Intentions to Marry, 1893

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840405, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole and Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, June 6 2025.

A few pages are missing due to focus issues.

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1893

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
134	25 April 1893	Frank Otto Wene Martha Renton	Frank Otto Weine Martha Renton 💍 1893/1586	Bachelor Spinster	Chandlemaker	22 18	Wellington Wellington	14 years 14 years	House of Eliza Renton, Willis Street	93/1357	Eliza Renton, mother	25 April 1893	Rev. C. E. Ward
135	25 April 1893	Patrick Connell Maggie Connelly		Bachelor Spinster	Constable	43 27	Johnsonville Johnsonville	1 year 1 year	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt	93/1401		25 April 1893	Revd. John Lane
136	25 April 1893	Charles Henry Weedsmith Margaret Keane	Charles Henry Wildsmith Margaret Kiasane 💍 1893/1511 Charles Nee Margaret Bevan 💍 1893/3149	Bachelor Spinster	Cabinetmaker	27 28	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt	93/1402		25 April 1893	Revd. John Lane
137	26 April 1893	William Leiff Annie Colville	William Duff Annie Colville 💍 1893/1471	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	22 22	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1437		26 April 1893	W. T. Wyall
138	26 April 1893	Thomas Young Montagu Annie Ross	Thomas Young Montague Annie Ross 💍 1893/1636	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	40 21	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1434		26 April 1893	W. T. Wyall
139	26 April 1893	John Henry Jenne Rosa Helena Reeder	John Harry Jenner Rosa Helena Reader 💍 1893/1637	Bachelor Spinster	Gardener	24 21	Wellington Wellington	3 months 3 months	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1435		26 April 1893	W. T. Wyall
140	26 April 1893	George Geerin Martha King	George Gilpin Martha King 💍 1893/1459	Bachelor Spinster	Foreman	31 20	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	4 years 14 weeks	House of Bridegroom, Lower Hutt	93/1363		26 April 1893	Rev. A. Thomson
141	27 April 1893	William Latimer Agnes Gertrude Lowe	William Latimer Agnes Gertrude Lower 💍 1893/1638	Bachelor Spinster	Carrier	25 18	Johnsonville Johnsonville	10 months 1 year	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1436		27 April 1893	W. T. Wyall
142	27 April 1893	Edwin Charles Corcoran Ada Price	Edwin Charles Leonard Dawe Ada Price 💍 1893/1482	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	24 24	Wellington Wellington	6 weeks 6 weeks	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1438		27 April 1893	W. T. Wyall
143	27 April 1893	Arnold Hugh Atkinson Meta Kate Hull	Arnold Hugh Atkinson Meta Kate Hull 💍 1893/2139	Bachelor Spinster	Settler	26 24	Wellington Auckland	3 days 4 years	St. Mary's Church, Parnell, Auckland	93/2043		27 April 1893	Revd. G. Mac Murray
144	27 April 1893	John Edward Connor Sarah Potter	John Edward Connor Sarah Potter 💍 1893/3984	Bachelor Spinster	Ironmonger	21 30	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	93/1374		27 April 1893	Very Revd. J. Sherry
145	1 May 1893	Frederic Henry Ever Alice Elizabeth Tasker	Frederic Henry Evans Alice Elizabeth Tasker 💍 1893/1506	Widower Spinster	Gardener	37 21	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	3 days 3 days	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	93/1387		1 May 1893	Revd. Joshua Jones
146	1 May 1893	Charles Salmon Gough Rose Zimmerman	Charles Talmor Smith Rose Zimmerman 💍 1893/1489	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor	21 20	Wellington Wellington	15 months 6 months	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1439	Frank Zimmerman, father	1 May 1893	W. T. Wyall
147	3 May 1893	Maurice Septimus Suckevett Priscilla Maria Ball	Maurice Septimus Tuckwill Priscilla Maria Bath 💍 1893/1490	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor	24 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1440		3 May 1893	W. T. Wyall
148	6 May 1893	Francis Peter Jane Blair Chynoweth	Francis Peter Jane Blair Chynoweth 💍 1893/1491	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	37 39	Wellington Wellington	9 days 4 days	Registrars office, Wellington	93/1441		6 May 1893	W. T. Wyall

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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).