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 211

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1895

No	Date of Notice	Names and Surnames of Parties	BDM Match	Condition	Calling or Profession	Age	Dwelling Place	Length of Residence	Marriage Place	Folio	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
31	24 January 1895	Robert Kelly Agnes Wells	Robert Kelly Agnes Wells 💍 1895/2859	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	26 21	Wellington Wellington	1 Week	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/416	24 January 1895	W. T. Wyatt
32	28 January 1895	Arthur Wells Elizabeth Lucy Deegan	Arthur Wells Elizabeth Lucy Bezar 💍 1895/2922	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	24 26	Wellington Wellington	7 years	St. Mark's Church	95/484	28 January 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
33	29 January 1895	Charles Louis Becker Florence Tenneth	Charles Louis Becker Florence Dunnett 💍 1895/2961	Bachelor Spinster	Commercial Traveller	27 25	Wellington Wellington	7 years	St. Peter's Church	95/449	29 January 1895	Rev. W. C. Waters
34	31 January 1895	Patrick Brennan Catherine Ryan	Patrick Brennan Catherine Ryan 💍 1895/3070	Bachelor Spinster	Share Broker	25 28	Wellington Wellington	5 days 7 months	St. Mary of the Angels	95/464	31 January 1895	Very Rev. T. D. Cleary
35	31 January 1895	William James Jamieson Jessie Nicholson Topless	William James Morrison Jessie Nicholson Topless 💍 1895/3052	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	25 26	Wellington Wellington	7 days 7 years	St. James Presbyterian Church	95/469	31 January 1895	Rev. W. T. Shirer
36	1 February 1895	James Cross Zillah Charman Palmer	James Cress Zillah Charman Palmer 💍 1895/2860	Bachelor Spinster	Publican	32 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/417	1 February 1895	W. T. Wyatt
37	1 February 1895	James Gemmell Blair Annie Elizabeth Born	James Gemmel Muir Annie Elizabeth Boon 💍 1895/3049	Bachelor Spinster	Joiner	26 24	Wellington Courtenay Place	7 years	Congregational Church	95/455	1 February 1895	Rev. B. S. Hallowes
38	1 February 1895	John Scott Macintosh Kathleen Pauline Kingdom	John Scott MacKintosh Kathleen Pauline Kingdon 💍 1895/3829	Bachelor Spinster	Accountant	28 28	Wellington Wellington	3 months 7 years	St. John's Church, Willis Street	95/458	1 February 1895	Rev. J. Paterson
39	1 February 1895	Edward George Hyde Eliza Hargraves	Edward George Hyde Eliza Hargraves 💍 1895/2908	Widower Widow	Clerk	42 33	Wellington Kent Terrace	7 months	Presbyterian Church	95/492	1 February 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
40	2 February 1895	Alfred Henry de Tourettes Lilly Pollock	Alfred Henri de Tourettes Lilly Pollock 💍 1895/3053	Bachelor Spinster	Telegraphist	27 26	Wellington Riddiford Street	3 days 1 month	House of Mr. Pollock	95/470	2 February 1895	Rev. W. T. Shirer
41	4 February 1895	James Brooks Herbert Isabel Ann Dyer	James Brooks Hulbert Isabel Ann Tyer 💍 1895/2864	Widower Spinster	Boatman	42 29	Wellington Wellington	7 years 7 months	Registrar's Office	95/421	4 February 1895	W. T. Wyatt
42	4 February 1895	James Ryder Stone Armachane Whisker	James Ryder Moore Anna Maud Whisker 💍 1895/2861	Widower Widow	Carpenter	31 41	Wellington Wellington	7 years	Registrar's Office	95/418	4 February 1895	W. T. Wyatt
43	4 February 1895	Arthur Charles Blair Annie Isabella Smith	Arthur Charles Blair Annie Isabella Sinclair 💍 1895/2909	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	22 24	Wellington Blair, Webb Street	7 years	House of Mr. Blair	95/493	4 February 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
44	5 February 1895	Samuel Richard Carlyon Mary Jane Burgess	Samuel Richard Carlyon Mary Jane Burgess 💍 1895/2862	Bachelor Spinster	Barman	23 21	Wellington Wellington	1 year	Registrar's Office	95/419	5 February 1895	W. T. Wyatt
45	6 February 1895	Walter Julius Jorgensen Jemima Dickson Kirk	Walter Julius Jorgenson Jemima Dickson Kirk 💍 1895/3250	Bachelor Spinster	Commission Agent	23 22	Wellington Cumberland Street, Dunedin	7 years	House of Mr. Kirk, Otago	95/847	6 February 1895	Rev. Alfred North

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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).