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.

Page 601

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
194	12 June 1893	Marcel Charles Lenecola Emma Jane Jordan	Marcel Charles Lenicolais How Emma Jane Jordan 💍 1893/1525	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	24 22	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Mr Jordan, Dixon Street	93/1392		12 June 1893	Mr. A. F. Hume
195	12 June 1893	James Lane Bell Tudor Elizabeth Willkin	James Lewis Bell Tuder Elizabeth Wilkins 💍 1893/1585	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	37 27	Wellington Wellington	years	St. Marks Church	93/1356		12 June 1893	Rev R. Coffey
196	14 June 1893	George Flyger Emily Hollier	George Flyger Emily Hollier 💍 1893/1478	Widower Widow	Clothier	44 36	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	Registrars Office Wellington	93/1452		14 June 1893	Mr. T. Wyall
197	15 June 1893	Robert Hals Ellen Paterson	Robert Hall Ellen Pateman 💍 1893/2738 Robert King Ellen Talbot 💍 1893/1516	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	30 18	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrars Office Wellington	93/2854	Leary Nice, Earlwin Clothier	15 June 1893	Mr. T. Wyall
198	15 June 1893	Edward Pelling Lytha Sarah George Rush	Edward Pelling Lydia Sarah Ruth Geange 💍 1893/1464	Bachelor Spinster	Colonial Manufacturer	25 22	Wellington Upper Hutt	months years	House of Mr Richard George, Upper Hutt	93/1364		15 June 1893	Rev. R. Thomson
199	16 June 1893	Alfred Octavius Hardy Mary Martha Allan	Alfred Octavius Hardy Mary Martha Allan 💍 1893/1645	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	34 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days 3 Weeks	House of Mr. Platt, Webb Street	93/1421		16 June 1893	Rev. J. Paterson
200	17 June 1893	Watson Featherstone Bramwell Urba Annie James	Watson Featherstone Bramwell Mila Ann James 💍 1893/1589	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	29 24	Wellington Wellington	3 days 14 days	House of Mr. Hely, Wallace Street	93/1359		17 June 1893	Rev. E. E. Ward
201	19 June 1893	John Henry Porter Mary Elizabeth Hudson	John Henry Porter Mary Elizabeth Hutson 💍 1893/1479	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	21 20	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrars Office Wellington	93/1453	Peter Hudson, Father	19 June 1893	Mr. T. Wyall
202	19 June 1893	John Frederick Johnson Sarah Augusta Lee	John Frederick Johnson Sarah Augusta Lee 💍 1893/1508	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 30	Wellington Wellington	10 months years	House of Bridegroom, College Street	93/1397		19 June 1893	Rev. J. K. Elliott
203	19 June 1893	Alfred John Kempton Alice Ann Cameron	Alfred John Kempton Alice Anna Cameron Lavensdale 💍 1893/1591	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	21 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days 1 month	House of Mr. Crawford, Aro Street	93/1361		19 June 1893	Rev. W. Thring
204	21 June 1893	Herbert James Southcombe Clara Daniel	Herbert James Southcombe Clara Daniel 💍 1893/1507	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	24 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	House of Mr. Daniel, Vogel Street	93/1396		21 June 1893	Rev. J. J. Lewis
205	23 June 1893	Charles Roots Martha Chamayn	Charles Rook Martha Damyon 💍 1893/1480	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 23	Wellington Wellington	10 days	Registrars Office Wellington	93/1454		23 June 1893	Mr. T. Wyall
206	24 June 1893	Johan Abraham Bergquist Jerena Daniel	John Abraham Bergquist Serena Daniel 💍 1893/2500	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	29 24	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Mr. Daniel, Vogel Street	93/2409		24 June 1893	Rev. C. Dallaston
207	24 June 1893	Bernard Thomason Frances Sumer	Bernard Thornstrom Frances Turner 💍 1893/4169	Bachelor Spinster	Fisherman	34 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days	Registrars Office Wellington	93/1457		24 June 1893	Mr. T. Wyall
208	26 June 1893	George Henry Clapham May Thomson	George Henry Clapham May Thornton 💍 1893/1483	Bachelor Spinster	Dispenser	21 22	Wellington Wellington	6 months	Registrars Office Wellington	93/1456		26 June 1893	Mr. 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).