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

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1894

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

106

8 March 1894

Charles Joseph Phillipps
Matilda Louisa Harper

Charles Joseph Phillipps
Matilda Louisa Harper
💍 1894/73

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

33
27

Mt Eden
Mt Albert

5 years
3 months

House of Mr J. Phillipps

94/52

8 March 1894

Rev. J. Worrall, Wesleyan

No	106
Date of Notice	8 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Joseph Phillipps	Matilda Louisa Harper
	💍 1894/73
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Mt Eden	Mt Albert
Length of Residence	5 years	3 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr J. Phillipps
Folio	94/52
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Worrall, Wesleyan

107

9 March 1894

Frederick George Fellowes
Margaret Matilda Kimberley

Frederick George Fellowes
Margaret Matilda Kimberley
💍 1894/308

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

22
20

Onehunga
Onehunga

12 years
2 years

St. Peter's Church

94/100

Charles Kimberley, father

9 March 1894

Rev. M. E. Hudgell, Church of England

No	107
Date of Notice	9 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Fellowes	Margaret Matilda Kimberley
	💍 1894/308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	94/100
Consent	Charles Kimberley, father
Date of Certificate	9 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. E. Hudgell, Church of England

108

9 March 1894

George Rolston Nicholas
Blanche Williams

George Rolston Nicholas
Blanche Williamson
💍 1894/293

Bachelor
Spinster

Trader

25
23

Kumeu
Ponsonby, Hepburn Street

2 years
2 years

House of Mr H. E. Williams

94/86

9 March 1894

Rev. G. Burgess, Congregationalist

No	108
Date of Notice	9 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Rolston Nicholas	Blanche Williams
BDM Match (94%)	George Rolston Nicholas	Blanche Williamson
	💍 1894/293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trader
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Kumeu	Ponsonby, Hepburn Street
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr H. E. Williams
Folio	94/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Burgess, Congregationalist

109

9 March 1894

Andrew Erickson
Mary Clow

Andrew Erickson
Mary Clow
💍 1894/240

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

44
33

Auckland
Papatoetoe

10 years

House of Mr H. E. Clow

94/50

9 March 1894

Rev. D. J. Steele, Presbyterian

No	109
Date of Notice	9 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Erickson	Mary Clow
	💍 1894/240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	44	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Papatoetoe
Length of Residence	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr H. E. Clow
Folio	94/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. J. Steele, Presbyterian

110

12 March 1894

George Robert Dent
Henrietta McIntyre

George Robert Dent
Henrietta McIntyre
💍 1894/812

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Whangarei
Whangarei

20 years
5 years in Auckland

St. David's Church

94/64

12 March 1894

Rev. M. West, Presbyterian

No	110
Date of Notice	12 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robert Dent	Henrietta McIntyre
	💍 1894/812
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Whangarei
Length of Residence	20 years	5 years in Auckland
Marriage Place	St. David's Church
Folio	94/64
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. West, Presbyterian

111

12 March 1894

James Lamb Leigh
Elizabeth Jane Wright

James Lamb Leigh
Elizabeth Jane Wright
💍 1894/805

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

42
44

Auckland
Auckland, Ryher Park Road

31 years
15 years

House of Rev. R. S. West

94/63

12 March 1894

Rev. R. S. West, Presbyterian

No	111
Date of Notice	12 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Lamb Leigh	Elizabeth Jane Wright
	💍 1894/805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	42	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Ryher Park Road
Length of Residence	31 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. S. West
Folio	94/63
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. West, Presbyterian

112

12 March 1894

Clement Cooper
Margaret Jane Evans

Clement Gosper
Margaret Jane Evans
💍 1894/234

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years

St. Matthew's Church

94/43

12 March 1894

Rev. L. Fitzgerald, Church of England

No	112
Date of Notice	12 March 1894
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Clement Cooper	Margaret Jane Evans
BDM Match (93%)	Clement Gosper	Margaret Jane Evans
	💍 1894/234
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	94/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1894
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Fitzgerald, Church of England

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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).