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 247

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar Thomas Kirk and John S. Edgecumbe

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

5 January 1901

Walter Elliot
Annie Wood

Walter Elliot
Annie Wood
💍 1901/5987

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Hamilton
Kirikiriroa

3 months
7 months

In the house of Mr. E. J. Rogers, Kirikiriroa

01/238

Henry Wood, Father

5 January 1901

Rev. James W. Mitchell, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	5 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Elliot	Annie Wood
	💍 1901/5987
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Kirikiriroa
Length of Residence	3 months	7 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. E. J. Rogers, Kirikiriroa
Folio	01/238
Consent	Henry Wood, Father
Date of Certificate	5 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. James W. Mitchell, Presbyterian

30 January 1901

John Thomas Bryant
Hannah Baker

John Thomas Bryant
Hannah Baker
💍 1901/5771

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
27

Tauwhare
Kirikiriroa

9 months
2 years

In the Church at Hamilton

01/240

30 January 1901

Rev. Henry L. Blamires, Wesleyan

No	2
Date of Notice	30 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Bryant	Hannah Baker
	💍 1901/5771
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	27
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Kirikiriroa
Length of Residence	9 months	2 years
Marriage Place	In the Church at Hamilton
Folio	01/240
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry L. Blamires, Wesleyan

5 February 1901

William George Jackways
Mirzah May Hart

William George Jackways
Thurza May Hart
💍 1901/141

Bachelor
Spinster

Cheese-maker

25
20

Tauwhare
Tauwhare

3 months
14 days

In the house of Mr. W. S. Jackways, Tauwhare

01/239

William Hart, Father

5 February 1901

Rev. James W. Mitchell, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	5 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William George Jackways	Mirzah May Hart
BDM Match (87%)	William George Jackways	Thurza May Hart
	💍 1901/141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cheese-maker
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Tauwhare
Length of Residence	3 months	14 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. W. S. Jackways, Tauwhare
Folio	01/239
Consent	William Hart, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. James W. Mitchell, Presbyterian

13 February 1901

George Robertson
Helen Dixon

George Robertson
Helen Dixon
💍 1901/5772

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Labourer

25
21

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 days
Since birth Hamilton East

In the house of Mr. John Dixon, South Hamilton East

01/241

13 February 1901

Rev. Henry L. Blamires, Wesleyan

No	4
Date of Notice	13 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Robertson	Helen Dixon
	💍 1901/5772
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 days	Since birth Hamilton East
Marriage Place	In the house of Mr. John Dixon, South Hamilton East
Folio	01/241
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry L. Blamires, Wesleyan

25 February 1901

Alfred Ernest De Groen
Mahala Jane Saulbrey

Alfred Ernest De Groen
Mahala Jane Saulbrey
💍 1901/5759

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

31
22

Hamilton
Ngaruawahia

3 days
6 months

In the Episcopalian Church at Ngaruawahia

01/249

25 February 1901

Rev. Harry Mason, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	25 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Ernest De Groen	Mahala Jane Saulbrey
	💍 1901/5759
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	31	22
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	In the Episcopalian Church at Ngaruawahia
Folio	01/249
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Harry Mason, 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).