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 014

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

7 February 1898

John Dawson
Mary Amor Graham

John Dawson
Mary Amor Graham
💍 1898/2302

Bachelor
Spinster

Trainer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/713

7 February 1898

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	64
Date of Notice	7 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Dawson	Mary Amor Graham
	💍 1898/2302
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Trainer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/713
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1898
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

8 February 1898

William John Baker
Ann Jane McAnley

William John Baker
Ann Jane McAuley
💍 1898/86

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
6 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

98/77

8 February 1898

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	65
Date of Notice	8 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Baker	Ann Jane McAnley
BDM Match (97%)	William John Baker	Ann Jane McAuley
	💍 1898/86
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	98/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

9 February 1898

Arthur Baker
Nora Bridget Lowry

Arthur Baker
Norah Bridget Lowry
💍 1898/136

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
22 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

98/152

9 February 1898

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	9 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Baker	Nora Bridget Lowry
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Baker	Norah Bridget Lowry
	💍 1898/136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/152
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

9 February 1898

John Peter Moore
Hannah Mary O'Rorke

John Peter Moore
Hannah Mary O'Rorke
💍 1898/552

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

22
22

Auckland
Newton

22 years
22 years

St. Benedict's Church, Newton

98/610

9 February 1898

Rev. M. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	67
Date of Notice	9 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peter Moore	Hannah Mary O'Rorke
	💍 1898/552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Newton
Folio	98/610
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Brodie, Roman Catholic

9 February 1898

Percy William Bolland
Dora Elizabeth Pilkington

Percy William Bolland
Dora Elizabeth Pilkington
💍 1898/2303

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

30
26

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

98/14

9 February 1898

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	68
Date of Notice	9 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percy William Bolland	Dora Elizabeth Pilkington
	💍 1898/2303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	98/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1898
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

10 February 1898

Frederick James Taylor
Maude Ann Morgan

Frederick James Taylor
Maude Ann Morgan
💍 1898/39

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

26
28

Auckland
Remuera

26 years
28 years

St. Mark's Church, Remuera

98/46

10 February 1898

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	69
Date of Notice	10 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Taylor	Maude Ann Morgan
	💍 1898/39
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	26 years	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Remuera
Folio	98/46
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

10 February 1898

Henry Ebenezer Mynott
Ethel May Smith

Henry Ebenezer Mynott
Ethel May Smith
💍 1898/102

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
23 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

98/103

10 February 1898

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	70
Date of Notice	10 February 1898
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Ebenezer Mynott	Ethel May Smith
	💍 1898/102
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	98/103
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1898
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

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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).