Intentions to Marry, 1899 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840415, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington (now located in the National Library reading room), September 5 2025

1899 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 003

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1899 Registrar Thomas Culpan

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

4 January 1899

Walter Linwood Smith
Agnes Edwards

Walter Linwood Smith
Agnes Edwards
💍 1899/186

Bachelor
Widow

Gardener
Dressmaker

34
38

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 yrs
2 yrs

House of Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Ponsonby

99/138

4 January 1899

Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

No	1
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Linwood Smith	Agnes Edwards
	💍 1899/186
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Gardener	Dressmaker
Age	34	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Ponsonby
Folio	99/138
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

4 January 1899

John Watts
Jeannie Kiddie

John Watts
Jeannie Kiddie
💍 1899/231

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
19

Mahurangi
Auckland

3 1/2 yrs
3 1/2 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/7

Alexander Kiddie, Father

4 January 1899

T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	2
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Watts	Jeannie Kiddie
	💍 1899/231
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Mahurangi	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 yrs	3 1/2 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/7
Consent	Alexander Kiddie, Father
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

4 January 1899

Charles Maxwell Baker
Edith Euphemia Carlyon

Charles Maxwell
Edith Euphemia Carlyon
💍 1899/232

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 mos
3 wks

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/8

4 January 1899

T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	3
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Maxwell Baker	Edith Euphemia Carlyon
BDM Match (86%)	Charles Maxwell	Edith Euphemia Carlyon
	💍 1899/232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 mos	3 wks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/8
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

4 January 1899

Francis Joseph Dardaville
Ada Florence Cook

Francis Joseph Dargaville
Ada Florence Cook
💍 1899/229

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

31
26

Dargaville
Mangawhare

14 yrs
20 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/5

4 January 1899

T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	4
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Dardaville	Ada Florence Cook
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Joseph Dargaville	Ada Florence Cook
	💍 1899/229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Dargaville	Mangawhare
Length of Residence	14 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/5
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

4 January 1899

Arthur Henry Finer
Sarah Clarkson

Arthur Henry Finer
Sarah Clarkson
💍 1899/230

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

11 yrs
10 yrs

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/6

George Clarkson, Father

4 January 1899

T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	5
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Finer	Sarah Clarkson
	💍 1899/230
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 yrs	10 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/6
Consent	George Clarkson, Father
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	T. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

4 January 1899

Samuel Peter Brown
Wilhelmina Christie Anderson

Samuel Peter Brown
Wilhelmina Christie Anderson
💍 1899/166

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
27

Auckland
Auckland

16 yrs
27 yrs

House of Captain W. E. Anderson, Stanley St, Parnell

99/118

4 January 1899

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	6
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Peter Brown	Wilhelmina Christie Anderson
	💍 1899/166
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 yrs	27 yrs
Marriage Place	House of Captain W. E. Anderson, Stanley St, Parnell
Folio	99/118
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

4 January 1899

Sydney Herbert Creamer
Emma Buckley

Sydney Herbert Creaner
Emma Buckley
💍 1899/1341

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 yrs
16 yrs

Epiphany Church, Newton

99/1133

4 January 1899

Rev. W. E. Lush, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	4 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney Herbert Creamer	Emma Buckley
BDM Match (98%)	Sydney Herbert Creaner	Emma Buckley
	💍 1899/1341
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 yrs	16 yrs
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Newton
Folio	99/1133
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Lush, 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).