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 705

District of Hunterville Quarter ending 30 June 1898 Registrar J. A. Ford

No	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
111	4 April 1898	Albert O'Callaghan Clara Elizabeth Mary Hintz	Herbert O'Callaghan Clara Elizabeth Mary Hintz 💍 1898/1408	Bachelor Spinster	farmer Domestic	28 22	Pohouiatu Pusfroa	3 years 19 years	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville	98/1640		4 April 1898	David Martin
112	9 April 1898	James Herbert Redward Ethel Maude Wragg	James Herbert Redward Ethel Maude Wrigg 💍 1898/1409	Bachelor Spinster	Watchmaker Domestic	32 23	Mangawhio Hunterville	19 years 19 years	Church of England	98/1641		9 April 1898	John M. Hornish
113	18 April 1898	Walter Turner Edith York	Walter Turner Edith Gore 💍 1898/1410	Bachelor Spinster	Laborer Domestic	25 22	Hunterville Poutoio	4 months 6 years	Registrar's Office	98/1642		18 April 1898	District Registrar
114	25 April 1898	James Conway Margaret Tuohey	James Conway Margaret Euohy 💍 1898/3153	Bachelor Spinster	Baker Domestic	27 24	Moawhango Moawhango	3 years 3 months	Private Residence	98/3563		25 April 1898	Celestine Lacroix
115	4 May 1898	Charles Hermann Gisler Louisa Johnson	Charles Herman Geisler Louisa Johnson 💍 1898/1411	Bachelor Spinster	contractor Domestic	39 18	Hunterville Ohinfaile	6 years 5 years	Private Residence of Peter Johnson	98/1643	Peter Johnson, father	4 May 1898	David Martin
116	9 May 1898	Thomas William Bernhardt Goile Amanda Emilie Marie Voelkerling	Thomas William Bernhard Goile Amanda Emilie Marie Voelkerling 💍 1898/2134	Bachelor Spinster	Carpenter Domestic	25 23	Marton Int Curl	18 years 22 years	Residence of Gustav Voelkerling	98/1647		9 May 1898	C. E. Wilney
117	6 June 1898	James Greatley Edith Rita Stace	James McAlley Edith Rita Stace 💍 1898/1413	Bachelor Spinster	farmer Domestic	34 25	Paraekaretu Poutoio	15 years 12 months	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville	98/1644		6 June 1898	David Martin
118	20 June 1898	Lewis Draw Alice Maud Allen	Lewis Dean Alice Maud Allen 💍 1898/1414	Bachelor Spinster	Bushman Domestic	22 14	Hunterville Hunterville	13 years 2 years	Registrar's Office, Hunterville	98/1645		20 June 1898	District Registrar
119	20 June 1898	James Bourie Annie Johnson	James Bourke Annie Johns 💍 1898/1415	Bachelor Spinster	farmer Domestic	35 22	Upper Rangitikei Mangaonoho	24 years 5 years	Residence of Henry Johnson, Mangaonoho	98/1646		20 June 1898	R. W. Symons

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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 1899. 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).