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 December 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

648

1 October 1901

John Irvine Bennett
Fanny Elizabeth Sullen

John Irvine Bennett
Fanny Elizabeth Sullen
💍 1901/3927

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church

01/4515

Henry Sullen, father

1 October 1901

Rev. G. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	648
Date of Notice	1 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Irvine Bennett	Fanny Elizabeth Sullen
	💍 1901/3927
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	01/4515
Consent	Henry Sullen, father
Date of Certificate	1 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Gillam, Church of England

649

1 October 1901

Cardinal James Vainty
Kate Mary Healey

Cardinal James Sainty
Kate Mary Kealey
💍 1901/3976

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

22
21

Auckland
21 Hepburn Street

2 years

House of Mr. R. Salter

01/4540

1 October 1901

Rev. B. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	649
Date of Notice	1 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cardinal James Vainty	Kate Mary Healey
BDM Match (95%)	Cardinal James Sainty	Kate Mary Kealey
	💍 1901/3976
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	21 Hepburn Street
Length of Residence	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. Salter
Folio	01/4540
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

650

1 October 1901

Andrew Michael Smith
Bridget Smith

Andrew Michael Smith
Bridget Smith
💍 1901/5423

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
19

Auckland
Parnell

3 days
3 days

Roman Catholic Church

01/6094

Mary Smith, mother

1 October 1901

Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

No	650
Date of Notice	1 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Michael Smith	Bridget Smith
	💍 1901/5423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	01/6094
Consent	Mary Smith, mother
Date of Certificate	1 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

651

1 October 1901

Herbert Muir
Sarah McCabe

Herbert Muir
Sarah McCabe
💍 1901/4010

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

22
23

Auckland
Onehunga

2 years
23 years

St. Peter's Church

01/4601

1 October 1901

Rev. J. H. Haselden, Church of England

No	651
Date of Notice	1 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Muir	Sarah McCabe
	💍 1901/4010
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	01/4601
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Haselden, Church of England

652

2 October 1901

Herbert Newdick Smith
Annie Crowhurst

Herbert Newdick
Annie Crowhurst
💍 1901/3990

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

24
21

Auckland
Remuera

2 years
21 years

St. Mark's Church

01/4553

2 October 1901

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	652
Date of Notice	2 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Newdick Smith	Annie Crowhurst
BDM Match (86%)	Herbert Newdick	Annie Crowhurst
	💍 1901/3990
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	01/4553
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

653

3 October 1901

John Alexander Hair
May Aileen Dacre

John Alexander Hair
Mary Eileen Dacre
💍 1901/4238

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
26 years

St. Benedict's Church

01/4788

3 October 1901

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	653
Date of Notice	3 October 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Hair	May Aileen Dacre
BDM Match (94%)	John Alexander Hair	Mary Eileen Dacre
	💍 1901/4238
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	01/4788
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 October 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, 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).