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 613

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 30 June 1895 Registrar Samuel Johnson

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

504

6 April 1895

John Smith King
Minnie Martin Simmers

John Smith King
Maude Matilda Simmons
💍 1895/3595

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Manager

33
22

Whakarara
Kereru

6 years
22 years

Office of Registrar, Waipawa

95/1261

6 April 1895

Samuel Johnson, Registrar

No	504
Date of Notice	6 April 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Smith King	Minnie Martin Simmers
BDM Match (76%)	John Smith King	Maude Matilda Simmons
	💍 1895/3595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Manager
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Whakarara	Kereru
Length of Residence	6 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Waipawa
Folio	95/1261
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1895
Officiating Minister	Samuel Johnson, Registrar

505

6 April 1895

Frederick Theodore Hewitt
Emily Hand

Frederick Theodore Hewitt
Emily Adam
💍 1895/853

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd
Housemaid

27
20

Tikokino
Tikokino

9 years
20 years

Christ Church, Te Aute

95/1212

Henry Adams, Father

6 April 1895

Rev. Arthur Williams

No	505
Date of Notice	6 April 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Theodore Hewitt	Emily Hand
BDM Match (80%)	Frederick Theodore Hewitt	Emily Adam
	💍 1895/853
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd	Housemaid
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Tikokino	Tikokino
Length of Residence	9 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Te Aute
Folio	95/1212
Consent	Henry Adams, Father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Williams

506

13 April 1895

Herbert Melville Latimer
Isabella Baker

Herbert Melville Rathbone
Isabella Baker
💍 1895/3576

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

24
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

24 years
21 years

St. Peter's Church, Waipawa

95/1264

13 April 1895

Rev. L. F. Gardiner

No	506
Date of Notice	13 April 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Melville Latimer	Isabella Baker
BDM Match (88%)	Herbert Melville Rathbone	Isabella Baker
	💍 1895/3576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Waipawa
Folio	95/1264
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 April 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. F. Gardiner

507

15 April 1895

Leonard Batley
Honora Rossel

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

4 years
3 days

Christ Church, Te Aute

95/1212

15 April 1895

Rev. Arthur Williams

No	507
Date of Notice	15 April 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Batley	Honora Rossel
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	4 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Christ Church, Te Aute
Folio	95/1212
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Williams

508

30 April 1895

Henry James Foster
Honoria Lowry

Henry James Porter
Honoria Lowry
💍 1895/3574

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

30
32

Hampden
Hampden

2 weeks
14 years

Office of Registrar, Waipawa

95/1262

30 April 1895

Samuel Johnson, Registrar

No	508
Date of Notice	30 April 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Foster	Honoria Lowry
BDM Match (94%)	Henry James Porter	Honoria Lowry
	💍 1895/3574
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Hampden	Hampden
Length of Residence	2 weeks	14 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Waipawa
Folio	95/1262
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 April 1895
Officiating Minister	Samuel Johnson, Registrar

509

5 June 1895

Charles Tricklebank
Charlotte Ann Turner

Charles Tricklebank
Charlotte Ann Turner
💍 1895/3575

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer
Housemaid

26
19

Waipawa
Waipawa

10 months
1 1/2 years

Office of Registrar, Waipawa

95/1263

Ann Turner, Mother

5 June 1895

Samuel Johnson, Registrar

No	509
Date of Notice	5 June 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Tricklebank	Charlotte Ann Turner
	💍 1895/3575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer	Housemaid
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	10 months	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Waipawa
Folio	95/1263
Consent	Ann Turner, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 June 1895
Officiating Minister	Samuel Johnson, Registrar

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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).