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 663

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	Date of Certificate	Officiating Minister
344	13 November 1895	Henry William Laing Margaret Payne McBride	Henry William Laing Margaret Bayne McIlvride 💍 1895/2560	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	25 28	Petone Lower Hutt	5 months 4 years	House of Mr. McBride, Lower Hutt	95/3887	13 November 1895	Revd. Andrew Gray
345	14 November 1895	Alfred George Heather Jane Hannah Conden	Alfred George Heather Jane Hannah Condon 💍 1895/1976	Bachelor Spinster	Police Trooper	27 22	Wellington Wellington	4 months 3 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3444	14 November 1895	Very Revd. T. Devoy
346	15 November 1895	Henry Jenkins Annie Louisa Webb	Henry Jenkins Annie Louisa Webb 💍 1895/1921	Widower Widow	Printer	32 32	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. J. Burns, Ghuznee St.	95/3388	15 November 1895	Revd. J. K. Elliot
347	16 November 1895	James Henry Neill Elizabeth McLoughlin	James Henry Neill Elizabeth McLaughlan 💍 1895/2535	Bachelor Spinster	Plate Layer	27 22	Porirua Wellington	4 years 6 months	St. Andrew's Church Terrace	95/4020	16 November 1895	Revd. C. J. Ogg
348	18 November 1895	John Dustin Ann Crawford	John Tustin Ann Crawford 💍 1895/135	Widower Widow	Gardener	65 66	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3366	18 November 1895	W. Elwyay
349	18 November 1895	Arthur Louis Williams Clara Jane Rowell	Arthur Louis Williams Clara Jane Rowell 💍 1895/2007	Bachelor Spinster	Baker	30 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days 4 years	House of Mr. Rowell, Cuba Street	95/3453	18 November 1895	Revd. C. Dallaston
350	18 November 1895	John Tabor Martha Drew	John Tabor Martha Drew 💍 1895/137	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	35 20	Wellington Wellington	5 days 5 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3369	18 November 1895	W. Elwyay
351	18 November 1895	William Henry Hadley Elizabeth Prudence Gill	William Henry Hadley Elizabeth Prudence Gill 💍 1895/1978	Bachelor Spinster	Fellmonger	31 30	Wellington Wellington	4 days 3 years	St. Mary of the Angels	95/3446	18 November 1895	Very Revd. T. Devoy
352	20 November 1895	Frank Buck Sara Jessie Kay	Frank Buck Tara Jessie Kay 💍 1895/139	Bachelor Spinster	Coachman	22 22	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3369	20 November 1895	W. Elwyay
353	20 November 1895	Henry Sargent Phoebe London	Henry Sargent Phoebe London 💍 1895/138	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	26 24	Pahiatua Wellington	17 months 17 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3368	20 November 1895	W. Elwyay
354	20 November 1895	George Arthur Pearson Mary Ethel Burnett	George Arthur Pearson Mary Ethel Ann Burnett 💍 1895/1941	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	33 26	Lower Hutt Lower Hutt	4 years 4 years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	95/3400	20 November 1895	Revd. Joshua Jones
355	20 November 1895	Walter Hope Monah Grace Bruce Monah	Walter Hope Morrah Grace Bruce Mouat 💍 1895/1939	Bachelor Spinster	Clerk	27 24	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	St. Andrew's Church Terrace	95/3399	20 November 1895	Revd. C. J. Ogg
356	22 November 1895	Isaac Ewen Cooley Martha Wilkes	Isaac Ernest Cooley Martha Wilkes 💍 1895/2008	Bachelor Spinster	Farmer	22 24	Mangaweka Lower Hutt	4 years 4 years	House of Mr. Cooley, Mangaweka	95/3454	22 November 1895	Revd. C. Dallaston
357	22 November 1895	Henry Martin Arthur Lillian Lee	Henry Martin Arthur Palliser Heywood Lilian Lee 💍 1895/1942	Bachelor Spinster	Fitter	29 24	Wellington Lower Hutt	4 years 4 years	St. James Church, Lower Hutt	95/3410	22 November 1895	Revd. Joshua Jones
358	23 November 1895	Alfred Llewellyn Jones Clara Roberts	Alfred Llewellyn Trask Clara Roberts 💍 1895/140	Bachelor Spinster	Joiner	32 22	Wellington Wellington	4 years 4 years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	95/3370	23 November 1895	W. Elwyay

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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).