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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar Thos. Culpan

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

128

14 March 1898

Charles Gallie
Adelaide Neill

Charles Gallie
Adelaide Neill
💍 1898/146

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

31
23

Matakohe
Auckland

21 years
15 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road

98/161

14 March 1898

Rev. E. Best, Wesleyan

No	128
Date of Notice	14 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gallie	Adelaide Neill
	💍 1898/146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Matakohe	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road
Folio	98/161
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Best, Wesleyan

129

14 March 1898

William Foss
Ada Mary Gallagher

William Foss
Ada Mary Gallagher
💍 1898/48

Bachelor
Spinster

Poultry dealer
Domestic duties

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/33

14 March 1898

Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

No	129
Date of Notice	14 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Foss	Ada Mary Gallagher
	💍 1898/48
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Poultry dealer	Domestic duties
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/33
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

130

15 March 1898

Douglas Bruce McIntyre
Alice Mabel Mudford

Douglas Bruce McIntyre
Alice Mabel Mudford
💍 1898/130

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironworker
Domestic duties

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
19 years

House of Father of Bride, Wyndham Street

98/121

William Mudford, father

15 March 1898

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	130
Date of Notice	15 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Douglas Bruce McIntyre	Alice Mabel Mudford
	💍 1898/130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironworker	Domestic duties
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Wyndham Street
Folio	98/121
Consent	William Mudford, father
Date of Certificate	15 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

131

16 March 1898

Joseph Butler
Daisy Agnes Berryman

Joseph Butler
Daisy Agnes Berryman
💍 1898/1015

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

29
14

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
5 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

98/122

Jemima Mary Berryman, mother

16 March 1898

Rev. W. B. Purton, Roman Catholic

No	131
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Butler	Daisy Agnes Berryman
	💍 1898/1015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	29	14
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	98/122
Consent	Jemima Mary Berryman, mother
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Purton, Roman Catholic

132

16 March 1898

Benjamin Dickson
Lilly Payne

Benjamin Dickson
Lilly Payne
💍 1898/2455

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

41
24

Birkenhead
Ponsonby

12 years
14 years

House of Father of Bride, John Street, Ponsonby

98.134

16 March 1898

Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	132
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Benjamin Dickson	Lilly Payne
	💍 1898/2455
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	41	24
Dwelling Place	Birkenhead	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	12 years	14 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, John Street, Ponsonby
Folio	98.134
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Mr. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

133

16 March 1898

John Watson
Ellen Harriett Lewis Ritchie

John Watson
Ellen Harriett Lewis Ritchie
💍 1898/84

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Domestic duties

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
21 years

Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland

98.94

16 March 1898

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	133
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Watson	Ellen Harriett Lewis Ritchie
	💍 1898/84
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Domestic duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	98.94
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

134

16 March 1898

Isaac Ringrose
Flora Isabella Benton

Isaac Ringrose
Flora Isabella Baxter
💍 1898/42

Bachelor
Spinster

Brickmaker
Domestic duties

33
25

Avondale
Avondale

33 years
18 months

House of Mother of Bride, Avondale

98/50

16 March 1898

Rev. A. MacLean, Presbyterian

No	134
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Ringrose	Flora Isabella Benton
BDM Match (91%)	Isaac Ringrose	Flora Isabella Baxter
	💍 1898/42
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brickmaker	Domestic duties
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Avondale	Avondale
Length of Residence	33 years	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Avondale
Folio	98/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. MacLean, 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 1908. 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).