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 216

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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
76	4 March 1895	Engelbert Fuchs Kate Theresa Brooks	Engelbert Julius Fremersdorf Kate Theresa Brooke 💍 1895/2871	Bachelor Widow	Traveller	28 29	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/427		4 March 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
77	7 March 1895	William Reid Frances Ann Baker	William Reid Francis Ann Baker 💍 1895/2913	Bachelor Widow	Foreman	46 42	Wellington Wellington	4 years	House of Capt. Fleming, Jessie Street	95/497		7 March 1895	Mr. Reuben Edwards
78	8 March 1895	David Lloyd Sarah Jane Burns	David Lloyd Sarah Jane Burns 💍 1895/2912	Bachelor Widow	Mariner	37 47	Wellington Wellington	4 years	House of Capt. Fleming, Jessie Street	95/496		8 March 1895	Mr. Reuben Edwards
79	11 March 1895	David Martin Emma Barry	David Marton Emma Barry 💍 1895/2872	Widower Widow	Farmer	41 44	Heywards Paramata	4 years	Registrars Office	95/428		11 March 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
80	11 March 1895	Alfred George Hork Minnie White	Alfred George Mason Hook Minnie White 💍 1895/2873	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 19	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/429	Thomas Corner, Guardian	11 March 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
81	12 March 1895	John Sidney Smith Eva Florence Foster	John Sidney Smith Eva Florence Futter 💍 1895/2958	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 22	Horokiwi Valley Wellington	4 years	St. Pauls Cathedral	95/447		12 March 1895	Rev. J. H. Sprott
82	14 March 1895	Frederick Lee Ellen Emily Finnegan	Frederick Lee Ellen Emily Branigan 💍 1895/2949	Widower Spinster	Settler	43 22	Wellington Wellington	4 days 14 days	Registrars Office	95/430		14 March 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
83	15 March 1895	Charles Cleff Mary Elfrida Holm	Charles Cliff Mary Alfreda Holm 💍 1895/2926	Bachelor Spinster	Master Mariner	32 23	Wellington Wellington	6 days	St. Marks Church	95/488		15 March 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
84	15 March 1895	John Frankland Althia Elizabeth Wilson	John Frankland Daniel Althea Elizabeth Wilson 💍 1895/2971	Bachelor Widow	Railway Employee	37 37	Wellington Wellington	4 years	St. Andrews Church	95/436		15 March 1895	Rev. C. J. Ogg
85	19 March 1895	William Alexander Chuckworth Annie Finn	William Alexander Duckworth Annie Finn 💍 1895/2925	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 27	Wellington Wellington	3 days 1 week	St. Marks Church	95/487		19 March 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
86	19 March 1895	Edmund Mudgway Nelly Barron	Edmund Mudgway Nelly Barron 💍 1895/2963	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	28 28	Petone Wellington	4 years	St. Peters Church	95/451		19 March 1895	Rev. W. C. Waters
87	19 March 1895	James Faullneck Harriet Lewis Linley	James Fussell Harriet Ann Miller 💍 1895/934	Bachelor Spinster	Upholsterer	27 22	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Windsor Place	95/1191		19 March 1895	Mr. A. F. Turner
88	19 March 1895	Maurice Gandy Margaret Willoughby	Maurice Gandy Margaret Molloumly 💍 1895/3631	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	18 18	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars Office	95/1388	William John Gandy, Father. No relation to Colony.	2 April 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
89	20 March 1895	Alfred France Mary Young Wright	Alfred France Mary Young Wright 💍 1895/2960	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	28 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Registrars Office	95/431		20 March 1895	Mr. D. Wyall
90	20 March 1895	Thomas William Glenn Lydia Harries Reeve	Thomas William Slinn Lydia Harriet Reeve 💍 1895/2918	Bachelor Spinster	Boilermaker	23 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years	Baptist Church, Vivian Street	95/502		20 March 1895	C. Dallaston

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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).