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 043

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 September 1895 Registrar Thomas Wick

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 July 1895

David Robb Bain
Louise Hall

David Robb Bain
Louise Hull
💍 1895/970

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
23

Te Awamutu
Pukete

about 9 months
12 months

At the house of Mr. George Hall, Pukete

95/2269

19 July 1895

Rev. R. C. Beggs, Episcopalian

No	16
Date of Notice	19 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Robb Bain	Louise Hall
BDM Match (95%)	David Robb Bain	Louise Hull
	💍 1895/970
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Te Awamutu	Pukete
Length of Residence	about 9 months	12 months
Marriage Place	At the house of Mr. George Hall, Pukete
Folio	95/2269
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. C. Beggs, Episcopalian

31 August 1895

Reginald Brooking
Katie Salmun

Reginald Brooking Tatton
Katie Salmon
💍 1895/989

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
22

Hamilton
Hamilton

7 days
15 years

In the Wesleyan Church at Hamilton

95/2267

31 August 1895

Rev. E. J. Matter, Wesleyan

No	17
Date of Notice	31 August 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Brooking	Katie Salmun
BDM Match (81%)	Reginald Brooking Tatton	Katie Salmon
	💍 1895/989
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	7 days	15 years
Marriage Place	In the Wesleyan Church at Hamilton
Folio	95/2267
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Matter, Wesleyan

9 September 1895

David Craigie
Louamia Frances Gibbons

David Craigie
Louanna Frances Gibbons
💍 1895/988

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

27
27

Taupiri
Taupiri

6 years
10 years

In the Office of the Registrar at Hamilton

95/2266

10 September 1895

Thomas Wick, Registrar

No	18
Date of Notice	9 September 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Craigie	Louamia Frances Gibbons
BDM Match (96%)	David Craigie	Louanna Frances Gibbons
	💍 1895/988
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Taupiri
Length of Residence	6 years	10 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar at Hamilton
Folio	95/2266
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 September 1895
Officiating Minister	Thomas Wick, Registrar

18 September 1895

Henry Honeybun
Eliza Ann Somerville Hall

Henry Honeybun
Eliza Ann Somerville Hall
💍 1895/969

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
22

Kirikiriroa
Hamilton

18 years
Since birth

In the house of Mr. O'Neill at Hamilton East

95/2268

18 September 1895

Rev. John Hendrie, Presbyterian

No	19
Date of Notice	18 September 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Honeybun	Eliza Ann Somerville Hall
	💍 1895/969
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Kirikiriroa	Hamilton
Length of Residence	18 years	Since birth
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. O'Neill at Hamilton East
Folio	95/2268
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 September 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Hendrie, Presbyterian

23 September 1895

Alexander MacLeod
Charlotte Kate Calvert Davis

Alexander McLeod
Charlotte K C Davies
💍 1895/971

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

47
27

Hamilton
Hamilton

3 days
Since birth

In St. Peter's Church at Hamilton

95/2270

23 September 1895

Rev. R. C. Beggs, Episcopalian

No	20
Date of Notice	23 September 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander MacLeod	Charlotte Kate Calvert Davis
BDM Match (79%)	Alexander McLeod	Charlotte K C Davies
	💍 1895/971
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	47	27
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 days	Since birth
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Church at Hamilton
Folio	95/2270
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. C. Beggs, Episcopalian

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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).