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 664

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
259	26 November 1895	John Rossbotham Mary Vincent Whelan	John Rossbotham Mary Vincente Whelan 💍 1895/1983	Bachelor Spinster	Sailor	30 24	Wellington	years	St. Mary's Cathedral	95/3427		26 November 1895	Rev. S. Dawson
260	26 November 1895	Henry Boyle Freda Simonis	Henry Boyle Frieda Simonis 💍 1895/2515	Bachelor Divorced	Foreman	34 33	Wellington Wellington	3 years	Home of Rev. S. W. Allen	95/4057		26 November 1895	Rev. French Ward
261	27 November 1895	Leonard Wilson Mary Jane Hook	Leonard Wilton Mary Jane Hook 💍 1895/141	Bachelor Spinster	Gardener	29 19	Porirua Tawa Flat	years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3371	Mother	27 November 1895	W. T. Wygall
262	27 November 1895	Thomas Gregory Wylie Emma Kirkly	Thomas Gregory Wilde Emma Kirkby 💍 1895/142	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	35 20	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3372	Mother	27 November 1895	W. T. Wygall
263	28 November 1895	John Joseph Haddick Edith Jessie Heberly	John Joseph Maddock Edith Jessie Heberley 💍 1895/1914	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	21 21	Wellington Wellington	3 weeks	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3373		28 November 1895	W. T. Wygall
264	29 November 1895	James Henry Carter Martha Nicol	James Henry Carter Martha Nicol 💍 1895/1980	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	24 21	Pahautanui Pahautanui	years	Anglican Church	95/3424		29 November 1895	Rev. P. L. Cameron
265	29 November 1895	Daniel Joseph Lord Georgina Shand	Daniel Joseph Love Georgina Shand 💍 1895/1922	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	24 21	Wellington Wellington	years	Home of Rev. J. K. Elliott, Mawhera Quay	95/3389		29 November 1895	Rev. J. K. Elliott
266	2 December 1895	Frederick Fox Rose Galden	Frederick Fox Rose Talden 💍 1895/1946	Bachelor Spinster	Painter	21 20	Wellington Wellington	years	House of Rev. James Guy, Taranaki Street	95/3414	Emma Galden, Mother	2 December 1895	Rev. James Guy
267	2 December 1895	Henry Meaker Margaret Butler	Henry Matier Margaret Butler 💍 1895/1986	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	26 29	Wellington Wellington	1 month	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3417		2 December 1895	Very Rev. F. Devoy
268	2 December 1895	Henry Ainslie Ethel Constance Young	Henry Ainslie Parkinson Ethel Constance Young 💍 1895/1949	Bachelor Spinster	Teacher	20 27	Wellington Wellington	1 month	St. Peter's Church	95/3419		2 December 1895	Rev. W. C. Waters
269	2 December 1895	Leonard Septon Fawley Emily Mansfield	Leonard Sefton Lawfull Emily Mansfield 💍 1895/2263	Bachelor Spinster	Storeman	26 25	Wellington Wellington	years	St. Mark's Church	95/3770		2 December 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
270	3 December 1895	Harry Lark Louie Beard	Harry Lark Louie Beard 💍 1895/1930	Bachelor Spinster	Fellmonger	24 18	Petone Lower Hutt	years	Wesleyan Church	95/3397	Mary Beard, Mother	3 December 1895	Rev. S. G. Carr
271	3 December 1895	Harry Wilson Davis Ada Mabel Pearce	Harry Wilson Davies Ada Mabel Pearce 💍 1895/1961	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	22 21	Wellington Clayton Terrace	years	Home of Rev. J. R. Glasson	95/3421		3 December 1895	Rev. J. R. Glasson
272	4 December 1895	John Malcolm Small Ellen Jane Ludlam	John Malcolm Small Ellen Jane Ludlarn 💍 1895/1925	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	25 24	Petone Wellington	years	Registrar's Office	95/3374		4 December 1895	W. T. Wygall
273	4 December 1895	Alfred Hendle Annie Sarah Bailey	Alfred Hendle Annie Sarah Bailey 💍 1895/1932	Bachelor Spinster	Butcher	25 24	Wellington Wellington	years	Registrar's Office	95/3375		4 December 1895	W. T. Wygall

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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).