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 1088

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

1 February 1901

Michael Hanley
Louisa Haigh

Michael Hanley
Louisa Haigh
💍 1901/242

Widower
Spinster

Bookmaker

42
25

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
7 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/547

1 February 1901

F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

No	57
Date of Notice	1 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hanley	Louisa Haigh
	💍 1901/242
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bookmaker
Age	42	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/547
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1901
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

4 February 1901

Arthur Warwick Harrison
Eliza Jane Trudgrow

Arthur Warwick Harrison
Eliza Jane Trudgeon
💍 1901/293

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookmaker

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

9 months
3 weeks

St. James Church, Wellington

01/601

4 February 1901

Rev. W. Shirer

No	58
Date of Notice	4 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Warwick Harrison	Eliza Jane Trudgrow
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Warwick Harrison	Eliza Jane Trudgeon
	💍 1901/293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 months	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Wellington
Folio	01/601
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

4 February 1901

Frank Harry Aussel
Caroline Emma Ridler

Frank Harry Aussel
Caroline Emma Ridler
💍 1901/243

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Tailoress

34
34

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
34 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/548

4 February 1901

F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

No	59
Date of Notice	4 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Harry Aussel	Caroline Emma Ridler
	💍 1901/243
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Tailoress
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/548
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1901
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

5 February 1901

Joseph Edward Widdop
May Ada Fox

Joseph Edward Widdop
May Ada Fox
💍 1901/344

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

26
28

Wellington
Wellington

26 years
28 years

Residence of J. F. Fox, 5 Wordsworth St, Wellington

01/577

5 February 1901

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	60
Date of Notice	5 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Edward Widdop	May Ada Fox
	💍 1901/344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	26 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. F. Fox, 5 Wordsworth St, Wellington
Folio	01/577
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

6 February 1901

John Wilkinson
Alice Odlin

John Wilkinson
Alice Odlin
💍 1901/256

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookseller

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

25 years
22 years

St. Berkeley Church, Taranaki St, Wellington

01/615

6 February 1901

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	61
Date of Notice	6 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wilkinson	Alice Odlin
	💍 1901/256
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookseller
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	25 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Berkeley Church, Taranaki St, Wellington
Folio	01/615
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

6 February 1901

Edward Brook
Ellen Hannan

Edward Brook
Ellen Hannan
💍 1901/246

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

30
28

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
1 week

St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington

01/656

6 February 1901

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	62
Date of Notice	6 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Brook	Ellen Hannan
	💍 1901/246
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	1 week
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington
Folio	01/656
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

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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).