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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1895

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

4 March 1895

Alexander Sims
Elizabeth Mary Havell

Alexander Sims
Elizabeth Mary Wavell
💍 1895/276

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

59
33

Auckland
Auckland

50 years
13 years

St. Andrews Church, Auckland

95/76

4 March 1895

Rev. A. Carrick, Presbyterian

No	90
Date of Notice	4 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Sims	Elizabeth Mary Havell
BDM Match (98%)	Alexander Sims	Elizabeth Mary Wavell
	💍 1895/276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	59	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	50 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church, Auckland
Folio	95/76
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Carrick, Presbyterian

4 March 1895

Henry Hughes
Mary Ann Hughes

Henry Withers
Mary Anne Austin
💍 1895/322

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

26
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

95/21

Janet Hughes, Mother

4 March 1895

J. Thompson Jnr., Depy. Regr.

No	91
Date of Notice	4 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hughes	Mary Ann Hughes
BDM Match (66%)	Henry Withers	Mary Anne Austin
	💍 1895/322
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	26	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	95/21
Consent	Janet Hughes, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 March 1895
Officiating Minister	J. Thompson Jnr., Depy. Regr.

5 March 1895

Arthur Riley Savage
Rachel Savage

Arthur Riley
Rachel Savage
💍 1895/260

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
2 years

House of Mr. E. Waller, Eden Terrace

95/55

Valentine Savage, Father

5 March 1895

Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

No	92
Date of Notice	5 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Riley Savage	Rachel Savage
BDM Match (82%)	Arthur Riley	Rachel Savage
	💍 1895/260
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. E. Waller, Eden Terrace
Folio	95/55
Consent	Valentine Savage, Father
Date of Certificate	5 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

5 March 1895

John Broom Webster
Mary Leah Finch

John Croom Webster
Mary Leah Finch
💍 1895/283

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

32
25

Devonport
Auckland

20 years
15 years

House of Mr. R. E. Finch, Mount St.

95/79

5 March 1895

Rev. S. F. Prior, Wesleyan

No	93
Date of Notice	5 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Broom Webster	Mary Leah Finch
BDM Match (97%)	John Croom Webster	Mary Leah Finch
	💍 1895/283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. E. Finch, Mount St.
Folio	95/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. F. Prior, Wesleyan

6 March 1895

James Cuthbertson
Margaret Anderson Maria Bond

James Cuthbertson
Margaret Anderson Maria Bond
💍 1895/267

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
27 years

House of Mr. Ebhamptaloup, Birkenhead

95/86

6 March 1895

Rev. L. Hudson, Wesleyan

No	94
Date of Notice	6 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Cuthbertson	Margaret Anderson Maria Bond
	💍 1895/267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	27 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Ebhamptaloup, Birkenhead
Folio	95/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Hudson, Wesleyan

7 March 1895

Thomas Reynolds Millicent
Grace Mason

Thomas Henry Penn
Grace Martin
💍 1896/267

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

32
29

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
29 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

95/20

7 March 1895

J. Thompson Jnr., Depy. Regr.

No	95
Date of Notice	7 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Reynolds Millicent	Grace Mason
BDM Match (62%)	Thomas Henry Penn	Grace Martin
	💍 1896/267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	95/20
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1895
Officiating Minister	J. Thompson Jnr., Depy. Regr.

11 March 1895

William Henry Tandy
Jane Weir

William Henry Tandy
Jane Weir
💍 1895/305

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
15 years

House of Mrs J. Weir, Newton

95/104

11 March 1895

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	96
Date of Notice	11 March 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Tandy	Jane Weir
	💍 1895/305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs J. Weir, Newton
Folio	95/104
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

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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).