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.

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 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
344	20 October 1893	Charles Joseph Payton Eliza de Leanford	Charles Joseph Payton Eliza McLeanfield 💍 1893/3313	Bachelor Spinster	Expressman	32 24	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. A. Dillenburgh, Adelaide Road	93/3387		20 October 1893	Mr. A. F. Turner
345	3 November 1893	Benno Emil Thiernach Augusta Claradine Thiernach		Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	35 23	Wellington Wellington	6 weeks 6 weeks	House of Carl Thiernach, Wanganui	93/3372		3 November 1893	Rev. C. E. W. Meyer
346	6 November 1893	James Rowe Sarah Rachel Coopey	James Rod Sarah Rachel Coffey 💍 1893/3148	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	25 23	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	St. Mary's, the Angels	93/3358		6 November 1893	Very Rev. F. Devoy
347	6 November 1893	Henry Harvey Annie White	Henry Harvey Annie White 💍 1893/3323	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. W. Ricker, Daniells Street	93/3376		6 November 1893	Rev. W. H. Beck
348	7 November 1893	George Beattie Scott Lily May Hargreaves	George Beattie Scott Lily May Hargreaves 💍 1893/3154	Bachelor Spinster	Ironmonger	24 22	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. A. Pethanck, Riddiford Street	93/3364		7 November 1893	Rev. W. Oliver
349	7 November 1893	George Samuel Gyton Jessie Florence Freeman	George Lamuel Gyton Jessie Florence Freeman 💍 1893/3188	Widower Spinster	Printer	42 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office, Wellington	93/3419		7 November 1893	Mr. W. Wyall
350	7 November 1893	John Hartley Howarth Kate Hartley	John Hartley Howard Winchcombe Kate Hartree 💍 1893/3193	Bachelor Spinster	Wood Turner	28 18	Wellington Winchcombe	6 months 1 week	House of Rev. F. Kelleher, Tasman Street	93/3403	George Hartley, Father	7 November 1893	Rev. J. K. Elliott
351	7 November 1893	Thomas Hedges Jennie Robinson	Thomas Hedges Jennie Robinson 💍 1893/3189	Bachelor Spinster	Tinsmith	23 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office, Wellington	93/3420		7 November 1893	Mr. W. Wyall
352	7 November 1893	Charles King Amelia Maud King	Charles Lett Amelia Maud King 💍 1893/3194	Bachelor Spinster	Undertaker	26 17	Wellington Wellington	years years	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace	93/3404	Harriet King, Mother	7 November 1893	Rev. J. K. Elliott
353	7 November 1893	Francis William Baker Annie Mathes	Francis William Oakley Annie Mather 💍 1893/3153	Bachelor Spinster	Tailor	28 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mrs. Mathes, Taranaki Street	93/3363		7 November 1893	Rev. W. Oliver
354	11 November 1893	Arthur Reginald Hoggard Louise Jennie Heal	Arthur Reginald Hoggard Louise Jennie Veal 💍 1893/3596	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	29 28	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Andrew's Church	93/3887		11 November 1893	Rev. C. J. Ogg
355	13 November 1893	Thomas William Clapham Mary Ann Moore	Thomas William Clapham Mary Ann Moore 💍 1893/3187 Campbell Watson Mary Ann Moore 💍 1893/3688	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	29 25	Ngahauranga Johnsonville	years years	House of Mr. Moore, Johnsonville	93/3398		13 November 1893	Rev. John Laws
356	13 November 1893	Charles Wendelton Annie Corbett	Charles Wendelborn Annie Corbett 💍 1893/3325	Bachelor Widow	Mariner	35 39	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mary's, Cathedral Hill Street	93/3378		13 November 1893	Rev. F. Dawson
357	13 November 1893	Oliver Somerville Emily Heages	Oliver Somerville Emily Hedges 💍 1893/3884	Bachelor Spinster	Cab Driver	21 19	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office, Wellington	93/3421	Mary Ann Heages, Mother	13 November 1893	Mr. W. Wyall
358	14 November 1893	Ashton Hurley Kay Elizabeth Smith	Ashton Morley Kay Elizabeth Smith 💍 1893/642 Joseph Henry Walker Hoye Elizabeth Smith 💍 1893/2917	Bachelor Spinster	Journalist	26 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars office, Wellington	93/3422		14 November 1893	Mr. W. 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 1898. More registers will be added when the Archives NZ Wellington reading room re-opens in September 2025.

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).