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.

Page 052

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1901 Registrar Edward 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

243

9 April 1901

Henry Roebuck
Frances Vickery Downey

Henry Roebuck Downey
Frances Vickery
💍 1901/68

Bachelor
Spinster

Wood Turner

33
33

Auckland
Ponsonby

33 years

Church of Christ

01/1492

9 April 1901

Rev. J. W. Bull, Church of Christ

No	243
Date of Notice	9 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Roebuck	Frances Vickery Downey
BDM Match (67%)	Henry Roebuck Downey	Frances Vickery
	💍 1901/68
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wood Turner
Age	33	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	33 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ
Folio	01/1492
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Bull, Church of Christ

244

9 April 1901

Henry Hassall
Ida Isabel Jordan Moore

Henry Hassall
Alice Groome
💍 1901/1452

Bachelor
Spinster

Cutter

25
17

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
17 years

Registrar Office

01/1954

D. Moore, Father

9 April 1901

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	244
Date of Notice	9 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hassall	Ida Isabel Jordan Moore
BDM Match (63%)	Henry Hassall	Alice Groome
	💍 1901/1452
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cutter
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	01/1954
Consent	D. Moore, Father
Date of Certificate	9 April 1901
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

245

9 April 1901

Francis Patrick O'Dowd
Mary Ryan

Francis Patrick O'Dowd
Mary Ryan
💍 1901/1161

Bachelor
Spinster

Publican

28
25

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
1 year

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/1480

9 April 1901

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	245
Date of Notice	9 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Patrick O'Dowd	Mary Ryan
	💍 1901/1161
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Publican
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/1480
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

246

10 April 1901

John Andrew Maymouth
Christina Whittle

John Andrew Waymouth
Christina Whittle
💍 1901/1141

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

31
30

Auckland
Parnell

31 years
27 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

01/1490

10 April 1901

Rev. G. H. Cheachman, Church of England

No	246
Date of Notice	10 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Andrew Maymouth	Christina Whittle
BDM Match (98%)	John Andrew Waymouth	Christina Whittle
	💍 1901/1141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	31 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	01/1490
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Cheachman, Church of England

247

10 April 1901

James Healy Oleson
Martha Fletcher

James Healey Olsson
Martha Fletcher
💍 1901/1187

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

21
19

Auckland
Onehunga

21 years
3 years

House of Father, Onehunga

01/1532

Father

10 April 1901

Rev. E. Griffin, Wesleyan

No	247
Date of Notice	10 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Healy Oleson	Martha Fletcher
BDM Match (95%)	James Healey Olsson	Martha Fletcher
	💍 1901/1187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	21 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, Onehunga
Folio	01/1532
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	10 April 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Griffin, Wesleyan

248

10 April 1901

William Brown Manning
Annie Billing

William Brown Manning
Annie Billing
💍 1901/1350

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 years

St. Matthew's Church

01/1405

10 April 1901

Rev. W. E. Pillans, Church of England

No	248
Date of Notice	10 April 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Brown Manning	Annie Billing
	💍 1901/1350
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	01/1405
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 April 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Pillans, 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).