Intentions to Marry, 1898 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840413, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, June 27 2025

1898 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 005

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

10 January 1898

John Carroll Buchanan
Harriet Louise Montgomery

John Carroll Buchanan
Harriette Louise Montgomery
💍 1898/89

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 years

St. Sepulchre's Church

98/98

10 January 1898

Ven. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

No	15
Date of Notice	10 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Carroll Buchanan	Harriet Louise Montgomery
BDM Match (96%)	John Carroll Buchanan	Harriette Louise Montgomery
	💍 1898/89
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	98/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

10 January 1898

William Augustus O'Halloran
Emily Ethel Hesketh

William Augustus O'Halloran
Emily Ethel Hesketh
💍 1898/38

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
22 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

98/45

10 January 1898

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	10 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Augustus O'Halloran	Emily Ethel Hesketh
	💍 1898/38
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	98/45
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

10 January 1898

Charles Philip Stichbury
Elizabeth Mary Theresa Matheson

Charles Philip Stichbury
Elizabeth Mary Theresa Matheson
💍 1898/2600

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
3 months

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

98/81

10 January 1898

Rev. J. C. Darby, Roman Catholic

No	17
Date of Notice	10 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Philip Stichbury	Elizabeth Mary Theresa Matheson
	💍 1898/2600
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	98/81
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Darby, Roman Catholic

10 January 1898

Edwin John Wickham
Mary Gleeson

Edwin John Wickham
Mary Gleeson
💍 1898/150

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
25 years

Presbyterian Church, Avondale

98/142

10 January 1898

Rev. A. MacLean, Presbyterian

No	18
Date of Notice	10 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin John Wickham	Mary Gleeson
	💍 1898/150
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Avondale
Folio	98/142
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. MacLean, Presbyterian

10 January 1898

John Hogan
Annie Craig

John Hogan
Annie Craig
💍 1898/2319

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
11 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/6

10 January 1898

C. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	19
Date of Notice	10 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hogan	Annie Craig
	💍 1898/2319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/6
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1898
Officiating Minister	C. H. Lyons, Registrar

11 January 1898

Ronald Frederick Hargrave
Annie Calvert

Ronald Frederick Hargrave
Annie Calvert
💍 1898/90

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

43
31

Pepepe, Raglan
Auckland

2 years
2 weeks

St. Sepulchre's Church

98/99

11 January 1898

Ven. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

No	20
Date of Notice	11 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ronald Frederick Hargrave	Annie Calvert
	💍 1898/90
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	43	31
Dwelling Place	Pepepe, Raglan	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	98/99
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

11 January 1898

Llewellyn Dix
Elizabeth Mackay

Llewellyn Dix
Elizabeth Mackay
💍 1898/2320

Bachelor
Spinster

Theatrical Agent

26
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/7

11 January 1898

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	21
Date of Notice	11 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Llewellyn Dix	Elizabeth Mackay
	💍 1898/2320
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Theatrical Agent
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/7
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1898
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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 1903. 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).