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.

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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

9 February 1899

Arthur Stanley England
Sybil Braithwaite

Arthur Stanley England
Sybil Braithwaite
💍 1899/5444

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman Permanent Force

21
23

Auckland
Auckland

9 months
23 years

All Saints' Church, Ponsonby

99/1138

9 February 1899

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	90
Date of Notice	9 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Stanley England	Sybil Braithwaite
	💍 1899/5444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman Permanent Force
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	23 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church, Ponsonby
Folio	99/1138
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

10 February 1899

George Osborne
Elizabeth Alice Firth

George Osborne
Elizabeth Alice Firth
💍 1899/194

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

50
40

Auckland
Auckland

50 years
20 years

St. Mark's Church, of England, Remuera

99/146

10 February 1899

Rev. H. D. A. Major, Church of England

No	91
Date of Notice	10 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Osborne	Elizabeth Alice Firth
	💍 1899/194
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	50	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	50 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, of England, Remuera
Folio	99/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. A. Major, Church of England

11 February 1899

Arthur Harold Pearce
Mary Ann Hall

Arthur James Pearce
Mary Ann Hall
💍 1899/139

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
General Servant

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
15 years

House of Mr. R. Heron, Newmarket

99/89

11 February 1899

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	92
Date of Notice	11 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Harold Pearce	Mary Ann Hall
BDM Match (88%)	Arthur James Pearce	Mary Ann Hall
	💍 1899/139
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	General Servant
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. Heron, Newmarket
Folio	99/89
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

11 February 1899

Robert Bevan Lye
Elizabeth Haywood

Robert Bevan Lye
Elizabeth Haywood
💍 1899/5366

Widower
Divorcee, 10 December, 1898

Clerk

60
37

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
20 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/59

11 February 1899

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	93
Date of Notice	11 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Bevan Lye	Elizabeth Haywood
	💍 1899/5366
Condition	Widower	Divorcee, 10 December, 1898
Profession	Clerk
Age	60	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/59
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1899
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

11 February 1899

Arthur Morgan
Mary Ann McGann

Arthur Morgan
Mary Ann McGann
💍 1899/429

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

20
28

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
28 years

House of Mr. W. A. Lucas, Mount Roskill

99/164

A Aldridge, brother

11 February 1899

Rev. J. Jones, Baptist

No	94
Date of Notice	11 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Morgan	Mary Ann McGann
	💍 1899/429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	20	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	28 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. W. A. Lucas, Mount Roskill
Folio	99/164
Consent	A Aldridge, brother
Date of Certificate	11 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jones, Baptist

13 February 1899

John Francis Madigan
Mary Ann Daley

John Francis Madigan
Mary Anne Daley
💍 1899/321

Bachelor
Spinster

Billiard marker
Dressmaker

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

5 months
8 months

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

99/77

13 February 1899

Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

No	95
Date of Notice	13 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Madigan	Mary Ann Daley
BDM Match (97%)	John Francis Madigan	Mary Anne Daley
	💍 1899/321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Billiard marker	Dressmaker
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 months	8 months
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	99/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Croke, Roman Catholic

13 February 1899

Gilbert Pizzini
Louisa Corfield

Gilbert Pizzini
Louisa Corfield
💍 1899/1556

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
22

Auckland
Onehunga

6 years
2 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

99/1359

13 February 1899

Rev. M. Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	96
Date of Notice	13 February 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Pizzini	Louisa Corfield
	💍 1899/1556
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	99/1359
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Brodie, 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).