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 390

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

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

21 February 1898

Alexander Andrews
Janet Glover

Alexander Andrews Young
Janet Glover
💍 1898/914

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

28
23

Dunedin
Pukerau

4 months
3 days

In the house of Adam Glover, Pukerau Gore

98/1062

21 February 1898

Revd John A Asher, Presbyterian Minister

No	42
Date of Notice	21 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Andrews	Janet Glover
BDM Match (87%)	Alexander Andrews Young	Janet Glover
	💍 1898/914
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Pukerau
Length of Residence	4 months	3 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Adam Glover, Pukerau Gore
Folio	98/1062
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Revd John A Asher, Presbyterian Minister

22 February 1898

Thomas Hall
Margaret Gorman Cramond

Thomas Hall
Margaret Gorman Cramond
💍 1898/810

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

24
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

1 week
14 days

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

98/966

22 February 1898

W. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	43
Date of Notice	22 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Hall	Margaret Gorman Cramond
	💍 1898/810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	1 week	14 days
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	98/966
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1898
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

23 February 1898

Alfred Findlay
Catherine Freeland Aitken

Alfred Findlay
Catherine Freeland Aitken
💍 1898/824

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

24
24

Dunedin
Dunedin

24 years
24 years

In the house of Mrs Elizabeth Aitken, Athol Place, Dunedin

98/979

23 February 1898

Revd J. K. McIntyre, Presbyterian Minister

No	44
Date of Notice	23 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Findlay	Catherine Freeland Aitken
	💍 1898/824
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Elizabeth Aitken, Athol Place, Dunedin
Folio	98/979
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Revd J. K. McIntyre, Presbyterian Minister

25 February 1898

Hector Walker
Barbara Hughes

Hector Walker
Barbara Hughes
💍 1898/858

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
22

South Dunedin
South Dunedin

3 days
3 months

In the house of Mrs Jane Urquhart, South Dunedin

98/1017

25 February 1898

Revd Isaac Jolly, Presbyterian Minister

No	45
Date of Notice	25 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hector Walker	Barbara Hughes
	💍 1898/858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs Jane Urquhart, South Dunedin
Folio	98/1017
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Revd Isaac Jolly, Presbyterian Minister

26 February 1898

Albert Buskin
Alison Inglis Mark

Albert Buskin
Alison Inglis Mark
💍 1898/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

35
29

Dunedin
Dunedin

35 years
29 years

In the house of Catherine Mark, Arthur Street, Dunedin

98/1044

26 February 1898

Revd J. H. Newbold, Wesleyan Minister

No	46
Date of Notice	26 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Buskin	Alison Inglis Mark
	💍 1898/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	35 years	29 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Catherine Mark, Arthur Street, Dunedin
Folio	98/1044
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Revd J. H. Newbold, Wesleyan Minister

26 February 1898

Alfred Prior
Sarah Westwood

Alfred Prior
Sarah Westwood
💍 1898/811

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

22
21

Dunedin
Dunedin

17 years
21 years

In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

98/967

26 February 1898

W. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

No	47
Date of Notice	26 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Prior	Sarah Westwood
	💍 1898/811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	17 years	21 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	98/967
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1898
Officiating Minister	W. J. Hall, Registrar of Marriages

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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).