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 213

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	Consent	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
61	15 February 1895	Frederick James Hales Laurenza Amelia Lawson	Frederick James Halse Laurenza Amelia Lawson 💍 1895/2956	Bachelor Spinster	Draftsman	32 29	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Pauls Cathedral	95/445		15 February 1895	Rev. H. E. Tuckey
62	15 February 1895	Oscar Jacob Bolin Annie Louisa Amelia	Oscar Jacob Bolin Annie Louisa Amelia Simmonds 💍 1895/2973	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	29 26	Upper Hutt Upper Hutt	14 days 14 days	Wesleyan Church, Molesworth Street	95/438		15 February 1895	Rev. R. J. Murray
63	16 February 1895	Robert August Neise Margaret Josephine Knight	Robert August Heise Margaret Josephine Knight 💍 1895/3051	Bachelor Spinster	Asylum Attendant	29 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/466		16 February 1895	Very Rev. J. Devoy
64	18 February 1895	Thomas John Roberts Harriet Alice Hinge	Thomas John Roberts Harriet Alice Benge 💍 1895/2966	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	32 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Bridegroom, Broadway Terrace	95/454		18 February 1895	Rev. W. Bramber
65	19 February 1895	Alfred James Morgan Ada Frances Crowe	Alfred James Morgan Ada Frances Crowe 💍 1895/2911	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 19	Takapu Horokiwi	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Crowe, Horokiwi	95/495	Patrick Crowe, father	19 February 1895	Rev. Samuel Barnes
66	20 February 1895	James Joseph Mono Marion Bryant	James Joseph Moore Marion Bryant 💍 1895/2542 James Joseph Moore Marion Bryant 💍 1895/3057	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	24 23	Johnsonville Ohariu	4 years 4 years	St. Matthew's Church, Ohariu	95/474	X	20 February 1895	Ven. Archdeacon Fancourt
67	21 February 1895	Alexander Munro Annie Frances Peel	Alexander Monro Annie Frances Peel 💍 1895/2906	Widower Spinster	Inspector of Stock	56 40	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	95/490		21 February 1895	Rev. Joshua Jones
68	23 February 1895	George Alexander Hill Ellen Priscilla Curtis	George Alexander Hill Ellen Priscilla Curtis 💍 1895/2957	Bachelor Spinster	Gentleman	23 25	Wellington Wellington	1 week 1 week	St. Pauls Cathedral	95/446		23 February 1895	Rev. H. E. Tuckey
69	23 February 1895	William Reid Margaret Nisbet	William Reid Margaret Nisbet 💍 1895/2868	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	32 30	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/424		23 February 1895	W. T. Wyatt
70	23 February 1895	James Joseph Mono Catherine Bryant	James Joseph Moore Marion Bryant 💍 1895/2542 James Joseph Moore Marion Bryant 💍 1895/3057	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	24 23	Johnsonville Ohariu	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Moore, Johnsonville	95/4039		23 February 1895	Rev. Edward Donnell
71	26 February 1895	Archibald William Humphrey Isabella Lucchesi	Archibald William Mace-Humphreys Isabella Lucchesi 💍 1895/2962	Bachelor Spinster	Collier	21 17	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Peters Church	95/450	Mary Lucchesi, mother	26 February 1895	Rev. W. B. Waters
72	28 February 1895	Alfred Innes Sarah Ann Phillips	Alfred Innes Sarah Ann Phillips 💍 1895/3833	Widower Spinster	Builder	55 49	Wellington Wellington	4 days 4 days	House of the Rev. C. Dallaaston, Wallace Street	95/501		28 February 1895	Rev. C. Dallaaston
73	28 February 1895	Nathaniel Grace Emily Mahupuku	Nathanial Grace Emily Mahupuku 💍 1895/2970	Bachelor Widow	Sheep Farmer	55 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	House of Mr. W. Garrett Street	95/435		28 February 1895	Rev. C. S. Ogg
74	2 March 1895	Edward Benge Lena Bridget Gunderson	Edward Benge Lena Bridget Andersen 💍 1895/2869	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 19	Maungarau Maungarau	4 years 4 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/425	Frederick Gunderson, father	2 March 1895	W. T. Wyatt
75	4 March 1895	John Frederick William Carlquist Martha Spence	John Frederick William Carlquist Martha Spence 💍 1895/2870	Bachelor Widow	Tanner	47 44	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/426		4 March 1895	W. T. Wyatt

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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).