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 1082

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar Frederick William Mansfield

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

24 January 1901

William Edward Francis Brindall
Amy Margaret Cameron

William Edward Francis Benrall
Amy Margaret Cameron
💍 1901/218

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

34
27

Wellington
Wellington

27 years
4 years

St Peters Church, Wellington

01/429

24 January 1901

Revd Geo. P. Davys

No	38
Date of Notice	24 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Francis Brindall	Amy Margaret Cameron
BDM Match (95%)	William Edward Francis Benrall	Amy Margaret Cameron
	💍 1901/218
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	01/429
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd Geo. P. Davys

24 January 1901

Henry Herbert Cudby
Maud Townsend Cleaver

Henry Herbert Cudby
Maude Townsend Cleaver
💍 1901/193

Bachelor
Spinster

Shunter

26
27

Upper Hutt
Petone

26 years
10 years

Roman Catholic Church, Petone

01/569

24 January 1901

Revd John J. Lane

No	39
Date of Notice	24 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Herbert Cudby	Maud Townsend Cleaver
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Herbert Cudby	Maude Townsend Cleaver
	💍 1901/193
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shunter
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Petone
Length of Residence	26 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Petone
Folio	01/569
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd John J. Lane

28 January 1901

Walter Henry Percival
Mary Maxwell Morrison

Walter Henry Percival
Mary Maxwell Morrison
💍 1901/355

Bachelor
Spinster

Sailor
Sailoress

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
24 years

Baptist Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

01/640

28 January 1901

Revd Chas. Dallaston

No	40
Date of Notice	28 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Percival	Mary Maxwell Morrison
	💍 1901/355
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sailor	Sailoress
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	24 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	01/640
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd Chas. Dallaston

28 January 1901

George Prutecost Payne
Mary Kate O'Halloran

George Penhirst Payne
Mary Catherine O'Halloran
💍 1901/717

Widower
Spinster

Hotelkeeper

35
30

Wellington
Dunedin

30 years
14 days

St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin

01/1150

28 January 1901

Revd Patrick Murphy

No	41
Date of Notice	28 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Prutecost Payne	Mary Kate O'Halloran
BDM Match (74%)	George Penhirst Payne	Mary Catherine O'Halloran
	💍 1901/717
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotelkeeper
Age	35	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	30 years	14 days
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Cathedral, Dunedin
Folio	01/1150
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd Patrick Murphy

28 January 1901

Herbert John Wyeth
Annie McMenamin

Herbert John Wyeth
Annie McMenamin
💍 1901/321

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt

23 years
6 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt

01/570

28 January 1901

Revd J. J. Lane

No	42
Date of Notice	28 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Wyeth	Annie McMenamin
	💍 1901/321
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Upper Hutt
Length of Residence	23 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	01/570
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd J. J. Lane

28 January 1901

George Henry Kinly
Rachel Morris

George Henry Linley
Rachel Morris
💍 1901/197

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

37
36

Wellington
Wellington

30 years
13 years

St Peters Church, Wellington

01/632

28 January 1901

Revd G. P. Davys

No	43
Date of Notice	28 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Kinly	Rachel Morris
BDM Match (95%)	George Henry Linley	Rachel Morris
	💍 1901/197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	30 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	01/632
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Revd G. P. Davys

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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).