Intentions to Marry, 1895 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840408, 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 007

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1895 Registrar H. Lyons

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

271

1 August 1895

Edward Killip
Jessie Liteta

Edward Killip
Jessie Davidson Litster
💍 1895/1485

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

40
29

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
29 years

House of Mr. J. Killip, Avon Street

95/2826

1 August 1895

Rev. J. Lawry, Wesleyan

No	271
Date of Notice	1 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Killip	Jessie Liteta
BDM Match (74%)	Edward Killip	Jessie Davidson Litster
	💍 1895/1485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	40	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Killip, Avon Street
Folio	95/2826
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Lawry, Wesleyan

272

2 August 1895

Samuel Hall
Emily McCammon

Samuel Hall
Emily McCammon
💍 1895/1651

Widower
Widow

Carter

44
29

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Mr. A. Johnson, Lorne St.

95/2979

2 August 1895

Rev. G. E. Hard, Primitive Methodist

No	272
Date of Notice	2 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hall	Emily McCammon
	💍 1895/1651
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Carter
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. A. Johnson, Lorne St.
Folio	95/2979
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Hard, Primitive Methodist

273

2 August 1895

Tom Markwick
Emily Maria Baker

Tom Markwick
Emily Maria Baker
💍 1895/1650

Widower
Spinster

Steward

37
27

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
2 years

House of Mr. M. Baker, Symonds St.

95/2978

2 August 1895

Rev. G. E. Hard, Primitive Methodist

No	273
Date of Notice	2 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tom Markwick	Emily Maria Baker
	💍 1895/1650
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. M. Baker, Symonds St.
Folio	95/2978
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Hard, Primitive Methodist

274

2 August 1895

Joseph Hare
Eunice Annie Bamford

Joseph Hare Wood
Eunice Annie Bamford
💍 1895/958

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
13 years

House of Mr. H. Bamford, Arch Hill, Auckland

95/2208

2 August 1895

Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	274
Date of Notice	2 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Hare	Eunice Annie Bamford
BDM Match (84%)	Joseph Hare Wood	Eunice Annie Bamford
	💍 1895/958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	13 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. H. Bamford, Arch Hill, Auckland
Folio	95/2208
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

275

2 August 1895

George Hart
Emily Florence Ball

George Hart
Emily Florence Ball
💍 1895/886

Bachelor
Spinster

Mat Maker

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
7 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

95/2156

2 August 1895

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	275
Date of Notice	2 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Hart	Emily Florence Ball
	💍 1895/886
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mat Maker
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	95/2156
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1895
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

276

3 August 1895

Andrew Butler
Louisa Horhett

Andrew Butler
Louisa Woskett
💍 1895/1704

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

19
20

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
20 years

St. Benedict Church, Auckland

95/3109

J. Butler, father; John Horhett, father

3 August 1895

Very Rev. D. W. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	276
Date of Notice	3 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Butler	Louisa Horhett
BDM Match (89%)	Andrew Butler	Louisa Woskett
	💍 1895/1704
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict Church, Auckland
Folio	95/3109
Consent	J. Butler, father; John Horhett, father
Date of Certificate	3 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. W. Egan, Roman Catholic

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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).