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 669

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
127	8 June 1895	John McLaren Maud Emily Langman		Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 21	Wellington Wellington	1 month 4 days	House of Mr Bristow	95/1480		8 June 1895	Rev. W. Baumber
188	8 June 1895	James Lash Gray Lizzie Irvine	James Lash Gray Lizzie Irvine 💍 1895/3714	Bachelor Widow	Carpenter	39 30	Wellington Wellington	2 years 3 weeks	Registrars office Wellington	95/1423		10 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
189	10 June 1895	Joseph William Watt Henrietta Croker	Joseph William Ward Henrietta Constance Jackson 💍 1895/1486	Bachelor Spinster	Gardener	32 22	Wellington Wellington	2 years 6 months	Registrars office Wellington	95/2827		10 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
190	10 June 1895	Stephen Perrin Mary Ann Garmock	Stephen Perrin Mary Ann Garnock Morison 💍 1895/3608	Bachelor Spinster	Salesman	21 24	Wellington Wellington	2 years 4 days	House of Mr Hinotien	95/1465		10 June 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
191	11 June 1895	Edward Ruthberg Elizabeth Neils	Edward Ruthberg Elizabeth Neils 💍 1895/3620	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	22 21	Wellington Wellington	3 weeks 6 months	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1452		11 June 1895	Very Rev. T. D. Cleary
192	11 June 1895	William George King Julia Georgina Young	William George King Julia Georgina Ellen Jane Young 💍 1895/3717	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	27 23	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	95/1426		14 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
193	14 June 1895	William Daniel Carson Nellie Slattery	William Daniel Carson Nellie Slattery 💍 1895/3716	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 21	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	95/1425		14 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
194	17 June 1895	John Hardy Florence Hallows	John Hardy Florence Mallowes 💍 1895/3718	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 19	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	95/1427	Julia Hallows, mother	17 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
195	17 June 1895	James Sullivan Maud Black	James OSullivan Maude Black 💍 1895/3597	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	23 22	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1453		17 June 1895	Rev. W. Goggam
196	18 June 1895	William Guilliam Ada Swain	William Gwilliam Ada Swain 💍 1895/3611	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	24 22	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	2 years 2 years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	95/1469		18 June 1895	Rev. Joshua Jones
197	20 June 1895	Albert Edmund Ward Ellen Parrant	Albert Edward Ward Ellen Parrant 💍 1895/3612	Bachelor Spinster	Boner	24 18	Petone Petone	2 years 2 years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	95/1470	Sarah Jane Parrant, mother	20 June 1895	Rev. Joshua Jones
198	22 June 1895	John Henry Wasson Jessie Price	John Henry Watson Jessie Price 💍 1895/4105	Bachelor Spinster	Brick Carter	26 24	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 month	House of Mr Bristow	95/1468		22 June 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
199	25 June 1895	Herbert Connolly Cecil Brown	Herbert Conolly Cecilia Brown 💍 1895/3598	Widower Spinster	Saw Miller	29 27	Wellington Wellington	7 days 1 year	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1454		25 June 1895	Very Rev. T. D. Cleary
200	25 June 1895	Donald William Ross Elizabeth Ridgon	Donald William Ross Elizabeth Bidgood 💍 1895/3695	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	27 24	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 year	Registrars office Wellington	95/1428		25 June 1895	Mr. T. D. Wyatt
201	27 June 1895	John Gillon Honoria Cullen	John Gillon Honona Cullen 💍 1895/1480	Bachelor Spinster	Contractor	32 26	Wellington Wellington	2 years 1 year	St. Mary of the Angels	95/2845		27 June 1895	Very Rev. T. D. Cleary

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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).