Intentions to Marry, 1896 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840410, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, June 11 2025

1896 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 716

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1896 Registrar W. I. Wayay

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
399	24 November 1896	Arthur Charles Burr Amelia Charlotte May Thank	Arthur Charles Burr Amelia Charlotte Mary Hustwick 💍 1896/137	Bachelor Spinster	Draper	25 24	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. Peter's Church	96/4380		24 November 1896	Rev. W. C. Waters
400	24 November 1896	William Stewart Weston Alice Mary Green	William Stewart Weston Alice Mary Green 💍 1896/3347	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter	24 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mrs. Green, Abel Smith Street	96/4382		24 November 1896	Mr. A. F. Turner
401	25 November 1896	William Thomas Bassett Ellen Buckley	William Thomas Bassett Ellen Brickley 💍 1896/3453	Bachelor Spinster	Driver	30 19	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	96/4523	William Buckley, Father	25 November 1896	Mr. E. Wayay
402	25 November 1896	Arthur Hugh Fletcher Eliza Maud Hook	Arthur Hugh Fletcher Eliza Maud Hook 💍 1896/3642	Bachelor Spinster	Civil Servant	22 20	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mrs. Granger, Jane Street	96/4372		25 November 1896	Rev. R. Coffey
403	25 November 1896	Percy Frederick Gardner Beatrice Cadman Pullen	Percy Frederick Gardiner Beatrice Adelaide Pullen 💍 1896/3363	Bachelor Spinster	Accountant	27 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mark's Church	96/4372		25 November 1896	Rev. R. Coffey
404	26 November 1896	Robert Robertson Jamieson Catherine Broderick	Robert Robertson Currie Catherine Broderick 💍 1896/3401	Bachelor Spinster	Machinist	22 23	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. Jamieson, Terrace	96/4406		26 November 1896	Rev. J. Guy
405	27 November 1896	James Worsley Annie Lucas	James Worsley Annie Lucas 💍 1896/3454	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	22 21	Wellington Wellington	3 days 3 days	Registrar's Office, Wellington	96/4524		27 November 1896	Mr. E. Wayay
406	28 November 1896	Archibald Dodds Eugenia Burns	Archibald Steel Eugenia Browne 💍 1896/3504	Bachelor Spinster	Engineer	28 24	Wellington Wellington	6 months 18 months	Registrar's Office, Wellington	96/4528		28 November 1896	Mr. E. Wayay
407	1 December 1896	Cecil Roadley Agnes Lindley Nicholls	Cecil Roadley Agnes Lindley Nicholls 💍 1896/4800	Widower Spinster	Settler	42 21	Wellington Wellington	years years	House of Mr. J. K. Elliott, Tasman Street	96/4415		1 December 1896	Rev. J. K. Elliott
408	1 December 1896	James Hurley Catherine Cartin	James Hurley Catherine Curtin 💍 1896/3324	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	32 31	Wellington Wellington	1 week 1 year	St. Joseph's Church	96/4349		1 December 1896	Rev. J. Ainsworth
409	1 December 1896	Ernest Arthur Clance Annie Johnson	Ernest Arthur Clement Annie Johnsen 💍 1896/3376	Bachelor Spinster	Labourer	31 18	Wellington Wellington	years 4 days	House of Mrs. Johnson, Lower Hutt	96/4360	Charles Johnson, Father	1 December 1896	Rev. Andrew Gray
410	1 December 1896	Alexander Sutherland Louise Harrison	Alexander Sutherland Louise Harrison 💍 1896/3640	Bachelor Spinster	Coachman Manufacturer	34 23	Wellington Wellington	3 days years	St. John's Church	96/4726		1 December 1896	Rev. J. Paterson
411	1 December 1896	Samuel Campbell Mary Mabel Driver	Samuel Campbell Mary Mabel Driver 💍 1896/3455	Bachelor Spinster	Night Watchman	34 23	Wellington Petone	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	96/4525		1 December 1896	Mr. E. Wayay
412	1 December 1896	Ferdinand Samuel Seamon Fanny Redward	Ferdinand Samuel Seamon Fanny Redward 💍 1896/3364	Bachelor Spinster	Bank Clerk	30 28	Wellington Wellington	years years	St. Mark's Church	96/4373		1 December 1896	Rev. R. Coffey
413	2 December 1896	Daniel Neil Alice Marshall	David Neil Alice Marshall 💍 1896/3498	Bachelor Spinster	Slaughterman	25 25	Wellington Wellington	years years	Registrar's Office, Wellington	96/4529		2 December 1896	Mr. E. Wayay

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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 1901. More registers are being added almost every week.

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).