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 Wanganui Quarter ending 31 March 1893

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

18 January 1893

Ernest John Peake
Emily Ida Barnett Lockett

Ernest John Peake
Emily Ida Barrett Lockett
💍 1893/1260

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
20

Wanganui
Wanganui

25 years
7 years

In the Church of England (Christchurch)

93/338

John William Cruttenden Lockett (father)

18 January 1893

Rev. F. L. Tudor (Church of England)

No	8
Date of Notice	18 January 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Peake	Emily Ida Barnett Lockett
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest John Peake	Emily Ida Barrett Lockett
	💍 1893/1260
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	25 years	7 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England (Christchurch)
Folio	93/338
Consent	John William Cruttenden Lockett (father)
Date of Certificate	18 January 1893
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. L. Tudor (Church of England)

18 January 1893

Henry Sargeant
Ellen Agnes Stewart

Henry Sargeant
Ellen Agnes Stewart
💍 1893/1261

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

62
24

Fordell
Aramoho

10 years
2 years

In the Church of England (Christchurch)

93/339

18 January 1893

Rev. F. L. Tudor (Church of England)

No	9
Date of Notice	18 January 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Sargeant	Ellen Agnes Stewart
	💍 1893/1261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	62	24
Dwelling Place	Fordell	Aramoho
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Church of England (Christchurch)
Folio	93/339
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1893
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. L. Tudor (Church of England)

20 January 1893

Alfred Smith
Fanny Eleanor Holbeche

Alfred Smith
Fanny Eleanor Holbeche
💍 1893/1279

Widower
Widow

Banker

36
34

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
12 months

In the residence of Mr. F. Peake, St. John's Hill, Wanganui

93/333

20 January 1893

Rev. J. Treadwell (Presbyterian)

No	10
Date of Notice	20 January 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Smith	Fanny Eleanor Holbeche
	💍 1893/1279
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Banker
Age	36	34
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	12 months
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. F. Peake, St. John's Hill, Wanganui
Folio	93/333
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1893
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Treadwell (Presbyterian)

28 January 1893

Edward Westwood
Amelia Wall

Edward Westwood
Amelia Wall
💍 1893/1271

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
22

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
2 years

In the residence of Mr. Silas Wall, Guyton St., Wanganui

93/348

28 January 1893

Rev. C. H. Garland (Wesleyan)

No	11
Date of Notice	28 January 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Westwood	Amelia Wall
	💍 1893/1271
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. Silas Wall, Guyton St., Wanganui
Folio	93/348
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1893
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland (Wesleyan)

28 January 1893

Alfred Scrivens
Amelia Leary

Alfred Scrivens
Amelia Leary
💍 1893/1269

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

37
28

Mangawhero
Mangawhero

1 year
1 year

In the residence of Mr. G. W. Collins, Mangawhero

93/346

28 January 1893

Rev. R. Hermon (Church of England)

No	12
Date of Notice	28 January 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Scrivens	Amelia Leary
	💍 1893/1269
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	37	28
Dwelling Place	Mangawhero	Mangawhero
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	In the residence of Mr. G. W. Collins, Mangawhero
Folio	93/346
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1893
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Hermon (Church of England)

2 February 1893

Charles Angus Wilson
Janette Shannon

Charles Angus Wilson
Janette Shannon
💍 1893/974

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

32
23

Wanganui
Wanganui

10 months
12 months

In the office of the Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

93/353

2 February 1893

Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

No	13
Date of Notice	2 February 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Angus Wilson	Janette Shannon
	💍 1893/974
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	32	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	10 months	12 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui
Folio	93/353
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1893
Officiating Minister	Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

4 February 1893

Otto Ludwig Tauck
Evangeline Dale

Otto Ludwig Frank
Evangeline Dale
💍 1893/980

Bachelor
Spinster

Groom

28
23

Wanganui
Wanganui

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

93/354

4 February 1893

Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

No	14
Date of Notice	4 February 1893
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Otto Ludwig Tauck	Evangeline Dale
BDM Match (88%)	Otto Ludwig Frank	Evangeline Dale
	💍 1893/980
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Groom
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Wanganui
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui
Folio	93/354
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1893
Officiating Minister	Regr. of Marriages, Wanganui

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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 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

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).