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 668

District of Waipawa Quarter ending 30 June 1898 Registrar Samuel Johnson

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

566

9 April 1898

Alexander William Triscott
Margaret Effiam Campbell

Alexander William Driscoll
Margaret Effian Campbell
💍 1898/1357

Bachelor
Spinster

Stockman

26
23

Kaikoura
Kaikoura

1 week
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Kaikoura

98/1587

9 April 1898

Rev. H. W. Johnston

No	566
Date of Notice	9 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander William Triscott	Margaret Effiam Campbell
BDM Match (92%)	Alexander William Driscoll	Margaret Effian Campbell
	💍 1898/1357
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stockman
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Kaikoura	Kaikoura
Length of Residence	1 week	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kaikoura
Folio	98/1587
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. W. Johnston

567

11 April 1898

Frederick Edmund Armitage
Theresa Katherine Brown

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

27
26

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
20 years

Residence Mr. Brown

11 April 1898

Rev. A. F. Gardiner

No	567
Date of Notice	11 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Edmund Armitage	Theresa Katherine Brown
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence Mr. Brown
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Gardiner

568

14 April 1898

William Mulholland
Laura Beck

William Mulholland
Laura Beck
💍 1898/1360

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand

33
18

Waipawa
Waipawa

3 days
3 days

Office of Registrar, Waipawa

98/1588

Mathias Beck, Father

14 April 1898

Saml. Johnson, Registrar

No	568
Date of Notice	14 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mulholland	Laura Beck
	💍 1898/1360
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand
Age	33	18
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Waipawa
Folio	98/1588
Consent	Mathias Beck, Father
Date of Certificate	14 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Saml. Johnson, Registrar

569

26 April 1898

Colin Minty
Edith Rose Haycock

Colin Minty
Edith Rose Haycock
💍 1898/1358

Bachelor
Spinster

Station Hand

31
17

Kaikoura
Kaikoura

4 days
3 days

Office of Registrar, Waipawa

98/1589

T. G. Haycock, Father

26 April 1898

Saml. Johnson, Registrar

No	569
Date of Notice	26 April 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Colin Minty	Edith Rose Haycock
	💍 1898/1358
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Station Hand
Age	31	17
Dwelling Place	Kaikoura	Kaikoura
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Office of Registrar, Waipawa
Folio	98/1589
Consent	T. G. Haycock, Father
Date of Certificate	26 April 1898
Officiating Minister	Saml. Johnson, Registrar

570

2 May 1898

Stephen McGreevy, junior
Margaret Ann O'Reilly

Stephen McGreevy
Margaret A OReilly
💍 1898/3987

Bachelor
Spinster

Road Contractor

29
21

Waipawa
Waipawa

29 years
10 days

St. Patrick's Church, Waipawa

98/3528

2 May 1898

Rev. P. G. Power

No	570
Date of Notice	2 May 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen McGreevy, junior	Margaret Ann O'Reilly
BDM Match (76%)	Stephen McGreevy	Margaret A OReilly
	💍 1898/3987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Road Contractor
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Waipawa
Length of Residence	29 years	10 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Church, Waipawa
Folio	98/3528
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. G. Power

571

28 June 1898

William James Fellow
Eleanor Catherine Pendray

William James Pellow
Eleanor Catherine Pendray
💍 1898/2198

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

24
22

Waipawa
Paparoa, Auckland

21 years

Wesleyan Church, Paparoa

98/2478

28 June 1898

Rev. J. J. Pensony

No	571
Date of Notice	28 June 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Fellow	Eleanor Catherine Pendray
BDM Match (98%)	William James Pellow	Eleanor Catherine Pendray
	💍 1898/2198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Waipawa	Paparoa, Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Paparoa
Folio	98/2478
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Pensony

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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).