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 008

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

17 January 1898

George Thomas Tupp
Ethel Goodison

George Thomas Tupp
Ethel Goodison
💍 1898/68

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
5 years

House of Father of Bride, Collingwood St., Auckland

98/53

17 January 1898

Rev. A. Peters, Wesleyan

No	29
Date of Notice	17 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Tupp	Ethel Goodison
	💍 1898/68
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Collingwood St., Auckland
Folio	98/53
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Peters, Wesleyan

18 January 1898

George Gladstone Pollard
Helen Oliver Knox

George Gladstone Pollard
Helen Oliver Knox
💍 1898/153

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
12 years

Wesleyan Church, Grafton Road, Auckland

98/145

18 January 1898

Rev. H. R. Dewsbury, Wesleyan

No	30
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gladstone Pollard	Helen Oliver Knox
	💍 1898/153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Grafton Road, Auckland
Folio	98/145
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. R. Dewsbury, Wesleyan

18 January 1898

John Gordon
Alice Elmsly Mayhew

John Gordon
Alice Elmsly Mayhew
💍 1898/63

Widower
Divorcee

Farmer

51
41

Taupiri
Auckland

11 years
40 years

St. Andrew's Church, Auckland

98/71

18 January 1898

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	31
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Gordon	Alice Elmsly Mayhew
	💍 1898/63
Condition	Widower	Divorcee
Profession	Farmer
Age	51	41
Dwelling Place	Taupiri	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	40 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

18 January 1898

Friedrich Gustav Steinert
Mary Jane Tidd

Friedrich Gustav Steinert
Mary Jane Tidd
💍 1898/114

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
12 years

House of Mother of Bride, McKelvie Street (Newton)

98/126

18 January 1898

Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

No	32
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Friedrich Gustav Steinert	Mary Jane Tidd
	💍 1898/114
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, McKelvie Street (Newton)
Folio	98/126
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

18 January 1898

Herbert Poulter
Margaret Anne Lambert

Herbert Poulter
Margaret Anne Lambert
💍 1898/91

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

32
28

Coromandel
Coromandel

16 years
20 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

98/100

18 January 1898

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

No	33
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Poulter	Margaret Anne Lambert
	💍 1898/91
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Coromandel	Coromandel
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/100
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. B. T. Dudley, Church of England

18 January 1898

Walter Hamer
Bertha Jane Harris

Walter Hamer
Bertha Jane Harris
💍 1898/51

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

38
27

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
17 years

Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street

98/160

18 January 1898

Rev. W. J. Williams, Wesleyan

No	34
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hamer	Bertha Jane Harris
	💍 1898/51
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	38	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street
Folio	98/160
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Williams, Wesleyan

18 January 1898

John Joseph Armstrong
Sarah Gilsher

John Joseph Armstrong
Sarah Gilmer
💍 1898/60

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper

26
26

Waitotara
Auckland

7 years
26 years

House of Father of Bride, Parnell

98/769

18 January 1898

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	35
Date of Notice	18 January 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Armstrong	Sarah Gilsher
BDM Match (92%)	John Joseph Armstrong	Sarah Gilmer
	💍 1898/60
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Waitotara	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	26 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Parnell
Folio	98/769
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

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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).