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 491

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1898 Registrar Thomas Culpam, Deputy Registrar

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

190

6 April 1898

Henry Scanlan
Florence Elsie May Macarthy

Henry Scanlan
Florence Elsie May Macarthy
💍 1898/1088

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
3 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

98/1280

6 April 1898

Rev. G. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	190
Date of Notice	6 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Scanlan	Florence Elsie May Macarthy
	💍 1898/1088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/1280
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. M. Nelson, Church of England

191

6 April 1898

William George Righton
Ellen Margaret Merigan

William George Righton
Ellen Margaret Merigan
💍 1898/1045

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
30 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

98/1283

6 April 1898

Very Rev. W. McDonald, Roman Catholic

No	191
Date of Notice	6 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Righton	Ellen Margaret Merigan
	💍 1898/1045
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	98/1283
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. W. McDonald, Roman Catholic

192

6 April 1898

Edward Thomas Woodford Maclaurin
Winifred Ball

Edward Thomas Woodford Maclaurin
Winifred Ball
💍 1898/2754

Bachelor
Spinster

Landing Waiter H.M. Customs
Domestic duties

30
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
15 years

St. David's Presbyterian Church, Symonds Street, Auckland

98/2420

Thomas Ball, father

6 April 1898

Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

No	192
Date of Notice	6 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Thomas Woodford Maclaurin	Winifred Ball
	💍 1898/2754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Landing Waiter H.M. Customs	Domestic duties
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Presbyterian Church, Symonds Street, Auckland
Folio	98/2420
Consent	Thomas Ball, father
Date of Certificate	6 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

193

6 April 1898

Bernard Cuthbert Heath
Margaret Elizabeth Bevin

Bernard Cuthbert Heath
Margaret Elizabeth Bevin
💍 1898/1029

Bachelor
Spinster

Gum Sorter
Tailoress

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
24 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

98/1213

6 April 1898

Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

No	193
Date of Notice	6 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bernard Cuthbert Heath	Margaret Elizabeth Bevin
	💍 1898/1029
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gum Sorter	Tailoress
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	98/1213
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

194

6 April 1898

Charles Edwin Hayward
Eliza Bailey

Charles Edwin Hayward
Eliza Bailey
💍 1898/1120

Widower
Widow

Farmer
Domestic duties

62
55

Whangarei
Auckland

30 years
15 years

House of Bride, Mount Roskill

98/1308

6 April 1898

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	194
Date of Notice	6 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Hayward	Eliza Bailey
	💍 1898/1120
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	62	55
Dwelling Place	Whangarei	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Mount Roskill
Folio	98/1308
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

195

7 April 1898

Alfred Gill
Violet Sarah Nickyson Walker

Alfred Gill
Violet Sarah Nickyson Walker
💍 1898/1074

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
19

Tuakau
Tuakau

20 years
15 years

St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland

98/1260

William Walker, father

7 April 1898

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

No	195
Date of Notice	7 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Gill	Violet Sarah Nickyson Walker
	💍 1898/1074
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	19
Dwelling Place	Tuakau	Tuakau
Length of Residence	20 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/1260
Consent	William Walker, father
Date of Certificate	7 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Ven. Arch. B. T. Dudley, Church of England

196

7 April 1898

Walter Hampton Fricker
Emily Ada Kingsford

Walter Hampton Fricker
Emily Ada Kingsford
💍 1898/1122

Bachelor
Spinster

Decorator
Domestic duties

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
27 years

St. John's College, Auckland

98/1311

7 April 1898

Rev. S. M. Cowie, Church of England

No	196
Date of Notice	7 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Hampton Fricker	Emily Ada Kingsford
	💍 1898/1122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Decorator	Domestic duties
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. John's College, Auckland
Folio	98/1311
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. M. Cowie, Church of England

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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).