Intentions to Marry, 1901 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840419, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, September 22 2025

1901 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar P. 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

22 January 1901

Frank Reakin Whitehead
Millicent Frances Emma Hunt

Frank Matiu Whitehead
Millicent Frances Emma Hunt
💍 1901/5710

Bachelor
Spinster

Restaurant Proprietor

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace

01/163

Mother of Millicent Frances Emma Hunt

22 January 1901

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	61
Date of Notice	22 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Reakin Whitehead	Millicent Frances Emma Hunt
BDM Match (91%)	Frank Matiu Whitehead	Millicent Frances Emma Hunt
	💍 1901/5710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Restaurant Proprietor
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Eden Terrace
Folio	01/163
Consent	Mother of Millicent Frances Emma Hunt
Date of Certificate	22 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

22 January 1901

James Channing
Prudence Baston

James Channing
Prudence Baston
💍 1901/5534

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
32

Auckland
Parnell

3 months
2 weeks

St. Mary's Cathedral

01/72

22 January 1901

Rev. J. MacMurray, Church of England

No	62
Date of Notice	22 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Channing	Prudence Baston
	💍 1901/5534
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	3 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	01/72
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. MacMurray, Church of England

22 January 1901

Frederick John Pope
Annie Corr

Frederick John Pope
Annie Corr
💍 1901/5685

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

33
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
20 years

St. James' Manse

01/135

22 January 1901

Rev. B. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	63
Date of Notice	22 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick John Pope	Annie Corr
	💍 1901/5685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	33	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	01/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

23 January 1901

Frederick Charles Booth
Esther Ronalds

Frederick Charles Booth
Esther Ronalds
💍 1901/5686

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

21
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

St. James' Manse

01/136

23 January 1901

Rev. B. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	64
Date of Notice	23 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Booth	Esther Ronalds
	💍 1901/5686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	01/136
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

24 January 1901

Albert Victor Douglas Rogers
May Bruce

Albert Victor Douglas Myers
May Bruce
💍 1901/5661

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
21 years

All Saints' Church

01/85

24 January 1901

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	65
Date of Notice	24 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor Douglas Rogers	May Bruce
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Victor Douglas Myers	May Bruce
	💍 1901/5661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints' Church
Folio	01/85
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

28 January 1901

Kenneth Mackenzie
Annabella Hylie

Kenneth Mackenzie
Annabella Wyllie
💍 1901/5715

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

36
28

Auckland
Ponsonby

6 months
10 months

House of Rev. G. Maclean

01/194

28 January 1901

Rev. G. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	66
Date of Notice	28 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Kenneth Mackenzie	Annabella Hylie
BDM Match (94%)	Kenneth Mackenzie	Annabella Wyllie
	💍 1901/5715
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	6 months	10 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. G. Maclean
Folio	01/194
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Maclean, Presbyterian

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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).