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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1895 Registrar J. Thompson Junr. Depy. Registrar

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

16 February 1895

James Hurley
Elizabeth Honor Ineek

James Hurley
Elizabeth Honor Meek
💍 1895/274

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
18 years

St. Sepulchres Church

95/93

William Ineek, Father

16 February 1895

Rev. P. T. Williams, Church of England

No	58
Date of Notice	16 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hurley	Elizabeth Honor Ineek
BDM Match (95%)	James Hurley	Elizabeth Honor Meek
	💍 1895/274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchres Church
Folio	95/93
Consent	William Ineek, Father
Date of Certificate	16 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. T. Williams, Church of England

16 February 1895

Cecil Dennis Monahan
Isabella Fletcher

Cecil Dennis Monahan
Isabella Fletcher
💍 1895/197

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

34
25

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
25 years

Registrars Office

95/13

16 February 1895

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	59
Date of Notice	16 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Dennis Monahan	Isabella Fletcher
	💍 1895/197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	95/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1895
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

18 February 1895

Walter McNaughton
Mary McHale

Walter McNaughton
Mary McHale
💍 1895/232

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

24
22

Auckland
Newton

24 years
22 years

St. Benedicts Church

95/48

18 February 1895

Rev. J. C. Downey, Roman Catholic

No	60
Date of Notice	18 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter McNaughton	Mary McHale
	💍 1895/232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	24 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedicts Church
Folio	95/48
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Downey, Roman Catholic

18 February 1895

George Henry Murdoch
Fanny Keehan

George Henry Murdock
Fanny Keehan
💍 1895/242

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
23

Onehunga
Onehunga

14 years
23 years

Catholic Church

95/60

18 February 1895

Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

No	61
Date of Notice	18 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Murdoch	Fanny Keehan
BDM Match (98%)	George Henry Murdock	Fanny Keehan
	💍 1895/242
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	14 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church
Folio	95/60
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

18 February 1895

Frank Morton
Mary Isabel Broughton

Frank Morton
Mary Isabel Broughton
💍 1895/198

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
5 months

Registrars Office

95/14

18 February 1895

J. Thompson Junr. Depy. Registrar

No	62
Date of Notice	18 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Morton	Mary Isabel Broughton
	💍 1895/198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	5 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	95/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1895
Officiating Minister	J. Thompson Junr. Depy. Registrar

19 February 1895

George Harold Moon
Sarah Jane Bush

George Harold Moon
Sarah Jane Bush
💍 1895/259

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
26

Raglan
Auckland

6 years
10 years

House of Mr. G. Bush

95/54

19 February 1895

Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

No	63
Date of Notice	19 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Harold Moon	Sarah Jane Bush
	💍 1895/259
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. G. Bush
Folio	95/54
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

19 February 1895

James Whyte
May Marles

James Whyte
May Marks
💍 1895/270

Widower
Widow

Baker

50
38

Auckland
Grey Street

5 years
10 days

House of Mr. J. Reid

95/89

19 February 1895

Mr. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	64
Date of Notice	19 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Whyte	May Marles
BDM Match (90%)	James Whyte	May Marks
	💍 1895/270
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Baker
Age	50	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Street
Length of Residence	5 years	10 days
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Reid
Folio	95/89
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Mr. J. Aldridge, Church of Christ

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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).