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 016

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1898 Registrar E. 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

14 February 1898

Andrew Markey
Ellen O'Shea

Andrew Markey
Ellen O'Shea
💍 1898/97

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

30
34

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
18 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby Road

98/84

14 February 1898

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	78
Date of Notice	14 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Markey	Ellen O'Shea
	💍 1898/97
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	30	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby Road
Folio	98/84
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

14 February 1898

Frank Ramsbottom
Ann Helena Mardermott

Frank Ramsbottom
Ann Helena Macdermott
💍 1898/98

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
22 years

House of Father of Bride, Arch Hill

98/85

14 February 1898

Mr T. J. Bull, Church of Christ

No	79
Date of Notice	14 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Ramsbottom	Ann Helena Mardermott
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Ramsbottom	Ann Helena Macdermott
	💍 1898/98
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Arch Hill
Folio	98/85
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Mr T. J. Bull, Church of Christ

14 February 1898

John Henry Browne
Ada Louise Gane

John Henry Browne
Ada Louise Gane
💍 1898/138

Bachelor
Spinster

Confectioner

32
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
5 months

St. Mary's Church, Parnell

98/154

14 February 1898

Rev. G. MacMurray, Roman Catholic

No	80
Date of Notice	14 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Browne	Ada Louise Gane
	💍 1898/138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Confectioner
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	5 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Parnell
Folio	98/154
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. MacMurray, Roman Catholic

15 February 1898

Robert Madislas de Montalk
Annie Maud Vaile

Robert Wladislas de Montalk
Annie Maud Vaile
💍 1898/2822

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

26
30

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
25 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

98/111

15 February 1898

Rev. L. Fitzgerald, Church of England

No	81
Date of Notice	15 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Madislas de Montalk	Annie Maud Vaile
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Wladislas de Montalk	Annie Maud Vaile
	💍 1898/2822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. L. Fitzgerald, Church of England

15 February 1898

Alfred Henry Grigg
Maud Lillian Barlow

Alfred Henry Grigg
Maud Lillian Barlow
💍 1898/139

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
24 years

Church of England, Epsom

98/155

15 February 1898

Rev. H. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	82
Date of Notice	15 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Henry Grigg	Maud Lillian Barlow
	💍 1898/139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Epsom
Folio	98/155
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Gillam, Church of England

16 February 1898

Alfred Francis Marriage
Mary Reid

Alfred Francis Marriage
Mary Reid
💍 1898/555

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
23 years

House of Rev. R. S. West, Mount Eden

98/612

16 February 1898

Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

No	83
Date of Notice	16 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Francis Marriage	Mary Reid
	💍 1898/555
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. R. S. West, Mount Eden
Folio	98/612
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Scott West, Presbyterian

16 February 1898

James Warner
Emily Donaldson

James Warner
Emily Donaldson
💍 1898/2305

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/16

16 February 1898

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	84
Date of Notice	16 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Warner	Emily Donaldson
	💍 1898/2305
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/16
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1898
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, 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).