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 205

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
279	13 September 1895	William Graham Margaret Kebbell	William Graham Malone Vining Margaret Kebbell 💍 1895/1100	Bachelor Spinster	Importer	21 24	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. Marks Church	95/2467		13 September 1895	Rev. R. Coffey
280	14 September 1895	John Bleakley Ruth Winnard	John Bleaklsy Ruth Winnard 💍 1895/1105	Bachelor Spinster	Accountant	36 36	Wellington Wellington	3 days 2 years	Wesleyan Parsonage, Taranaki Street	95/2471		14 September 1895	Rev. W. Baumber
281	14 September 1895	Edmund Kingsford Robertson Frederica Wilhelmina Newling	Edmund Kingsford Robinson Fredericka Wielhelmina Newling 💍 1895/1184	Bachelor Widow	Mariner	40 40	Wellington Wellington	years 2 years	St. Peters Church	95/2482		14 September 1895	Rev. N. C. Waters
282	16 September 1895	Frank Rhodes Sybil Mary Hughes	Frank Rhodes Sybil Mary Hughes 💍 1895/1643	Bachelor Spinster	Solicitor	33 23	Wellington Wellington	4 years 7 years	St. Pauls Cathedral	95/2994		16 September 1895	Rev. J. H. Sprott
283	16 September 1895	Frank Carl Matthews Agnes Sarah Halliday	Frank Carle Matthews Agnes Sarah Halliday 💍 1895/2550	Bachelor Widow	Commercial Traveller	35 29	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/1022		16 September 1895	W. D. Wyatt
284	16 September 1895	Albert Edward Young Katherine Eliza Roden Plimmer	Albert Edward Young Katherine Eliza Roden Plimmer 💍 1895/1180	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	24 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	Wesleyan Parsonage, Riddiford Street	95/2478		16 September 1895	Rev. Josiah Ward
285	18 September 1895	James Boyce Amy Maria Wells	James Boyce Amy Maria Mills 💍 1895/1092	Bachelor Spinster	Shepherd	26 22	Wellington Wellington	10 years 3 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/2459		18 September 1895	W. D. Wyatt
286	18 September 1895	Charles Stanley Coding Agnes Cecilia Murphy	Charles Stanley Cording Agnes Cecilia Murphy 💍 1895/1107	Bachelor Spinster	Salesman	22 21	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	House of Mr. Coming, Broughton Street	95/2473		18 September 1895	Rev. B. J. Hallowes
287	20 September 1895	Alfred Isaac George Ellen Mary Trafford	Alfred Isaac Geange Ellen May Stratford 💍 1895/1106	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 20	Upper Hutt Wellington	years 1 year	House of Mr. Trafford, Daniell Street	95/2472	John Trafford, Father	20 September 1895	Rev. B. J. Hallowes
288	21 September 1895	Louis Henry O'Brien Annie Elizabeth Morgan	Louis Henry O'Brien Annie Elizabeth Morgan 💍 1895/1168	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	23 25	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	House of Rev. G. Dallaston, Wallace Street	95/2490		21 September 1895	Rev. G. Dallaston
289	24 September 1895	Stephen Geary Jones Kate Jane Blakemore	Stephen Geary Katie Jane Blakemore 💍 1895/1170	Bachelor Spinster	Compositor	18 18	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Home of Mr. J. R. Gleeson	95/2492	Stephen Geary, Father; Emma Montague, Mother	24 September 1895	Rev. J. R. Gleeson
290	24 September 1895	Herbert John Duston Lily Annie Scholes	Herbert John Dutton Lily Annie Scholes 💍 1895/1096	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	25 18	Wellington Belmont	years 1 year	Home of Mr. Scholes, Belmont	95/2463	Ralph Scholes, Father	24 September 1895	Rev. Joshua Jones
291	25 September 1895	Donald MacGillivray Susan Emma Nelson	Donald MacGillivray Susan Emma Nelson 💍 1895/1094	Bachelor Spinster	Mariner	25 19	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/2461	Annie Nelson, Mother	25 September 1895	W. D. Wyatt
292	26 September 1895	John Frank Williams Beatrice Amy Clara Baker	John Frank Williams Beatrice Amy Clara Baker 💍 1895/2534	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	20 19	Wellington Wellington	years 1 year	Home of Mr. Baker, Mein Street	95/4054	William Henry Baker, Father	26 September 1895	Rev. Josiah Ward
293	26 September 1895	Patrick Mahony Mary Fitzgerald	Patrick Mahoney Mary Fitzgerald 💍 1895/1507 Daniel Flynn Mary Fitzgerald 💍 1895/3218	Bachelor Spinster	Plumber	22 20	Wellington Karori	years 1 year	St. Mary of the Angels	95/2851	Ellen Murphy, Mother	26 September 1895	Very Rev. J. Devoy

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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).