Intentions to Marry, 1898 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840414, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, June 27 2025

1898 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 223

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1895 Registrar J. W. 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

287

20 July 1895

William Aplin
Sarah Mary Woodhouse

William Aplin
Edith Mary Woodhouse
💍 1898/2998

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm Labourer

24
19

Crofton
Crofton

14 years
19 years

Home of Mr. Holmes

98/3040

Mary Holmes

20 July 1895

Rev. O. F. Jones

No	287
Date of Notice	20 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Aplin	Sarah Mary Woodhouse
BDM Match (90%)	William Aplin	Edith Mary Woodhouse
	💍 1898/2998
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm Labourer
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Crofton	Crofton
Length of Residence	14 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Holmes
Folio	98/3040
Consent	Mary Holmes
Date of Certificate	20 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. F. Jones

288

22 July 1895

Andrew R. Johns
Martha Mary Butler

Frederick Johns
Martha Mary Butler
💍 1898/3768

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

98/2989

22 July 1895

Registrar

No	288
Date of Notice	22 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew R. Johns	Martha Mary Butler
BDM Match (73%)	Frederick Johns	Martha Mary Butler
	💍 1898/3768
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	98/2989
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Registrar

289

23 July 1895

Arthur William Edwards
Alice Maud Mabey

Arthur William Edwards
Alice Maud Mabey
💍 1898/2992

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
21

Mungaroa
Upper Hutt

22 years
21 years

Home of Mr. Church, Lower Hutt

98/3054

23 July 1895

Rev. Andrew Gray

No	289
Date of Notice	23 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur William Edwards	Alice Maud Mabey
	💍 1898/2992
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Mungaroa	Upper Hutt
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	98/3054
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. Andrew Gray

290

25 July 1895

Thomas Henry Coward
Blanche Maud Candy

Thomas Henry Coward
Blanche Ward Cundy
💍 1898/5090

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
19

Wellington
Wellington

19 years
19 years

St. Thomas Church, Wellington

98/4983

Henry Richard, father

25 July 1895

Rev. O. Fitzgerald

No	290
Date of Notice	25 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Coward	Blanche Maud Candy
BDM Match (92%)	Thomas Henry Coward	Blanche Ward Cundy
	💍 1898/5090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Wellington
Folio	98/4983
Consent	Henry Richard, father
Date of Certificate	25 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Fitzgerald

291

25 July 1895

Henry William Stephens
Emma Jane Robinson

Harry Williams Stephens
Emma Jane Dobbinson
💍 1898/2488

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

28 years
25 years

Home of Mr. Jupp, 132 Willis Street, Wellington

98/3007

25 July 1895

Rev. Wm. Baumber

No	291
Date of Notice	25 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William Stephens	Emma Jane Robinson
BDM Match (88%)	Harry Williams Stephens	Emma Jane Dobbinson
	💍 1898/2488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	28 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Jupp, 132 Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	98/3007
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Baumber

292

26 July 1895

Walter George Green
Mary Ellen Atkins

Walter George Green
May Ellen Atkins
💍 1898/4281

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

29
21

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
21 years

Home of Mr. McDonald, 21 Hopper Street

98/3657

26 July 1895

Rev. John Dawson

No	292
Date of Notice	26 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Green	Mary Ellen Atkins
BDM Match (97%)	Walter George Green	May Ellen Atkins
	💍 1898/4281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	29	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. McDonald, 21 Hopper Street
Folio	98/3657
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

293

26 July 1895

Edward Joseph Barber
Margaret Eyre

Edward Joseph Barber
Margaret Eyre
💍 1898/5089

Bachelor
Spinster

Dyer

32
26

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
26 years

St. Thomas Church, Wellington

98/4982

26 July 1895

Rev. O. Fitzgerald

No	293
Date of Notice	26 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Joseph Barber	Margaret Eyre
	💍 1898/5089
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dyer
Age	32	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Wellington
Folio	98/4982
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. Fitzgerald

294

27 July 1895

George Howard
Jane McLelland

George Howard
Jane Mulholland
💍 1898/2479

Bachelor
Spinster

Bellmonger

33
27

Petone
Petone

27 years
27 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

98/2990

27 July 1895

Registrar

No	294
Date of Notice	27 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Howard	Jane McLelland
BDM Match (87%)	George Howard	Jane Mulholland
	💍 1898/2479
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bellmonger
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	27 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	98/2990
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Registrar

295

27 July 1895

James Charles Solomon
Lydia Walker

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Saleswoman

31
23

Spring Grove, Nelson
Sydney

19 years
23 years

Home of Mr. Thomas, 61 Willis Street, Wellington

98/3044

27 July 1895

Rev. A. F. Turner

No	295
Date of Notice	27 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Charles Solomon	Lydia Walker
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Saleswoman
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Spring Grove, Nelson	Sydney
Length of Residence	19 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Thomas, 61 Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	98/3044
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 July 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Turner

296

29 July 1895

Robert Howard Eagles
Maud Grace Richards

Robert Howard Taylor
Maud Grace Richards
💍 1898/3001

Bachelor
Spinster

Magistrate

25
20

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
20 years

Home of Mr. Richards, 77 Adelaide Road, Wellington

98/3045

Frederick Richards, father

2 August 1895

Rev. A. F. Turner

No	296
Date of Notice	29 July 1895
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Howard Eagles	Maud Grace Richards
BDM Match (90%)	Robert Howard Taylor	Maud Grace Richards
	💍 1898/3001
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Magistrate
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Home of Mr. Richards, 77 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Folio	98/3045
Consent	Frederick Richards, father
Date of Certificate	2 August 1895
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. F. Turner

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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).