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 663

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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
97	1 April 1895	William Paisley Rose Sarah Button	William Paisley Rose Sarah Dutton 💍 1895/3699	Bachelor Spinster	Couchman	32 33	Wellington Wellington	7 years 7 years	St Marks Church	95/1432		1 April 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
98	1 April 1895	George Newman Elizabeth Nelson	George Newman Elizabeth Nelson 💍 1895/3630	Widower Widow	Grandining	40 21	Wellington Wellington	10 years 10 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1389		1 April 1895	W. D. Wyall
99	1 April 1895	James Brodie Mack Annie Hew	James Brodie Mack Annie Iles 💍 1895/3698	Widower Spinster	Manager	37 29	Wellington Wellington	4 days 4 days	St Marks Church	95/1431		1 April 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
100	2 April 1895	Edwin Henry Lough Mabel Lucy Stringer	Edward Henry Lough Mabel Lucy Stringer 💍 1895/3700	Bachelor Spinster	Accountant	33 26	Wellington Wellington	3 years 3 years	St Marks Church	95/1433		2 April 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
101	2 April 1895	Albert Weston Kate Elizabeth Lyon	Albert Weston Kate Elizabeth Lyon 💍 1895/3633	Bachelor Spinster	Shoemaker	25 21	Wellington Wellington	2 months 2 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1389		2 April 1895	W. D. Wyall
102	2 April 1895	Thomas Constantine Few Elizabeth Bright	Thomas Constantine Fawcett Elizabeth Bright 💍 1895/3599	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	27 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	St Peters Church	95/1455		2 April 1895	Rev. W. C. Waters
103	3 April 1895	Leonard Frank Keane Agnes Cook	Raunui Tanui Agnes Cook 💍 1895/2647	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 24	Wellington Pahautanui	3 days 3 days	St Marks Church	95/1430		3 April 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
104	3 April 1895	Roland Henry Pope Helen Mary Morpeth	Roland Henry Pope Helen Mary Morpeth 💍 1895/3600	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk Servant	28 22	Wellington Wellington	2 years 2 years	House of Mrs Morpeth, Owen Street	95/1456		3 April 1895	Rev. J. Paterson
105	4 April 1895	John Thomas Luck Charlotte Avery	John Thomas Tuck Charlotte Avery 💍 1895/3634	Bachelor Spinster	Sawmiller	28 21	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	3 days 3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1390		4 April 1895	W. D. Wyall
106	4 April 1895	Thomas Staid Mary Wilson	Thomas Stace Mary Wilson 💍 1895/3557 Richard Howard Mary Wilson 💍 1896/4081	Bachelor Spinster	Bookbinder	25 20	Wellington Wellington	2 years 2 years	St Pauls Cathedral	95/1483	Archibald Wilson, Father	4 April 1895	Rev. J. H. Sprott
107	8 April 1895	Joseph William Carter Mary Ann Parker	Joseph William Carter Mary Alice Ann Parker 💍 1895/3610	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	24 23	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	2 years 2 years	St James Church, Lower Hutt	95/1468		8 April 1895	Rev. Joshua Jones
108	8 April 1895	Alfred Henry Waters Mary Ann White	Alfred Henry Waters Mary Ann Jane White 💍 1895/3604	Bachelor Spinster	Settler	45 22	Wellington Wellington	2 years 2 years	St Marks Church, Karori	95/1461		8 April 1895	Rev. A. Dasent
109	8 April 1895	John Hutchison Alice Jane Wood	John Hutchison Alice Jane Wood 💍 1895/3555	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	30 34	Wellington Wellington	7 years 7 years	House of Mrs Wood, Tinakori Road	95/1472		8 April 1895	Mr. A. F. Turner
110	8 April 1895	Allan Abraham Claney Winnie Wade	Albert Abraham Chaney Winnie Wade 💍 1895/4153	Bachelor Spinster	Boilermaker	21 19	Wellington Wellington	2 years 2 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1394	No relation in Colony	22 April 1895	W. D. Wyall
111	8 April 1895	George William Lovecock Isabella Adelaide Jeavons	George William Boocock Isabella Adelaide Scoones 💍 1895/4104	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	24 21	Wellington Wellington	2 years 2 years	House of Bridge, Lloyd Street	95/1463		8 April 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).