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 451

District of Raglan Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar A. R. Hawley

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

118

5 January 1901

George Moubry Richards
Hester Amelia Sutton

George Mowbry Richards
Hester Amelia Sutton
💍 1901/5773

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

34
29

Ruakuri
Raglan

14 years
29 years

Mr. Charles Sutton's Residence Raglan

01/242

5 January 1901

Rev. H. D. Major

No	118
Date of Notice	5 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Moubry Richards	Hester Amelia Sutton
BDM Match (98%)	George Mowbry Richards	Hester Amelia Sutton
	💍 1901/5773
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Ruakuri	Raglan
Length of Residence	14 years	29 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Charles Sutton's Residence Raglan
Folio	01/242
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. Major

119

25 January 1901

Frank R. Rastrick
Catherine Emily Savage

Frank Rastrick
Catherine Emily Savage
💍 1901/5592

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

28
33

Raglan
Raglan

12 years
20 years

Mr. E. C. Savage's Residence Raglan

01/270

5 February 1901

Rev. G. Carr, Raglan

No	119
Date of Notice	25 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank R. Rastrick	Catherine Emily Savage
BDM Match (91%)	Frank Rastrick	Catherine Emily Savage
	💍 1901/5592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	12 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mr. E. C. Savage's Residence Raglan
Folio	01/270
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr, Raglan

120

12 February 1901

Edward Henry Schnackenberg
Elsie Jane Evelyn Allen

Edward Henry Schnackenberg
Elsie Jane Evelyn Allen
💍 1901/1215

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic duties

31
24

Aotea
Waingaro

2 years
4 years

Mr. J. Allen's residence "The Cliffs", Waingaro

01/1565

12 February 1901

John Law

No	120
Date of Notice	12 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Henry Schnackenberg	Elsie Jane Evelyn Allen
	💍 1901/1215
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Aotea	Waingaro
Length of Residence	2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Mr. J. Allen's residence "The Cliffs", Waingaro
Folio	01/1565
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1901
Officiating Minister	John Law

121

20 February 1901

William Henry Brough
Lina Mattie Dodd

William Henry Brough
Lina Mattie Dodd
💍 1901/6187

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

27
28

Tamahere
Raglan

18 months
1 month

Mr. E. C. Savage's residence Tamahere

01/271

20 February 1901

Rev. G. Carr, Raglan

No	121
Date of Notice	20 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Brough	Lina Mattie Dodd
	💍 1901/6187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Tamahere	Raglan
Length of Residence	18 months	1 month
Marriage Place	Mr. E. C. Savage's residence Tamahere
Folio	01/271
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr, Raglan

122

4 March 1901

Daniel Henry Bates
Eliza Billington

Daniel Henry Bates
Eliza Billington
💍 1901/5570

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer
Domestic duties

24
19 years 10 months

Raglan
Te Mata

9 years
10 months

Registrar's Office, Raglan

01/272

4 March 1901

A. R. Hawley, Registrar, Raglan

No	122
Date of Notice	4 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Henry Bates	Eliza Billington
	💍 1901/5570
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer	Domestic duties
Age	24	19 years 10 months
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Te Mata
Length of Residence	9 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Raglan
Folio	01/272
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1901
Officiating Minister	A. R. Hawley, Registrar, Raglan

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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 1908. 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).