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 667

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
157	16 May 1895	Alexander Mason Ada Hannah Buck	Alexander Mason Ada Hannah Buck 💍 1895/3570	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	26 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years	House of Mr. J. Buck, Tory Street	95/1478		16 May 1895	Rev. N. Baumber
158	18 May 1895	George Anderson Jones Edith Marion Cooper	George Anderson Jnr Edith Marion Cooper 💍 1895/3606	Bachelor Spinster	Warehouseman	28 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years	House of Mrs. Cooper, Brougham Street	95/1464		18 May 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
159	18 May 1895	James Robinson Annie Maria Monaghan	James Robinson Annie Maria Moynihan 💍 1895/3614	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	34 29	Wellington Wellington	4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1446		18 May 1895	Rev. W. Goggen
160	20 May 1895	Peter Collins Semple Mary Ann White	Peter Collins Temby Mary Ann White 💍 1895/4161	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 21	Wellington Wellington	21 weeks	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1410		20 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
161	20 May 1895	John McHardy Ada Garrett	John McHardy Ada Garrett 💍 1895/4162	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	24 20	Upper Hutt Wellington	4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1411	Emma Garrett, mother	20 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
162	21 May 1895	Robert Prince Lillian Edith Roberts	Robert Prince Lillian Edith Roberts 💍 1895/4166	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	28 21	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1414		21 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
163	22 May 1895	George Lauer Martha Busch	George Lauer Martha Busch 💍 1895/4163	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	39 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1412		22 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
164	22 May 1895	Horace Walter Reeve Emma Orr	Horace Walter Reeve Emma Orr 💍 1895/3567	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	30 22	Wellington Wellington	4 years	House of Mrs. Orr, Bidwill Street	95/1475		22 May 1895	Mr. A. F. Turner
165	22 May 1895	Frederick William Arnold Hannah Beya	Frederick William Arnold Hannah Boyce 💍 1895/4165	Bachelor Spinster	Boilermaker	25 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1413		22 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
166	23 May 1895	Joseph Edward Raison Edith Florence Annie Redding	Joseph Edward Raison Edith Florence Annie Redding 💍 1895/3566	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 18	Wellington Wellington	6 weeks	House of Mrs. Marshall, Majoribanks Street	95/1474	Mary Marshall, mother	23 May 1895	Mr. A. F. Turner
167	25 May 1895	John Allen Mary Ann Wellman	John Allen Mary Anne McGlennan 💍 1895/3616	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	34 24	Puhaniamui Wellington	4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1448		25 May 1895	Rev. W. Goggen
168	25 May 1895	Samuel Panchhurst Helen Dinan	James Panckhurst Helen Dinan 💍 1895/3615	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	27 25	Wellington Wellington	1 month	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1449		25 May 1895	Rev. W. Goggen
169	25 May 1895	Charles James Longhurst Emily Philip	Charles James Longhurst Emily Philp 💍 1895/4167	Divorced Spinster	Carpenter	41 21	Wellington Petone	4 years 1 year	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1415		25 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
170	27 May 1895	George James Hudson Johnson Sarah Louisa Nashaway	George James Hudson Johnson Sarah Louisa Hathaway 💍 1895/3715	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	20 19	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1424	No relation in Colony, Charles Nashaway, father	10 June 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay
171	28 May 1895	Andrew Robinson Margaret Fotheringham	Andrew Robinson Margaret Fotheringham 💍 1895/4168	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	33 40	Wellington Wellington	3 years 2 weeks	Registrars office, Wellington	95/1416		28 May 1895	Mr. W. Dwyay

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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 1898. More registers will be added when the Archives NZ Wellington reading room re-opens in September 2025.

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).