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 662

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
329	4 November 1895	George Hill Edith Mary Henry	George Hill Edith Mary Henry 💍 1895/1975	Bachelor Spinster	French Polish	22 22	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3443		4 November 1895	Rev. W. Goggam
330	4 November 1895	Thomas Carman Frances Elizabeth Rewitt	Thomas Cartman Frances Elizabeth Bissett 💍 1895/134	Bachelor Spinster	Miner	27 19	Wellington Wellington	5 days 16	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3365		4 November 1895	W. Wyllie
331	4 November 1895	David Thomson Amy May Whale	David Thomson Amy May Whale 💍 1895/132	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	27 22	Wellington Wellington	1 week 1 week	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3363		4 November 1895	W. Wyllie
332	5 November 1895	Charles William Howard Mary Ann Lawton	Charles William Howard Mary Ann Lawton 💍 1895/1959	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	29 21	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Wesley Church	95/3406		5 November 1895	Rev. W. Baroumber
333	5 November 1895	Henry Thomas Jameson Elizabeth Mary Annell	Henry Thomas Jameson Elizabeth Mary Murrell 💍 1895/2514	Bachelor Spinster	Commission Agent	43 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mrs. Annell, Majoribanks Street	95/4056		5 November 1895	Rev. Josiah Ward
334	6 November 1895	William Kells Clora Maud Cole		Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	24 17	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Robert Case, Cambridge Terrace	95/3400	Robert Case, father	6 November 1895	Rev. J. Paterson
335	6 November 1895	George William Lowe Minnie Edith Gard	George William Lowe Minnie Edith Gard 💍 1895/1979	Widower Spinster	Blind Maker	24 20	Wellington Upper Hutt	4 years 4 years	Anglican Church, Upper Hutt	95/3423	William Gamp, father	6 November 1895	Rev. P. L. M. Cameron
336	7 November 1895	Charles James Hale Harriet Avery Dunkley	Charles James Hale Harriet Amy Dunkley 💍 1895/1920	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	24 30	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	House of Rev. J. K. Elliott, Tasman Street	95/3387		7 November 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
337	7 November 1895	Alfred Ernest Bradley Johanna Shea	Alfred Earnest Bradley Johanna Shea 💍 1895/1974	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	23 23	Wellington Wellington	6 months 6 months	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3442		7 November 1895	Very Rev. T. Every
338	7 November 1895	Philip Lowry Rose Morris	Philip Lowry Rose Morris 💍 1895/2418	Bachelor Spinster	Shepherd	23 22	Petone Petone	3 weeks 5 years	House of Mr. Morris, Petone	95/3965		7 November 1895	Rev. A. Thomson
339	8 November 1895	George Alfred Charles Robinson Ida Emily Leaked Hank	George Alfred Charles Robieson Ida Emily Mabel Hawk 💍 1895/2574	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	31 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Paul's Cathedral	95/3901		8 November 1895	Rev. S. H. Sprott
340	12 November 1895	George Henry Vickers Laura Eva Read	George Henry Vickers Laura Eva Read 💍 1895/1977	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	23 25	Wellington Wellington	4 days 3	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3445		12 November 1895	Rev. J. Ainsworth
341	12 November 1895	Thomas Albert James Amelia Mabel Ohagan	Thomas Albert James Amelia Mabel Ottaway Mann 💍 1895/2419	Bachelor Spinster	Miner	23 35	Petone Petone	1 month 1 month	House of Bride, Petone	95/3966		12 November 1895	Rev. A. Thomson
342	12 November 1895	Charles Thomas Callis Elizabeth Aitken Nimmo	Charles Thomas Callis Elizabeth Aitken Nimmo 💍 1895/2262	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	27 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Mark's Church	95/3769		12 November 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
343	13 November 1895	Arthur George Thomas Coleman Mary Hogan	Arthur George Thomas Coleman Mary Hogan 💍 1895/133 Hugh Dougherty Mary Hogan 💍 1895/3605	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	25 21	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	9 months 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3364		13 November 1895	W. Wyllie

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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).