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 012

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1895 Registrar J. Thompson Jnr., Deputy Registrar

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

19 February 1895

Frederick George Watson
Amy Skinner

Fredrick George Watson
Amy Skinner
💍 1895/3949

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
25

Onehunga
Onehunga

3 years
25 years

St. Peters Church, Onehunga

95/158

19 February 1895

Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England

No	65
Date of Notice	19 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Watson	Amy Skinner
BDM Match (98%)	Fredrick George Watson	Amy Skinner
	💍 1895/3949
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	25
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Onehunga
Folio	95/158
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. R. Hewlett, Church of England

20 February 1895

Francis McKillop
Mary Jemima Mills

Francis Alexander McKillop
Mary Jemima Mills
💍 1895/250

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
21

Auckland
Auckland, Hobson St.

13 years
10 years

St. Matthews Church, Hobson St., Auckland

95/168

20 February 1895

Rev. L. FitzGerald, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	20 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis McKillop	Mary Jemima Mills
BDM Match (81%)	Francis Alexander McKillop	Mary Jemima Mills
	💍 1895/250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Hobson St.
Length of Residence	13 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church, Hobson St., Auckland
Folio	95/168
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. FitzGerald, Church of England

21 February 1895

Edwin Henry Trevarthen
Eleanor Jane Boyd Gray

Edwin Henry Trewarthen
Eleanor Jane Boyd Gray
💍 1895/199

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
21 years

Registrars Office, Auckland

95/15

21 February 1895

J. Thompson Jnr., Deputy Registrar

No	67
Date of Notice	21 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Henry Trevarthen	Eleanor Jane Boyd Gray
BDM Match (98%)	Edwin Henry Trewarthen	Eleanor Jane Boyd Gray
	💍 1895/199
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Auckland
Folio	95/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1895
Officiating Minister	J. Thompson Jnr., Deputy Registrar

21 February 1895

John Robert Williamson
Maud Alice Mary Victoria Coleman

John Robert Williamson
Maud Alice Mary Victoria Coleman
💍 1895/291

Bachelor
Spinster

Brassfinisher

29
21

Auckland
Auckland, Union St.

20 years
17 years

St. Thomas Church, Union St., Auckland

95/111

21 February 1895

Rev. H. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

No	68
Date of Notice	21 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robert Williamson	Maud Alice Mary Victoria Coleman
	💍 1895/291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brassfinisher
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland, Union St.
Length of Residence	20 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Union St., Auckland
Folio	95/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. M. Du Rieu, Church of England

21 February 1895

Frederick Gustav Bremer
Mary Josephine Ryan

Fredrick Gustave Bremer
Mary Josephine Ryan
💍 1895/288

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
26

Patea
Otahuhu

18 years
26 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

95/84

21 February 1895

Rev. M. D. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	69
Date of Notice	21 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Gustav Bremer	Mary Josephine Ryan
BDM Match (96%)	Fredrick Gustave Bremer	Mary Josephine Ryan
	💍 1895/288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Patea	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	18 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	95/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. D. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

22 February 1895

Lionel Casselberg
Ina Maud Alexander

Lionel Caselberg
Cora Maud Alexander
💍 1895/263

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

25
20

Masterton
Auckland

15 years
10 years

Synagogue, Auckland

95/58

Isidor Alexander, father

22 February 1895

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregation

No	70
Date of Notice	22 February 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lionel Casselberg	Ina Maud Alexander
BDM Match (89%)	Lionel Caselberg	Cora Maud Alexander
	💍 1895/263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Synagogue, Auckland
Folio	95/58
Consent	Isidor Alexander, father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew Congregation

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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).