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 E. Ryons

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

252

19 December 1901

Wallis Moore
Beatrice Mary Angore

Wallis Moore
Beatrice Mary Angove
💍 1901/4101

Wallis Moore
Beatrice Mary Augore
💍 1901/4228

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

37
27

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
6 years

St. Sepulchre Church

01/4783

19 December 1901

Rev. J. Evershed, Church of England

No	252
Date of Notice	19 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wallis Moore	Beatrice Mary Angore
BDM Match (98%)	Wallis Moore	Beatrice Mary Angove
	💍 1901/4101
BDM Match (98%)	Wallis Moore	Beatrice Mary Augore
	💍 1901/4228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre Church
Folio	01/4783
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Evershed, Church of England

253

19 December 1901

Robert Owen Boyd
Catherine Spin Mitchell

Robert Owen Boyd
Katherine Mitchell
💍 1901/3944

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

45
33

Auckland
Auckland

45 years
15 years

St. Pauls Church

01/4508

19 December 1901

Rev. C. H. Kelson, Church of England

No	253
Date of Notice	19 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Owen Boyd	Catherine Spin Mitchell
BDM Match (87%)	Robert Owen Boyd	Katherine Mitchell
	💍 1901/3944
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	45	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	45 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church
Folio	01/4508
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Kelson, Church of England

254

19 December 1901

Angus John Campbell
Mary Spin Judchke

Angus John Campbell
Mary Tudehope
💍 1901/4070

Angus John Campbell
Mabel Susannah Abbott
💍 1901/1445

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
25 years

St. Andrews Church

01/4566

19 December 1901

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	254
Date of Notice	19 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus John Campbell	Mary Spin Judchke
BDM Match (74%)	Angus John Campbell	Mary Tudehope
	💍 1901/4070
BDM Match (62%)	Angus John Campbell	Mabel Susannah Abbott
	💍 1901/1445
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrews Church
Folio	01/4566
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

255

20 December 1901

James Frank Preston
Margaret Spin McSheen

James Frank Preston
Margaret McSheen
💍 1901/3993

Bachelor
Spinster

Stone Mason

31
32

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
32 years

St. Patricks Cathedral

01/4533

20 December 1901

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	255
Date of Notice	20 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Frank Preston	Margaret Spin McSheen
BDM Match (88%)	James Frank Preston	Margaret McSheen
	💍 1901/3993
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stone Mason
Age	31	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Patricks Cathedral
Folio	01/4533
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

256

20 December 1901

William Albert Pearson
Amy Spin Harvey

William Albert Pearson
Amy Harvey
💍 1901/3936

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

33
28

Auckland
Auckland

17 years
20 years

St. Matthews Church

01/4574

20 December 1901

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	256
Date of Notice	20 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Albert Pearson	Amy Spin Harvey
BDM Match (83%)	William Albert Pearson	Amy Harvey
	💍 1901/3936
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	17 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	01/4574
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

257

20 December 1901

Frank Daly
Edith Austra Mattocks

Frank Daly McDell
Edith Anetta Mattocks
💍 1901/4087

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
24

Remuera
Auckland

26 years
17 years

St. Thomas Church

01/4559

20 December 1901

Rev. G. Beatty, Church of England

No	257
Date of Notice	20 December 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Daly	Edith Austra Mattocks
BDM Match (72%)	Frank Daly McDell	Edith Anetta Mattocks
	💍 1901/4087
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Remuera	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church
Folio	01/4559
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Beatty, 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).