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 370

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1895 Registrar M. J. Hall

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

9 February 1895

Andrew Kinross
Jemima Violet Worland

Andrew Kinross
Jemima Violet Borland
💍 1895/3127

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

38 years
28 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

2 years
38 years

In the house of Mrs Catherine Bennewith, Hanover Street

95/801

9 February 1895

Revd James Clark, Presbyterian Minister

No	34
Date of Notice	9 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Kinross	Jemima Violet Worland
BDM Match (98%)	Andrew Kinross	Jemima Violet Borland
	💍 1895/3127
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	38 years	28 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	2 years	38 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Catherine Bennewith, Hanover Street
Folio	95/801
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Revd James Clark, Presbyterian Minister

12 February 1895

Thomas Glaister
Alice Edith Woolland

Thomas Glaister
Alice Edith Woolland
💍 1895/3140

Bachelor
Widow

Cabinetmaker

31 years
32 years

Mornington
Andersons Bay

12 years
6 months

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages

95/791

12 February 1895

M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	35
Date of Notice	12 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Glaister	Alice Edith Woolland
	💍 1895/3140
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	31 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Mornington	Andersons Bay
Length of Residence	12 years	6 months
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	95/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1895
Officiating Minister	M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

12 February 1895

William Mathieson
Annie Carson

William Matheson
Annie Carson
💍 1895/3136

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

28 years
23 years

Dunedin
Mornington

9 years
4 years

In the house of Mrs Jane Carson

95/810

12 February 1895

Revd R. J. Porter, Presbyterian Minister

No	36
Date of Notice	12 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mathieson	Annie Carson
BDM Match (97%)	William Matheson	Annie Carson
	💍 1895/3136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	28 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	9 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Jane Carson
Folio	95/810
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Revd R. J. Porter, Presbyterian Minister

12 February 1895

Henry Ingram Inder
Agnes Turner

Henry Ingram Insley
Agnes Turner
💍 1895/3253

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

23 years
23 years

Opoho
Opoho

5 years
13 years

In the house of Coll Turner

95/850

12 February 1895

Revd W. Ready, Bible Christian Minister

No	37
Date of Notice	12 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Ingram Inder	Agnes Turner
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Ingram Insley	Agnes Turner
	💍 1895/3253
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	23 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Opoho	Opoho
Length of Residence	5 years	13 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Coll Turner
Folio	95/850
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Revd W. Ready, Bible Christian Minister

13 February 1895

Henry William Reynolds
Johanna Wilhelmina Hayes

Henry William Reynolds
Johanna Wilhelmina Hayes
💍 1895/3249

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

24 years
24 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 months
4 years

In the house of Revd Alfred North

95/846

13 February 1895

Revd A. North, Baptist Minister

No	38
Date of Notice	13 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Reynolds	Johanna Wilhelmina Hayes
	💍 1895/3249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	24 years	24 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 months	4 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Revd Alfred North
Folio	95/846
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Revd A. North, Baptist Minister

14 February 1895

Edward Fowler
Mary Karetai

Edward Fowler
Mary Karetai
💍 1895/3141

Bachelor
Spinster

Fisherman

25 years
23 years

Maori Kaik
Maori Kaik

3 years
23 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages

95/792

14 February 1895

M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	39
Date of Notice	14 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Fowler	Mary Karetai
	💍 1895/3141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fisherman
Age	25 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Maori Kaik	Maori Kaik
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages
Folio	95/792
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1895
Officiating Minister	M. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

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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 1903. More registers are being added almost every week.

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).