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 006

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1899 Registrar J. 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 January 1899

Arthur John Paltridge
Helena Maud Marshall

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

22
21

Paeroa
Auckland

22 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/14

9 January 1899

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	22
Date of Notice	9 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Paltridge	Helena Maud Marshall
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Paeroa	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1899
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

9 January 1899

Samuel Henry Young
Margaret Clarkson

Samuel Henry Young
Margaret Clarkson
💍 1899/213

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

22
21

Waikino
Auckland

9 months
8 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/13

9 January 1899

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	23
Date of Notice	9 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Henry Young	Margaret Clarkson
	💍 1899/213
	💍 1899/213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 months	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1899
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

9 January 1899

Edwin Thomas Parr
Clara Hannah Holdsworth

Edwin Thomas Parr
Clara Hannah Holdsworth
💍 1899/189

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor's presser

26
19

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
12 years

House of Mr. F. Lock, Vermont Street, Ponsonby

99/141

Martin Luther Holdsworth, father

9 January 1899

Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

No	24
Date of Notice	9 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Thomas Parr	Clara Hannah Holdsworth
	💍 1899/189
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor's presser
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. F. Lock, Vermont Street, Ponsonby
Folio	99/141
Consent	Martin Luther Holdsworth, father
Date of Certificate	9 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Sinclair, Wesleyan

10 January 1899

George Henry Howard
Olive May Parker

George Henry Howard
Olive May Parker
💍 1899/167

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
20 years

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Manse, Auckland

99/119

Charles Parker, father

10 January 1899

Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

No	25
Date of Notice	10 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Howard	Olive May Parker
	💍 1899/167
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Presbyterian Manse, Auckland
Folio	99/119
Consent	Charles Parker, father
Date of Certificate	10 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Milne, Presbyterian

10 January 1899

Michael M'Carthy
Alice Louisa Buckler

Michael McCarthy
Alice Louisa Buckler
💍 1899/173

Bachelor
Spinster

Currier

20
23

Avondale
Avondale

14 years
2 1/2 years

House of Mother of Bride, Avondale

99/124

Sarah Brown, formerly M'Carthy, mother

10 January 1899

Rev. J. Sharp, Primitive Methodist

No	26
Date of Notice	10 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael M'Carthy	Alice Louisa Buckler
BDM Match (97%)	Michael McCarthy	Alice Louisa Buckler
	💍 1899/173
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Currier
Age	20	23
Dwelling Place	Avondale	Avondale
Length of Residence	14 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Avondale
Folio	99/124
Consent	Sarah Brown, formerly M'Carthy, mother
Date of Certificate	10 January 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sharp, Primitive Methodist

11 January 1899

Herbert John Hazlehurst
Ella Lucy Evans Roberts

Herbert John Hazlehurst
Ella Lucy Roberts Evans
💍 1899/216

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
28

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
8 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/16

11 January 1899

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	27
Date of Notice	11 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Hazlehurst	Ella Lucy Evans Roberts
BDM Match (74%)	Herbert John Hazlehurst	Ella Lucy Roberts Evans
	💍 1899/216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/16
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1899
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

11 January 1899

George Henry Bardsley
Mary Jane Hutchings

George Henry Bardsley
Mary Jane Hutchings
💍 1899/215

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

43
45

Auckland
Auckland

2 months
2 months

Registrar's Office, Auckland

99/15

11 January 1899

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	28
Date of Notice	11 January 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Bardsley	Mary Jane Hutchings
	💍 1899/215
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	43	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 months	2 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	99/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1899
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy 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).