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 188

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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
76	9 March 1893	Thomas Martin Sarah Elizabeth James	Thomas Martin Sarah Elizabeth James 💍 1893/1141	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 21	Haywards Wellington	4 years 1 month	Registrar's Office, Wellington	93/450		9 March 1893	W. D. Wray
77	10 March 1893	John Henry Evans Mary Elizabeth Clements	John Henry Evans Mary Elizabeth Clements 💍 1893/1162	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days 2 months	St. Mark's Church	93/387		10 March 1893	Revd. R. Coffey
78	10 March 1893	Thomas Barker Mary Thomson	Thomas Barker Mary Thomson 💍 1893/1140 Thomas Fletcher Mary May Thomson 💍 1893/355 Charles Cook Mary Thomson 💍 1893/3510	Bachelor Spinster	Steward	34 26	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	93/449		10 March 1893	W. D. Wray
79	16 March 1893	Edwin Dixon Judd Henrietta Clementine Nash	Edwin Dixon Judd Henrietta Clementine Nash 💍 1893/1526	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 19	Wairarapa Wadestown	years 1 month	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	93/393	John Nash, Father	16 March 1893	Revd. J. J. Lewis
80	13 March 1893	Arthur Christian Joseph Luddy Elizabeth Davies	Arthur Chistian Joseph Cuddy Elizabeth Davies 💍 1893/1170	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	24 23	Wellington Wellington	6 months years	Baptist Chapel, Vivian Street	93/395		13 March 1893	Revd. G. Dallaston
81	13 March 1893	James Edward Dean Ellen Barnes	James Edward Dean Ellen Barnes 💍 1893/973	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	28 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	House of Bride, Dixon Street	93/370		13 March 1893	Revd. G. J. Allen
82	13 March 1893	Richard Conchee Skipper Kate Hunn	Richard Conebee Skipper Kate Hunn 💍 1893/1142	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	21 19	Wellington Crofton	14 days years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	93/457	John Hunn, Father	13 March 1893	W. D. Wray
83	15 March 1893	Herbert James Baker Annie Maria Gurratt	Herbert James Baker Annie Maria Garralt 💍 1893/1161	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	28 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. Mark's Church	93/386		15 March 1893	Revd. R. Coffey
84	18 March 1893	Charles Eustace Trevenen King Minnie Jane Worth	Charles Egerton Windenhall King Minnie Jane Worth 💍 1893/1112	Bachelor Spinster	Tobacconist	24 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. Worth, aged 7 days	93/413		18 March 1893	Revd. J. K. Elliott
85	20 March 1893	Thomas Vipond Prosser Marcia Sabina O'Loughlin	Thomas Vipond Procter Marcia Sabina O'Loughlin 💍 1893/1133	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	23 20	Wellington Wellington	2 months years	St. Peter's Church	93/418	Timothy O'Loughlin, Father	20 March 1893	Revd. W. C. Waters
86	21 March 1893	William Cook Louisa Juliga [illegible]	William Cook Louisa Judge 💍 1893/1166	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	23 27	Pahautanui Pahautanui	years years	House of Bride, Brogden Street	93/391		21 March 1893	Revd. John [illegible]
87	21 March 1893	George Stevens Emma Langston Jonathan	George Stevens Emma Meredith Jonathan 💍 1893/1010	Widower Widow	Farmer	44 43	Porirua Wellington	years years	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	93/402		21 March 1893	Revd. J. J. Lewis
88	22 March 1893	William Nolland Mary Ann Keegan	William Wolland Mary Anne Keegan 💍 1893/1469	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	22 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mary of the Angels	93/1369		22 March 1893	Very Revd. J. C. Devoy
89	22 March 1893	George Allington Nellie Bristow	George Allington Nellie Bristow 💍 1893/1130	Bachelor Widow	Builder	30 28	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. Bristow, Cuba Street	93/415		22 March 1893	Revd. W. H. Beck
90	23 March 1893	Frederick William Ensor Elizabeth Lawrence	Frederick William Enson Elizabeth Lawrence 💍 1893/1463	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 17	Wellington Upper Hutt	years years	St. Peter's Church	93/1386	William Lawrence, Father	23 March 1893	Revd. W. C. Waters

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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).