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 E. 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

4 February 1901

Alfred William Rayner
Helen Yeats

Alfred William Rayner
Helen Yeats
💍 1901/5640

Bachelor
Spinster

Burner

28
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
2 years

All Saints Church

01/87

4 February 1901

Rev. J. Marshall, Church of England

No	85
Date of Notice	4 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred William Rayner	Helen Yeats
	💍 1901/5640
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Burner
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	01/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Marshall, Church of England

5 February 1901

Frank Herbert Tapp
Mary Jane

Frank Herbert Tapp
Mary Smyth
💍 1901/6183

Bachelor
Spinster

Junger

22
24

Onehunga
House of Father of Bride

22 years
24 years

01/188

5 February 1901

Rev. J. Brown, Presbyterian

No	86
Date of Notice	5 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Herbert Tapp	Mary Jane
BDM Match (75%)	Frank Herbert Tapp	Mary Smyth
	💍 1901/6183
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Junger
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	House of Father of Bride
Length of Residence	22 years	24 years
Marriage Place
Folio	01/188
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brown, Presbyterian

5 February 1901

Frederick Charles Master
Lois Jane Cassidy

Frederick Charles Marter
Lois Jane Cassidy
💍 1901/5713

Bachelor
Widow

Painter

21
23

Franklin Road
Auckland

21 years
23 years

House of Rev. D. J. Potter

01/191

5 February 1901

Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	87
Date of Notice	5 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Master	Lois Jane Cassidy
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Charles Marter	Lois Jane Cassidy
	💍 1901/5713
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Painter
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Franklin Road	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. D. J. Potter
Folio	01/191
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Potter, Primitive Methodist

5 February 1901

Frank Wells Chalmers
Kate Lacon

Frank Wells Chalmers
Kate Lacor
💍 1901/5642

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
21 years

Epiphany Church

01/89

5 February 1901

Rev. W. E. Luck, Church of England

No	88
Date of Notice	5 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Wells Chalmers	Kate Lacon
BDM Match (95%)	Frank Wells Chalmers	Kate Lacor
	💍 1901/5642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church
Folio	01/89
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Luck, Church of England

6 February 1901

Charles Griffiths
May Catherine Leydon

Charles Griffiths
May Catherine Leydon
💍 1901/5629

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

01/94

6 February 1901

E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

No	89
Date of Notice	6 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Griffiths	May Catherine Leydon
	💍 1901/5629
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/94
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1901
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

6 February 1901

Adolf August Anderson
Maria Kaisa Crutchfield

Adolf August Anderson
Maria Kaisa Crutchfield
💍 1901/5688

Bachelor
Widow

Mariner

38
42

Auckland
Wakefield Street

3 weeks
3 weeks

House of Mr. J. Faulk

01/164

6 February 1901

Rev. B. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	90
Date of Notice	6 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolf August Anderson	Maria Kaisa Crutchfield
	💍 1901/5688
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Mariner
Age	38	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Wakefield Street
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Mr. J. Faulk
Folio	01/164
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

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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).