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 024

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1898

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

135

16 March 1898

Tobias Keesing
Evelyn Kate Harrison

Tobias Henry Keesing
Evelyn Kate Harrison
💍 1898/2168

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller
Domestic duties

37
22

Auckland
Auckland

37 years
22 years

House of Mrs. B. Levy, Hobson Street

98/2449

16 March 1898

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	135
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Tobias Keesing	Evelyn Kate Harrison
BDM Match (85%)	Tobias Henry Keesing	Evelyn Kate Harrison
	💍 1898/2168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller	Domestic duties
Age	37	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	37 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. B. Levy, Hobson Street
Folio	98/2449
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

136

16 March 1898

Edward Wilson
Annie Davies

Edward Wilson
Annie Davies
💍 1898/49

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic duties

26
26

Waihi
Waihi

2 years
11 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/34

16 March 1898

Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

No	136
Date of Notice	16 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Wilson	Annie Davies
	💍 1898/49
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic duties
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	2 years	11 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/34
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

137

18 March 1898

James Arthur Edmund Short
Emma Aspin

James Arthur Edmund Short
Emma Aspin
💍 1898/27

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
17

Awhitu
Awhitu

22 years
17 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/35

John Aspin, father

18 March 1898

Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

No	137
Date of Notice	18 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Arthur Edmund Short	Emma Aspin
	💍 1898/27
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	17
Dwelling Place	Awhitu	Awhitu
Length of Residence	22 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/35
Consent	John Aspin, father
Date of Certificate	18 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Thos. Culpan, Dep. Registrar

138

18 March 1898

Ernest Trevor Gould
Alice Helen Sabrina Whewell

Ernest Trevor Gould
Alice Helen Sabina Whewell
💍 1898/40

Bachelor
Spinster

Insurance Manager

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
20 years

Church of England, Lower Remuera

98/47

18 March 1898

Rev. F. Gould, Church of England

No	138
Date of Notice	18 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Trevor Gould	Alice Helen Sabrina Whewell
BDM Match (98%)	Ernest Trevor Gould	Alice Helen Sabina Whewell
	💍 1898/40
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Manager
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Lower Remuera
Folio	98/47
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Gould, Church of England

139

18 March 1898

Edward Morton
Mary Ann Molloy

Edward Morton
Mary Ann Molloy
💍 1898/28

Bachelor
Spinster

Wheelwright

23
23

Coromandel
Onehunga

1.5 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/36

18 March 1898

Thos. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	139
Date of Notice	18 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Morton	Mary Ann Molloy
	💍 1898/28
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wheelwright
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Coromandel	Onehunga
Length of Residence	1.5 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/36
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Thos. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

140

19 March 1898

John Rule Hooper
Hooper

Bachelor
Widow

Postal Clerk
Domestic duties

38
32

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 years

House of Mr. L. White, Selwyn Street, Ponsonby

98/122

19 March 1898

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	140
Date of Notice	19 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Rule Hooper	Hooper
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Postal Clerk	Domestic duties
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. L. White, Selwyn Street, Ponsonby
Folio	98/122
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

141

21 March 1898

Edward John South
Kate O'Dea

Edward John South
Kate O'Dea
💍 1898/29

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
2 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/37

21 March 1898

Thos. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	141
Date of Notice	21 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward John South	Kate O'Dea
	💍 1898/29
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/37
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Thos. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

142

21 March 1898

Arthur Clark
Flora Arnold

Arthur Clark
Flora Arnold
💍 1898/147

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic duties

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
12 years

St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Remuera

98/162

21 March 1898

Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	142
Date of Notice	21 March 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Clark	Flora Arnold
	💍 1898/147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic duties
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St. Luke's Presbyterian Church, Remuera
Folio	98/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

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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).