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 233

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar Frederick William 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

2 February 1898

Victor Jorgenson
Louisa Hall

Victor Jorgensen
Louisa Hall
💍 1898/534

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer

23
18

Kilbirnie
Wellington

20 years
10 months

Registrar's Office Wellington

98/590

Wm Fisher Hall

2 February 1898

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	47
Date of Notice	2 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Jorgenson	Louisa Hall
BDM Match (97%)	Victor Jorgensen	Louisa Hall
	💍 1898/534
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Kilbirnie	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	98/590
Consent	Wm Fisher Hall
Date of Certificate	2 February 1898
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

3 February 1898

Russell James Wick
Mabel Johnson

Russell James Dick
Mabel Johnson
💍 1898/2284

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot finisher

26
21

Wellington
Ruby Gippsland Victoria

3 years
12 years

Private house of Mr. Geo Gray

98/565

3 February 1898

A. H. Turner

No	48
Date of Notice	3 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Russell James Wick	Mabel Johnson
BDM Match (97%)	Russell James Dick	Mabel Johnson
	💍 1898/2284
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot finisher
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Ruby Gippsland Victoria
Length of Residence	3 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Private house of Mr. Geo Gray
Folio	98/565
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1898
Officiating Minister	A. H. Turner

3 February 1898

James Frederick Kraft
Alice Ellen Ryder

James Frederick Kraft
Alice Ellen Ryder
💍 1898/520

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine smith

29
25

Wellington
99 Willis St Wellington

17 years
20 years

Private residence of Mr. E. Ryder

98/566

3 February 1898

W. A. D. Turner

No	49
Date of Notice	3 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Frederick Kraft	Alice Ellen Ryder
	💍 1898/520
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine smith
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	99 Willis St Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr. E. Ryder
Folio	98/566
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1898
Officiating Minister	W. A. D. Turner

3 February 1898

William Good Hayward
Anne Mary Symes

William Good Hayward
Anne Mary Symes
💍 1898/482

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor

41
31

Palmerston N.
Worcester, England

2 years
3 years

St. Peters Church Wellington

98/527

3 February 1898

Rev. H. C. Waters

No	50
Date of Notice	3 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Good Hayward	Anne Mary Symes
	💍 1898/482
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	41	31
Dwelling Place	Palmerston N.	Worcester, England
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church Wellington
Folio	98/527
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. C. Waters

4 February 1898

Thomas Alexander Pain
Evelyn Braddock

Thomas Alexander Vain
Evelyn Craddock
💍 1898/2665

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

23
24

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
18 months

St. Marys Cathedral Wellington

98/558

4 February 1898

Rev. Thomas Gordon Dawson

No	51
Date of Notice	4 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander Pain	Evelyn Braddock
BDM Match (94%)	Thomas Alexander Vain	Evelyn Craddock
	💍 1898/2665
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Marys Cathedral Wellington
Folio	98/558
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Gordon Dawson

5 February 1898

Cruwys Purser
Eugenie Marie Blatiry Nattrass

Cruwys Dee Purser
Eugenie Marie Beatrix Nattrass
💍 1898/531

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheelwright

26
23

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

23 years
3 years

Church of England Hutt

98/567

5 February 1898

Rev. John Delacourt Russell

No	52
Date of Notice	5 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cruwys Purser	Eugenie Marie Blatiry Nattrass
BDM Match (82%)	Cruwys Dee Purser	Eugenie Marie Beatrix Nattrass
	💍 1898/531
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England Hutt
Folio	98/567
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Delacourt Russell

5 February 1898

Edwin Arthur Moon
Marion Christian Jacobsen

Edwin Arthur Moon
Marion Christina Jacobson
💍 1898/542

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

32
20

Petone
Petone

2 years
3 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

98/591

Mary Johnson, Mother

5 February 1898

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	5 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Arthur Moon	Marion Christian Jacobsen
BDM Match (94%)	Edwin Arthur Moon	Marion Christina Jacobson
	💍 1898/542
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	98/591
Consent	Mary Johnson, Mother
Date of Certificate	5 February 1898
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

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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).