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 664

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
112	9 April 1895	Duncan McBeth Mary Lowes	Duncan McBeth Mary Lowes 💍 1895/3568	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	45 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	95/1476		9 April 1895	Rev. W. Bamford
113	9 April 1895	Thomas Whelan Agnes Mowbray	Thomas Whelehan Crotty Agnes Mowbrey 💍 1895/3706 Thomas Cameron Agnes McDonald 💍 1895/1529	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	32 25	Wellington Wellington	3 years 14 days	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1438		9 April 1895	Very Rev. T. Devoy
114	9 April 1895	Thomas Yeatts Mary Poulson	Thomas Yeatts Mary Poulson 💍 1895/3560	Bachelor Spinster	Carrier	24 18	Karori Wellington	3 years 3 years	House of George Yeatts, Karori	95/1489	George Poulson, father	9 April 1895	Rev. R. J. Murray
115	10 April 1895	Percival John Comport May Ann Crawford	Percival John Crawford Margaret Crawford 💍 1895/3635	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	22 24	Wellington Wellington	3 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1391		10 April 1895	W. D. Wyatt
116	10 April 1895	Robert Crickmore Alice Maud William	Robert Crickmore Alice Maud Williams 💍 1895/3569	Bachelor Spinster	Foundry Hand	26 22	Wellington Wellington	3 years	Wesley Church	95/1477		10 April 1895	Rev. W. Bamford
117	16 April 1895	Ernest Augustus Little Rice Elizabeth Barrett	Ernest Augustus Little Rose Elizabeth Barrett 💍 1895/3636	Widower Spinster	Storeman	28 20	Wellington Wellington	5 days 1 year	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1392	William Henry Barrett, father	16 April 1895	W. D. Wyatt
118	16 April 1895	Charles Edwin Hanton Margaret Maude Cullen	Charles Edwin Hawker Margaret Maud Mullin 💍 1895/3996	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	25 20	Wellington Wellington	2 years	House of Captain Edward Bricker	95/1485	Roland Pegley, Guardian	16 April 1895	Mr. Reuben Edwards
119	18 April 1895	James McKay Mary Jane Connolly	James McKay Mary Jane Connolly 💍 1895/3637	Bachelor Spinster	Surveyor	27 24	Wellington Wellington	5 days 1 month	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1393		18 April 1895	W. D. Wyatt
120	19 April 1895	James Rodger Smith Maggie Purdie	James Rodger Smith Maggie Purdie 💍 1895/3562	Bachelor Spinster	Brickmaker	24 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days	House of Rev. C. S. Ogg	95/1491		19 April 1895	Rev. C. S. Ogg
121	19 April 1895	William Smith Hutchison Annie O'Neil	William Smith Hutcheson Annie O'Neill 💍 1895/3559	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	35 25	Petone Lower Hutt	4 years 5 weeks	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt	95/1488		19 April 1895	Rev. John Lane
122	22 April 1895	James Ward Lucy Margaret McDonald	James Ward Lucy Margaret McDonald 💍 1895/3707 James Gordon Mary McDonald 💍 1895/1449	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	23 24	Wellington Wellington	3 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1439		22 April 1895	Rev. J. Ainsworth
123	22 April 1895	Frederick Gushing Margaret Griffiths	Frederick Curtice Margaret Griffiths 💍 1895/3708	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	26 28	Wellington Wellington	3 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/1440		22 April 1895	Rev. W. Goggan
124	22 April 1895	Percy Lister Elizabeth Sidey	Percy Muter Elizabeth Sidey 💍 1895/3572	Bachelor Spinster	Actuary	31 29	Wellington Wellington	3 years	St. James Church	95/1481		22 April 1895	Rev. W. Shine
125	24 April 1895	Charles Glendinning Frances Scouller		Bachelor Spinster	No occupation	23 21	Wellington Wellington	3 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1397		24 April 1895	W. D. Wyatt
126	24 April 1895	James Wyatt Ede Jane Scantlebury	James Wyatt Ede Jane Scantlebury 💍 1895/4164	Bachelor Spinster	Settler	57 38	Wellington Wellington	3 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1395		24 April 1895	W. D. Wyatt

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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).