigzell	Henry Wood Jane Wiggell 💍 1892/3272	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	52 44	Hardy Street Nelson Waimea Road Nelson	4 days 20 years	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Nelson	92/3483		15 October 1892	Robert Kinton Registrar
38	24 October 1892	William John Washington Isabella Elsie Preshaw	William John Worthington Isabella Elsie Preshaw 💍 1892/3261	Bachelor Spinster	Postal Officer Nil	30 24	Alton Street Nelson Bridge Street Nelson	4 days 18 months	All Saints Church Nelson	92/3478		24 October 1892	Revd Fredk Wm Chatterton Church of England
39	27 October 1892	Frederick Wood Frances Eliza Boyce	Frederick Wood Frances Eliza Boyce 💍 1892/3211	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor Nil	20 20	Halifax Street Nelson Tasman Street Nelson	20 years 3 days	Residence of Mr E. Boyce Tasman Street Nelson	92/3465	Joseph Wood Father, George Boyce Father	27 October 1892	Revd Thomas Bray Baptist Church
40	8 November 1892	Henry Cumour Ada Laura Hyde	Henry Curuow Ada Laura Hyde 💍 1892/3207	Bachelor Spinster	Banker Nil	33 23	Wellington Hardy Street Nelson	10 years 9 months	Christchurch Cathedral Wellington	92/3461		8 November 1892	Revd Charles Oliver Mules Church of England
41	8 November 1892	George Peter Williams Catherine Maud Cullen	George Peter Williams Catherine Charlotte Cullen 💍 1892/3226	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner Nil	27 21	Haven Road Nelson Tasman Street Nelson	1 week 21 years	Christchurch Nelson	92/3460		8 November 1892	Revd John Pratt Kempthorne Church of England
42	16 November 1892	Henry Wharton Shaw Alice Rout	Henry Wharton Shaw Alice Rout 💍 1892/3208	Bachelor Spinster	Manufacturer Nil	28 23	Cambria Street Nelson Trafalgar Street Nelson	4 days 8 months	Christchurch Nelson	92/3462		16 November 1892	Revd John Pratt Kempthorne Church of England
43	18 November 1892	Walter Christopher Webb Emily Ann Nash	Walter Christopher Webb Emily Ann Nash 💍 1892/3273	Bachelor Spinster	Shoemaker Servant	24 23	Hardy Street Nelson Trafalgar Square Nelson	24 years 23 years	Office of the Registrar of Marriages Nelson	92/3484		18 November 1892	Robert Kinton Registrar
44	21 November 1892	George Kidson Emily Picton	George Kidson Emily Picton 💍 1892/3212	Bachelor Spinster	Shopman Nil	21 30	Russell Street Nelson Fox Hill Valley Nelson	21 years 24 years	Residence of Mr Charles B. Kidson Russell Street Nelson	92/3466		21 November 1892	Revd Francis Whitmore Tritt Wesleyan Church
45	24 November 1892	Alfred Blew Florence Emma Lightband	Alfred Blew Florence Emma Lightband 💍 1892/3209	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer Nil	42 21	Nile Street Nelson Nile Street Nelson	3 months 2 years	Christchurch Nelson	92/3463		24 November 1892	Revd John Pratt Kempthorne Church of England
46	26 November 1892	Edward Carl Diederich Eggers Martha Anna Schroder	Edward Carl Diederich Eggers Martha Anna Schroder 💍 1892/3219	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer Nil	21 21	Hope Hope	3 days 21 years	Lutheran Church Hope	92/3472		26 November 1892	Revd Johannes C. G. Thiel Lutheran Church
47	30 November 1892	Donald Kenneth Morison Jean Davis Webster	Donald Kenneth Morrison Jean Davis Webster 💍 1892/3218	Bachelor Spinster	Marine Engineer Nil	36 24	D'Urville Island Nelson Hampden Street Nelson	6 years 24 years	Residence of Mr Webster, Hampden Street Nelson	92/3471		30 November 1892	Revd William A. Evans Congregational Church
48	7 December 1892	Peter Levy Caroline Laura Lamb	Peter Levy Caroline Laura Lamb 💍 1892/4004	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher Servant	27 18	Halifax Street Nelson Halifax Street Nelson	4 days 5 months	St Mary Catholic Church Nelson	92/3475	Mary Lamb Mother	7 December 1892	Revd Wm J. Mahoney Roman Catholic Church

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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).