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 239

District of WELLINGTON Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar F. W. Mansfield

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

24 February 1898

Andrew Watson
Maud Winifred Wilson

Andrew Watson
Maud Winifred Wilson
💍 1898/494

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

28
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
6 years

Rev. Wm. Shirer's Manse, Wellington

98/517

George Arthur Wilson, father

25 February 1898

Rev. Wm. Shirer

No	86
Date of Notice	24 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Watson	Maud Winifred Wilson
	💍 1898/494
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Rev. Wm. Shirer's Manse, Wellington
Folio	98/517
Consent	George Arthur Wilson, father
Date of Certificate	25 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Shirer

26 February 1898

Albert Edward Stather
Janet Hamilton

Albert Edward Stather
Janet Hamilton
💍 1898/562

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
3 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

98/599

26 February 1898

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	87
Date of Notice	26 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Edward Stather	Janet Hamilton
	💍 1898/562
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	98/599
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1898
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

28 February 1898

Thomas Herbert Webb
Amy Matilda Hancock

Thomas Herbert Webb
Amy Matilda Hancock
💍 1898/502

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
20

Taita
Taita

2 years
2 years

The private house of Mr. Tom Hancock, Taita

98/553

Tom Hancock, father

1 March 1898

Rev. Andrew Gray

No	88
Date of Notice	28 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Herbert Webb	Amy Matilda Hancock
	💍 1898/502
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Taita	Taita
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The private house of Mr. Tom Hancock, Taita
Folio	98/553
Consent	Tom Hancock, father
Date of Certificate	1 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. Andrew Gray

2 March 1898

William Henry Mitchell
Alice Victoria Molineux Miller

William Henry Mitchell
Alice Victoria Molineux Miller
💍 1898/536

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

22
21

Wanganui
Haywards Hutt

2 years
21 years

Church of England, Hutt

98/569

2 March 1898

Rev. Joshua Jones

No	89
Date of Notice	2 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Mitchell	Alice Victoria Molineux Miller
	💍 1898/536
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Haywards Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hutt
Folio	98/569
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joshua Jones

2 March 1898

Charles Leonard Allen
Edith Beatrice Hagbillie

Charles Leonard Allen
Edith Beatrice Haybittle
💍 1898/537

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
28

Wellington
Trentham Upper Hutt

13 years
19 years

Church of England, Hutt

98/570

2 March 1898

Rev. P. L. Cameron

No	90
Date of Notice	2 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Leonard Allen	Edith Beatrice Hagbillie
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Leonard Allen	Edith Beatrice Haybittle
	💍 1898/537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Trentham Upper Hutt
Length of Residence	13 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Hutt
Folio	98/570
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. L. Cameron

2 March 1898

George Henry Mann
Mary Ann Richardson

George Henry Mann
Mary Ann Richardson
💍 1898/521

Bachelor
Spinster

Clergyman

29
30

Wellington
London

11 months

Primitive Church, Sydney St, Wellington

98/576

2 March 1898

Rev. John Harrison

No	91
Date of Notice	2 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Mann	Mary Ann Richardson
	💍 1898/521
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	29	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	London
Length of Residence	11 months
Marriage Place	Primitive Church, Sydney St, Wellington
Folio	98/576
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Harrison

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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 1908. 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).