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 018

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar C. H. Lyons

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

21 February 1898

James Allison Dye
Florence Elizabeth Martin

James Allison Dye
Florence Elizabeth Martin
💍 1898/100

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

21
21

Kaukapakapa
Kaukapakapa

21 years
18 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

98/112

21 February 1898

Rev. L. Fitz Gerald, Church of England

No	92
Date of Notice	21 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Allison Dye	Florence Elizabeth Martin
	💍 1898/100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Kaukapakapa	Kaukapakapa
Length of Residence	21 years	18 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/112
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Fitz Gerald, Church of England

22 February 1898

George Ramsay Wilkin
Kathleen Maud Fitzgibbon

George Ramsay Wilkin
Kathleen Maud Fitzgibbon
💍 1898/93

Bachelor
Spinster

Share Broker

39
28

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

98/79

22 February 1898

Rev. W. B. Purton, Roman Catholic

No	93
Date of Notice	22 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Ramsay Wilkin	Kathleen Maud Fitzgibbon
	💍 1898/93
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Share Broker
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	98/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Purton, Roman Catholic

22 February 1898

William Francis Dyer
Catherine Emanuel

William Francis Dyer
Catherine Emanuel
💍 1898/109

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

29
34

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

98/113

22 February 1898

Rev. L. Fitz Gerald, Church of England

No	94
Date of Notice	22 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Francis Dyer	Catherine Emanuel
	💍 1898/109
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	29	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/113
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Fitz Gerald, Church of England

22 February 1898

Robert Ritchie
Mary Catherine Barclay

Robert Ritchie
Mary Catherine Barclay
💍 1898/126

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotel Keeper

30
17

Kuaotunu
Auckland

8 years
18 months

House of Mr. J. Endean, Jermyn Street

98/117

David Mann Barclay, father

22 February 1898

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	95
Date of Notice	22 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Ritchie	Mary Catherine Barclay
	💍 1898/126
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotel Keeper
Age	30	17
Dwelling Place	Kuaotunu	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Endean, Jermyn Street
Folio	98/117
Consent	David Mann Barclay, father
Date of Certificate	22 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

23 February 1898

William Ellings
May Lodge

William Ellings
May Lodge
💍 1898/2306

Widower
Spinster

Miner

41
19

Kuaotunu
Auckland

7 years
19 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/17

Charles Lodge, father

23 February 1898

C. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	96
Date of Notice	23 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Ellings	May Lodge
	💍 1898/2306
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	41	19
Dwelling Place	Kuaotunu	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/17
Consent	Charles Lodge, father
Date of Certificate	23 February 1898
Officiating Minister	C. H. Lyons, Registrar

24 February 1898

James John French
Sarah Ellen Wright

James John French
Sarah Ellen Wright
💍 1898/2307

Bachelor
Spinster

Dairyman

20
18

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
18 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/18

James Michael French, father; James Wright, father

24 February 1898

C. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	97
Date of Notice	24 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James John French	Sarah Ellen Wright
	💍 1898/2307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dairyman
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/18
Consent	James Michael French, father; James Wright, father
Date of Certificate	24 February 1898
Officiating Minister	C. H. Lyons, Registrar

25 February 1898

Michael McLoughlin
Mary Ann Elizabeth Jane Harding

Michael McLoughlin
Mary Ann Elizabeth Jane Harding
💍 1898/94

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

37
31

Auckland
Auckland

3 months
5 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

98/80

25 February 1898

Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

No	98
Date of Notice	25 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael McLoughlin	Mary Ann Elizabeth Jane Harding
	💍 1898/94
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	98/80
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

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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).