Intentions to Marry, 1895 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840407, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, June 11 2025.

1895 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 009

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1895 Registrar S. H. Lyons

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

5 February 1895

George Henry Thompson
Augusta Ann Martin

George Henry Thompson
Augusta Lena Martin
💍 1895/307

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St Patrick's Cathedral

95/106

5 February 1895

Rev. W. Shiaddre, Roman Cath.

No	43
Date of Notice	5 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Thompson	Augusta Ann Martin
BDM Match (92%)	George Henry Thompson	Augusta Lena Martin
	💍 1895/307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	95/106
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shiaddre, Roman Cath.

6 February 1895

Robert Beigh
Susan Phoebe Weather

Robert Bright
Susan Phoebe Chandler
💍 1895/235

Widower
Widow

Grocer

64
61

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
21 years

House of S. R. Beigh, New Town Road

95/129

6 February 1895

Rev. C. E. Ward, Primitive Meth.

No	44
Date of Notice	6 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Beigh	Susan Phoebe Weather
BDM Match (80%)	Robert Bright	Susan Phoebe Chandler
	💍 1895/235
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Grocer
Age	64	61
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of S. R. Beigh, New Town Road
Folio	95/129
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Ward, Primitive Meth.

7 February 1895

William Batts
Theresa Hill

William Batts
Theresa McAdam
💍 1895/244

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Carver

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
23 years

House of F. W. Hill, St. Eden

95/162

7 February 1895

Rev. J. Blackie, Baptist

No	45
Date of Notice	7 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Batts	Theresa Hill
BDM Match (79%)	William Batts	Theresa McAdam
	💍 1895/244
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Carver
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of F. W. Hill, St. Eden
Folio	95/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Blackie, Baptist

7 February 1895

Benjamin Charles Roberts
Sara Jackson

Benjamin Charles Roberts
Sara Jackson
💍 1895/279

Widower
Spinster

Settler

42
27

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
27 years

St Paul's Church

95/197

7 February 1895

Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of Eng.

No	46
Date of Notice	7 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Charles Roberts	Sara Jackson
	💍 1895/279
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	42	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St Paul's Church
Folio	95/197
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of Eng.

7 February 1895

Walter Horace Studant Cole
Sarah Jane Leydon

Walter Horace Stewart Cole
Sarah Jane Leydon
💍 1895/308

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
18 years

St Patrick's Cathedral

95/109

7 February 1895

Rev. W. Shiaddre, Roman Cath.

No	47
Date of Notice	7 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Horace Studant Cole	Sarah Jane Leydon
BDM Match (94%)	Walter Horace Stewart Cole	Sarah Jane Leydon
	💍 1895/308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	95/109
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shiaddre, Roman Cath.

8 February 1895

Edward Britt
Lilly Beswick

Edward Britt
Lily Beswick
💍 1895/3945

Bachelor
Spinster

Artist

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
19 years

House of Mrs C. Watchorn, Hobson Street

95/100

8 February 1895

Rev. A. Peters, United Meth.

No	48
Date of Notice	8 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Britt	Lilly Beswick
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Britt	Lily Beswick
	💍 1895/3945
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artist
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs C. Watchorn, Hobson Street
Folio	95/100
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Peters, United Meth.

9 February 1895

William Henry Armistead
Susannah Adams Connor

William Henry Armistead
Susannah Adela Connor
💍 1895/258

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
17

Hobsonville
Hobsonville

5 years
9 years

House of R. S. West, Millow St., Dairyman's Bay

95/153

Mother

9 February 1895

Rev. R. S. West, Presbyterian

No	49
Date of Notice	9 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Armistead	Susannah Adams Connor
BDM Match (93%)	William Henry Armistead	Susannah Adela Connor
	💍 1895/258
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Hobsonville	Hobsonville
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	House of R. S. West, Millow St., Dairyman's Bay
Folio	95/153
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	9 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. S. West, Presbyterian

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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).