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 658

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 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
299	3 October 1895	Frederick George Biddle Martha Ann Green	Frederick George Biddle Martha Ann Green 💍 1895/2005	Bachelor Spinster	Bootmaker	24 19	Wellington Tory Street	years	Home of [illegible] Tory Street	95/3451	Michael Green, Father	3 October 1895	Reverend C. Dalaston
300	4 October 1895	James Darmody Mary Brosnahan	James Darmody Mary Brosnahan 💍 1895/1969	Bachelor Spinster	Dairyman	21 22	Wellington Wellington	years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3438		4 October 1895	Reverend J. Ainsworth
301	4 October 1895	James O'Reilly Ellen Cooney	James O'Reilly Ellen Cooney 💍 1895/1970	Bachelor Spinster	Warden	31 27	Wellington Wellington	1 week years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3439		4 October 1895	Very Reverend F. Terry
302	7 October 1895	George William Regarty Elizabeth Emily Bryant	George William Rigardsford Elizabeth Emily Briant 💍 1895/1948 George Waring Parker Elizabeth Lilly Brown 💍 1896/4391	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	21 22	Wellington Wellington	years	St. Peters Church	95/3416		7 October 1895	Reverend W. C. Waters
303	7 October 1895	Hamuera Tercher Elizabeth McRae	Hamuera Teretiu Elizabeth McRae 💍 1895/149 John Blair Dempster Elizabeth McRae 💍 1895/1403	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	21 19	Wellington Wellington	year	Registrar office, Wellington	95/3356	Kate McRae, Mother	7 October 1895	Mr. W. Wyatt
304	8 October 1895	Henry Arthur Blake Charlotte Knox	Henry Arthur Blake Charlotte Knox 💍 1895/1971	Bachelor Spinster	Blacksmith	26 21	Wellington Wellington	5 days 1 week	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3440		8 October 1895	Reverend W. Goggan
305	10 October 1895	Arthur Laming Jane Davies	Arthur Laming Jane Davies 💍 1895/1982 Alfred Nettlingham Jane Davies 💍 1895/950	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	33 33	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Mr. [illegible] Haining Street	95/3426		10 October 1895	Mr. Reuben Edwards
306	14 October 1895	Charles Arthur Bevan Elizabeth Ruck	Charles Arthur Bevan Elizabeth Ruck 💍 1895/2513	Bachelor Spinster	Groom	25 23	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Mrs. Ruck, Victoria Street	95/4055		14 October 1895	Reverend Josiah Ward
307	14 October 1895	Peter Bodelsen Hansen Louisa Alicia Minter	Peter Bodelsen Hansen Louisa Alicia Mintrom 💍 1895/1958	Widower Spinster	Bootmaker	45 33	Wellington Wellington	years 18 months	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street	95/3405		14 October 1895	Reverend W. Baumber
308	14 October 1895	Frederick Cavendish Lawrence Louisa Macey	Frederick Edward Lawrence Louisa Macey 💍 1895/1944	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	22 22	Wellington Wellington	years	Home of Reverend J. Guy, Webb Street	95/3412		14 October 1895	Reverend J. Guy
309	14 October 1895	Charles Henry Williams Mary Ann Cother	Charles Henry Williams Mary Ann Cother 💍 1895/2006	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	26 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days years	Baptist Church, Vivian Street	95/3452		14 October 1895	Reverend C. Dalaston
310	15 October 1895	John Goldstein Jane Loft	John Goldstein Jane Loft 💍 1895/126	Bachelor Widow	Watchmaker	24 40	Wellington Wellington	4 months	Registrar office, Wellington	95/3357		15 October 1895	Mr. W. Wyatt
311	15 October 1895	John Thomas Craig Mary Philimine Cudby	John Thomas Craig Mary Philomina Cudby 💍 1895/1981	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	29 24	Upper Hutt Upper Hutt	years	Roman Catholic Church, Upper Hutt	95/3423		15 October 1895	Reverend John Lane
312	16 October 1895	Francis William Humphry Josephine McLaughlin	Francis William Humphreys Josephine McLaughlin 💍 1895/127	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	21 18	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar office, Wellington	95/3358	Elizabeth McLaughlin, Mother	16 October 1895	Mr. W. Wyatt
313	17 October 1895	Edward Willoughby Ernest Hombelay Catherine Margaret Wallace	Edward Willoughby Ernest Hombersley Catherine Margaret Wallace 💍 1895/128	Bachelor Widow	Clerk	41 40	Wellington Wellington	3 days	Registrar office, Wellington	95/3359		17 October 1895	Mr. W. Wyatt

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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).