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 1092

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

8 February 1901

Robert Francis Lynch
Ida Blanche O'Connor

Robert Francis Lynch
Ida Blanche O'Connor
💍 1901/222

Bachelor
Divorced

Civil Servant
Civil Servant

44
34

Wellington
Wellington

28 years
4 years

Registrars Office

01/551

8 February 1901

F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

No	69
Date of Notice	8 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Francis Lynch	Ida Blanche O'Connor
	💍 1901/222
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced
Profession	Civil Servant	Civil Servant
Age	44	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	28 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office
Folio	01/551
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1901
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield (Registrar)

9 February 1901

David Amos Maud
Hardcastle Spenser

Bachelor
Spinster

Bridge Builder

25
20

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
20 years

Residence of Mrs Amos, Myrtle Crescent, Wellington

01/578

William Richard Augustus Hardcastle (Father)

9 February 1901

Rev. Chas Dallastow

No	70
Date of Notice	9 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Amos Maud	Hardcastle Spenser
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bridge Builder
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Amos, Myrtle Crescent, Wellington
Folio	01/578
Consent	William Richard Augustus Hardcastle (Father)
Date of Certificate	9 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas Dallastow

11 February 1901

James Jew
Catherine Bradley

James Jew
Catherine Bradley
💍 1901/247

Bachelor
Spinster

Hotelkeeper

31
35

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
13 years

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

01/657

11 February 1901

Rev. Thos O'Shea

No	71
Date of Notice	11 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jew	Catherine Bradley
	💍 1901/247
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hotelkeeper
Age	31	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	13 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington
Folio	01/657
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos O'Shea

11 February 1901

William John Perano
Elizabeth Ann Freeth

William John Perano
Elizabeth Ann Freeth
💍 1901/248

Bachelor
Spinster

Fishcurer

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
4 days

St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington

01/658

11 February 1901

Rev. Thos O'Shea

No	72
Date of Notice	11 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Perano	Elizabeth Ann Freeth
	💍 1901/248
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fishcurer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott St, Wellington
Folio	01/658
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos O'Shea

11 February 1901

Thomas Daniel Clarragh
Sarah Evereth

Thomas Daniel Darragh
Sarah Emett
💍 1901/198

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

35
32

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
7 days

St. Peters Church, Wellington

01/133

11 February 1901

Rev. G. P. Daays

No	73
Date of Notice	11 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Daniel Clarragh	Sarah Evereth
BDM Match (80%)	Thomas Daniel Darragh	Sarah Emett
	💍 1901/198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	35	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	7 days
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	01/133
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Daays

11 February 1901

Sylvester O'Shea
Julia Scollard

Sylvester O'Shea
Julia Scolland
💍 1901/249

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter

47
45

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
3 weeks

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

01/659

11 February 1901

Rev. Thos O'Shea

No	74
Date of Notice	11 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sylvester O'Shea	Julia Scollard
BDM Match (96%)	Sylvester O'Shea	Julia Scolland
	💍 1901/249
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	47	45
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels Church, Boulcott St, Wellington
Folio	01/659
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos O'Shea

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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).