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 017

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1895

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

11 March 1895

George David Black
Minnie Mitchell

George David Black
Minnie Mitchell
💍 1895/278

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

19
16

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
3 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

95/96

George R. Black, Father; Sarah Matilda Mitchell, Mother

11 March 1895

Arch. B. T. Dudley, Church of England

No	97
Date of Notice	11 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George David Black	Minnie Mitchell
	💍 1895/278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	19	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	95/96
Consent	George R. Black, Father; Sarah Matilda Mitchell, Mother
Date of Certificate	11 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Arch. B. T. Dudley, Church of England

12 March 1895

George Willoughby Burgess
Martha Elizabeth Whittle

George Willoughby Burgess
Martha Elizabeth Whittle
💍 1895/236

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

23
17

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
17 years

House of Mrs. S. A. Whittle, Nelson Street

95/30

Martha Elizabeth Whittle, Mother

12 March 1895

Rev. G. E. Ward, Primitive Methodist

No	98
Date of Notice	12 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Willoughby Burgess	Martha Elizabeth Whittle
	💍 1895/236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	23	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	17 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. S. A. Whittle, Nelson Street
Folio	95/30
Consent	Martha Elizabeth Whittle, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Ward, Primitive Methodist

13 March 1895

William Huia Taylor
Eliza Marshall

William Huia Taylor
Eliza Marshall
💍 1895/207

Bachelor
Husband not heard of for 7 years

Contractor

30
29

Te Kuiti
Auckland

4 months
12 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

95/22

13 March 1895

J. Thompson, Depy. Registrar

No	99
Date of Notice	13 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Huia Taylor	Eliza Marshall
	💍 1895/207
Condition	Bachelor	Husband not heard of for 7 years
Profession	Contractor
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Te Kuiti	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	12 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	95/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1895
Officiating Minister	J. Thompson, Depy. Registrar

100

13 March 1895

James Kerr Boyle
Florence Hiddows

James Kerr Boyle
Florence Widdow
💍 1895/289

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

24
30

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
30 years

House of Rev. A. Peters, Pitt Street

95/101

13 March 1895

Rev. A. Peters, United Methodist

No	100
Date of Notice	13 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kerr Boyle	Florence Hiddows
BDM Match (94%)	James Kerr Boyle	Florence Widdow
	💍 1895/289
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	24	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. A. Peters, Pitt Street
Folio	95/101
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Peters, United Methodist

101

19 March 1895

Thomas Martin Smith
Ann Jane Smith

Thomas Martin
Ann Jane Smith
💍 1895/208

Bachelor
Spinster

Brush Maker

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
22 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

95/23

19 March 1895

S. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	101
Date of Notice	19 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Martin Smith	Ann Jane Smith
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Martin	Ann Jane Smith
	💍 1895/208
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brush Maker
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	95/23
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1895
Officiating Minister	S. H. Lyons, Registrar

102

19 March 1895

Morris Chilan
Matilda Miriam Neumegen

Morris Copeland
Matilda Miriam Neumegen
💍 1895/264

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
23 years

The Synagogue, Auckland

95/59

19 March 1895

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregation

No	102
Date of Notice	19 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Morris Chilan	Matilda Miriam Neumegen
BDM Match (87%)	Morris Copeland	Matilda Miriam Neumegen
	💍 1895/264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	The Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	95/59
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregation

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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).