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 666

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
142	9 May 1895	Frederick William Cope Ada Charlotte Winter	Frederick William Cope Ada Charlotte Winter 💍 1895/3571	Widower Divorced	Accountant	32 41	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 year	Home of Bride, Dinah Road	95/1479		9 May 1895	Rev. W. Bamber
143	9 May 1895	William John Smith Ada Alice Clark	William John Smith Ada Alice Clark 💍 1895/3609	Bachelor Spinster	Milkman	32 17	Happy Valley Happy Valley	4 years 4 years	Baptist Church, Ohira	95/1469	Harriet Maria Clark, mother	9 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
144	9 May 1895	Harry Frank Vercoe Margaret Burney	Harry Frank Vercoe Margaret Burnett 💍 1895/4155	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	39 28	Wellington Wellington	6 months 6 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1404		9 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
145	9 May 1895	David Roman Wilson Fanny Louisa Watson	David Bernard Wilson Fanny Louisa Wilson 💍 1895/3596	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	25 25	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1444		9 May 1895	Rev. J. Ainsworth
146	10 May 1895	Thomas Woodman Annie Blizard	Thomas Woodman Annie Blizard 💍 1895/3603	Widower Spinster	Settler	60 30	Lower Hutt Wellington	10 years 14 months	Residence of Mr. Redstone	95/1460		10 May 1895	Rev. N. T. B. Redstone
147	10 May 1895	Charles Henry King Ellen Jane Brown	Charles Henry King Ellen Jane Brown 💍 1895/3556	Bachelor Spinster	Blacker	26 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Home of Mr. G. Brown, Buller Street	95/1482		10 May 1895	Rev. W. Shirer
148	11 May 1895	Isaiah Fake Susan Finch	Isaiah Fake Susan Finch 💍 1895/4156	Widower Divorced	Builder	54 28	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1405		11 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
149	13 May 1895	William Nicholas Eliza Amelia Smith	William Nicholas Eliza Amelia Smith 💍 1895/3701	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	37 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	St. Mark's Church	95/1434		13 May 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
150	13 May 1895	Daniel Gelling Mary Jane Kimble	Daniel Gelling Mary Jane Wimsett 💍 1895/4157	Bachelor Widow	Schoolmaster	43 57	Wellington Wellington	10 months 10 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1406		13 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
151	13 May 1895	Arthur Herbert Emerson Adelaide Johnson	Arthur Herbert Anderson Adelaide Robinson 💍 1895/4158	Bachelor Spinster	Steward	24 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1407		13 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
152	13 May 1895	William Hutchison Helen Hurrell	William Hutchison Hellen Hunter 💍 1895/3565	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	34 25	Wellington Wellington	9 years 9 years	House of Mr. Parker, Argyle Street	95/1473		13 May 1895	M. A. F. Turner
153	13 May 1895	William Henry Thompson Marion Edmiston	William Curry Thompson Marion Edmiston 💍 1895/4159	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	30 33	Wellington Wellington	5 weeks 5 weeks	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1408		13 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
154	14 May 1895	James Padden Annie Regan	James Padden Annie Beeman 💍 1895/3894	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	40 30	Wellington Wellington	14 days 14 days	St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, Pahautanui	95/1801		14 May 1895	Rev. E. Donnelly
155	15 May 1895	William John Spencer Amy Annie King	William John Spencer Amy Annie King 💍 1895/4170	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	21 19	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1418	No relative in colony	29 May 1895	M. L. Wyall
156	16 May 1895	Cecil Roadley Emma Godden	Cecil Roadley Emma Godden 💍 1895/4160	Widower Divorced	Printer	41 28	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1409		16 May 1895	M. L. Wyall

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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).