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 200

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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
204	1 July 1895	Charles Henry Scott Elizabeth Jane Symons	Charles Henry Scott Elizabeth Jane Symons 💍 1895/1097	Bachelor Spinster	Grocer	24 18	Wellington Wellington	years years	None of above W. J. Symons House, Kent Terrace	95/2464	William J. Symons, Father	1 July 1895	Rev. James Guy
205	1 July 1895	Henry Edward Collett Martha Louisa Eades	Henry Edward Collett Martha Louisa Eades 💍 1895/80	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 17	Mangaweka Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/2438	John Eades, Father	1 July 1895	W. T. Wyatt
206	2 July 1895	William Fernie Eva Mary Ward	William Bernard Francis Cahill Eva Mary Ward 💍 1895/1101	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	29 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	None of above W. J. Symons House, Kent Terrace	95/2468		2 July 1895	Rev. W. Baumber
207	2 July 1895	George Briant Elizabeth Bain	George Briant Elizabeth Bain 💍 1895/81	Bachelor Spinster	Fireman	27 27	Wellington Wellington	1 year years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/2439		2 July 1895	Rev. J. Paterson
208	2 July 1895	Thomas Moriarty Annie Pearcy	Thomas Moriarty Annie Pearcey 💍 1895/1586	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	26 22	Wellington Wellington	1 year 1 week	House of Mr. J. Ward, Ingestre Street	95/2933		3 July 1895	Rev. J. Ward
209	3 July 1895	Charles Humphry Ralph Rebecca Fletcher	Charles Humphrey Ralph Rebecca Fletcher 💍 1895/1179	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	24 21	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	House of Mr. J. Ralph, Webb Street	95/2477		4 July 1895	W. T. Wyatt
210	4 July 1895	Chester Pike Merrel Alice Amelia Blackburn	Chester Pike Morrell Alice Amelia Blackbee 💍 1895/82	Bachelor Spinster	Plate Layer	33 23	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/2440		4 July 1895	W. T. Wyatt
211	5 July 1895	James Goldin Carpenter Sylvia Norah Carlsen	James Godkin Carpenter Sylvia Horatia Carlisle Masters 💍 1895/3870	Bachelor Spinster	Insurance Manager	29 26	Wellington Wellington	years years	Hacklings, St. James Church	95/2493		5 July 1895	Rev. W. Thiner
212	6 July 1895	Henry Ladd Annie Elizabeth Deven	Henry Ladd Annie Elizabeth Davies 💍 1895/83	Bachelor Widow	Mariner	27 27	Wellington Wellington	years years	Adelaide Road, Registrars Office, Wellington	95/2441		6 July 1895	W. T. Wyatt
213	9 July 1895	Charles Edward Cornish Constance Barclay	Charles Edward Armstrong Constance Barclay 💍 1895/1638	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	29 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. Pauls Cathedral	95/2990		9 July 1895	Rev. W. G. Waters
214	9 July 1895	Henry Hurlstone Bender Sarah Ann Marchant	Henry Amy Bender Sarah Annie Marshment 💍 1895/1098	Bachelor Spinster	Real Bender	28 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Marks Church	95/2460	Thomas Marchant, Father	9 July 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
215	11 July 1895	George Kingham Matthews Annie Evans	George Shingleton Matthews Annie Evans 💍 1895/84	Bachelor Widow	Clerk	52 38	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrars Office, Wellington	95/2442		11 July 1895	W. T. Wyatt
216	12 July 1895	Richard Joseph Benko Bridget Fogarty	Richard Joseph Burke Bridget Fogarty 💍 1895/1108	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 27	The Summit Wellington	12 years 12 years	12 St. Marys Cathedral	95/2474		12 July 1895	Rev. J. G. Dawson
217	13 July 1895	Frederick Crabb Lily Rickarly	Frederick Crabb Lily Rickerly 💍 1895/1178	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 21	Wellington Wellington	3 weeks 3 months	House of Mr. Ward, Nelson Street	95/2500		13 July 1895	Rev. W. Thiner
218	15 July 1895	Alexander Snodgrass Edith Carter	Alexander Snodgrass Edith Carter 💍 1895/1177	Bachelor Spinster	Tradesman	31 29	Wellington Wellington	1 week years	St. Marys Church, Karori	95/2499		15 July 1895	Rev. A. Dasent

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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).