Intentions to Marry, 1894

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840406, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, June 6 2025

Page 620

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1894

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
147	25 April 1894	Thomas Underhill Emily Jane Stevens	Thomas Underhill Emily Jane Stevens 💍 1894/1611	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	33 28	Wellington Wellington	4 years 14 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1463		25 April 1894	W. T. Wyatt
148	25 April 1894	Alexander Howat Marion Francis Ada Johnston	Alexander Mowat Marion Frances Ada Johnston 💍 1894/1508	Bachelor Spinster	Sheep Farmer	34 26	Wellington Lower Hutt	3 days 4 years	St. James' Church, Lower Hutt	94/1508		25 April 1894	Rev. Joshua Jones
149	28 April 1894	Josiah Joseph Aston Martha Jeffreys	Josiah Joseph Aston Martha Jefferys 💍 1894/4095	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	24 21	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	94/1784		28 April 1894	Rev. W. Goggan
150	28 April 1894	Charles Henry Hemus Emily Torlesse	Charles Henry Hamilton Emily Torlesse 💍 1894/1957	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 31	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	St. Paul's Cathedral	94/2066		28 April 1894	Rev. J. N. Sprott
151	30 April 1894	Peter Nielsen Elizabeth Martin	Peter Neilsen Elizabeth Martin 💍 1894/1613	Bachelor Widow	Farmer	40 42	Wellington Wellington	1 week 1 week	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1465		30 April 1894	W. T. Wyatt
152	1 May 1894	Frederick Edlin Eliza Jane Buckman	Frederick Edlin Eliza Jane Buckman 💍 1894/1430	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	30 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days 1 month	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1466		1 May 1894	W. T. Wyatt
153	2 May 1894	Samuel William Benge Matilda Jane Hooper	Samuel William Benge Matilda Jane Hooper 💍 1894/1441	Widower Spinster	Farmer	39 23	Mangaroa Mangaroa	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1467		2 May 1894	W. T. Wyatt
154	3 May 1894	Owen John Stone Margaret Ryan	Owen John Moore Margaret Ryan 💍 1894/1448	Bachelor Widow	Mariner	26 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1468		3 May 1894	W. T. Wyatt
155	3 May 1894	David Henry Tobin Henrietta Hook	David Henry Tobin Henrietta Hook 💍 1894/1809	Bachelor Spinster	Expressman	22 19	Wellington Wellington	4 years 8 months	St. Mary of the Angels	94/1786	William Hook, father	3 May 1894	Rev. W. Goggan
156	5 May 1894	Harrington Madeley Jane Randell	Harrington Madeley Jane Randell 💍 1894/1525	Bachelor Widow	Sailor	40 30	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	House of Mrs. W. Madeley, Banks Road	94/1530		5 May 1894	Rev. C. Edward
157	5 May 1894	Arthur James Jackson Ellen Elizabeth Gallogly	Arthur James Jacka Ellen Elizabeth Gallagher 💍 1894/1546	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	30 26	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mrs. Brown, Binnie Road	94/1528		5 May 1894	Rev. R. J. Murray
158	7 May 1894	Harry Slater Annie Thompson	Harry Slatter Annie Thompson 💍 1894/1426	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	22 21	Wellington Wellington	18 months 18 months	House of Bridegroom, 8 Holland Street	94/1517		7 May 1894	Rev. J. K. Elliott
159	7 May 1894	James Frederick Turner Sarah Elizabeth Eke	James Frederick Turner Sarah Elizabeth Eke 💍 1894/1449	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	26 35	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	94/1469		7 May 1894	W. T. Wyatt
160	8 May 1894	Theodore Frederick Piper Lillias Christie	Theodore Frederick Piper Lillias Christie 💍 1894/1510	Widower Spinster	Hawker	41 31	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. A. F. Turner, Pirie Street	94/1570		8 May 1894	Mr. A. F. Turner
161	9 May 1894	Leonard Eustace Tuckwell Eliza Catherina Engertricksen	Leonard Eustace Tuckwell Eliza Catheriona Engerbretson 💍 1894/1522	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	28 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mrs. Engertricksen, Cambridge Terrace	94/1499		9 May 1894	Rev. T. A. Cullaston

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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).