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 388

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar William Joseph Hale

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

12 February 1898

William Alexander Patterson
Katharine Maclean Macgregor

William Alexander Patterson
Katherine Maclean MacGregor
💍 1898/822

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

32 years
27 years

Wellington
Dunedin

1 year
1 month

In the house of Grace Campbell Macgregor, Union Street, Dunedin

98/977

12 February 1898

Rev. R. K. McIntyre, Presbyterian Minister

No	29
Date of Notice	12 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alexander Patterson	Katharine Maclean Macgregor
BDM Match (96%)	William Alexander Patterson	Katherine Maclean MacGregor
	💍 1898/822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	32 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 year	1 month
Marriage Place	In the house of Grace Campbell Macgregor, Union Street, Dunedin
Folio	98/977
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. K. McIntyre, Presbyterian Minister

14 February 1898

Edward Atherton de Hoghton de Lautour
Mary Ann Larkins

Edward Atherton De Hoghton De Lautour
Mary Ann Larkins
💍 1898/831

Bachelor
Widow

Medical Student

24 years
52 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 year
4 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

98/963

14 February 1898

M. J. O'Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	30
Date of Notice	14 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Atherton de Hoghton de Lautour	Mary Ann Larkins
BDM Match (97%)	Edward Atherton De Hoghton De Lautour	Mary Ann Larkins
	💍 1898/831
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Medical Student
Age	24 years	52 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 year	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	98/963
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1898
Officiating Minister	M. J. O'Hall, Registrar of Marriages

14 February 1898

James Lent Martin
Margaret White Forgan

James Lent Martin
Margaret White Forgan
💍 1898/863

Widower
Spinster

Laborer

30 years
36 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 year
16 years

In the house of Margaret White Forgan, Grange Street, Dunedin

98/1021

14 February 1898

Rev. J. J. Lewis, Wesleyan Minister

No	31
Date of Notice	14 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Lent Martin	Margaret White Forgan
	💍 1898/863
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	30 years	36 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 year	16 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Margaret White Forgan, Grange Street, Dunedin
Folio	98/1021
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis, Wesleyan Minister

15 February 1898

Charles Robert Neave
Emma Beatrice Hood

Charles Robert Neave
Emma Beatrice Hood
💍 1898/832

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

32 years
29 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

20 years
16 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

98/964

15 February 1898

M. J. O'Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	32
Date of Notice	15 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Robert Neave	Emma Beatrice Hood
	💍 1898/832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	32 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	20 years	16 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	98/964
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1898
Officiating Minister	M. J. O'Hall, Registrar of Marriages

15 February 1898

Carlile Park
Annie Lyons

Carlile Park
Annie Lyons
💍 1898/2838

Bachelor
Spinster

Produce Dealer

35 years
23 years

Dunedin
Roslyn

3 years
17 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

98/987

15 February 1898

Rev. J. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

No	33
Date of Notice	15 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carlile Park	Annie Lyons
	💍 1898/2838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Produce Dealer
Age	35 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Roslyn
Length of Residence	3 years	17 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	98/987
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

15 February 1898

Peter Black Garry
Caecilia Elizabeth Sudden

Peter Black Garry
Cecilia Elizabeth Sudden
💍 1898/895

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

28 years
22 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

4 months
1 year

In the house of Rev. D. Borrie, North East Valley

98/1033

15 February 1898

Rev. D. Borrie, Presbyterian Minister

No	34
Date of Notice	15 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Black Garry	Caecilia Elizabeth Sudden
BDM Match (98%)	Peter Black Garry	Cecilia Elizabeth Sudden
	💍 1898/895
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	28 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 months	1 year
Marriage Place	In the house of Rev. D. Borrie, North East Valley
Folio	98/1033
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Borrie, Presbyterian Minister

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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).