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.

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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

104

19 March 1901

Wilfred Harry Scale
Isabella Sophie Elizabeth Clare Poll

Wilfred Harry Seale
Isabella Sophie Elizabeth Clara Pole
💍 1901/255

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
25 years

Archbishop's Redwoods private house

01/647

19 March 1901

Rev. J. C. Holley

No	104
Date of Notice	19 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wilfred Harry Scale	Isabella Sophie Elizabeth Clare Poll
BDM Match (95%)	Wilfred Harry Seale	Isabella Sophie Elizabeth Clara Pole
	💍 1901/255
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Archbishop's Redwoods private house
Folio	01/647
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Holley

108

19 March 1901

George Edward Anderson
Fanny Elizabeth Johnstone

George Edward Anderson
Fanny Elizabeth Johnstone
💍 1901/279

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

28
31

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
3 years

Residence of Mr. G. Anderson, 3 Kelvin Grove, Wellington

01/611

19 March 1901

Rev. J. Dawson

No	108
Date of Notice	19 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Anderson	Fanny Elizabeth Johnstone
	💍 1901/279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. G. Anderson, 3 Kelvin Grove, Wellington
Folio	01/611
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dawson

109

19 March 1901

Thomas Leonard Hickman
Ada Greenwood

Thomas Leonard Hickman
Ada Greenwood
💍 1901/236

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
19

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
19 years

Registrar's Office

01/564

J. Greenwood, mother

19 March 1901

Registrar

No	109
Date of Notice	19 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Leonard Hickman	Ada Greenwood
	💍 1901/236
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/564
Consent	J. Greenwood, mother
Date of Certificate	19 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Registrar

110

2 March 1901

William Goodwin Heighlon
Margaret Jane Emma Parkinson

William Goodwin Heighton
Margaret Jane Emma Parkinson
💍 1901/2684

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

24 years
14 years

St. Paul's Cathedral

01/2998

2 March 1901

Rev. J. A. Spilott

No	110
Date of Notice	2 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Goodwin Heighlon	Margaret Jane Emma Parkinson
BDM Match (98%)	William Goodwin Heighton	Margaret Jane Emma Parkinson
	💍 1901/2684
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Cathedral
Folio	01/2998
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Spilott

111

4 March 1901

Wesley Fried Tucker
Isabella May Webb

Healey Michal Tucker
Isabella May Webb
💍 1901/295

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
22 years

Residence of Mr. Joseph John Webb, 5 Constable Street, Wellington

01/603

4 March 1901

Rev. W. W. Stuer

No	111
Date of Notice	4 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Wesley Fried Tucker	Isabella May Webb
BDM Match (80%)	Healey Michal Tucker	Isabella May Webb
	💍 1901/295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Joseph John Webb, 5 Constable Street, Wellington
Folio	01/603
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. W. Stuer

112

4 March 1901

Ernest Yeovily Redward
Alice May Dryden

Ernest Yevily Redward
Alice Mary Dryden
💍 1901/258

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

31
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
25 years

Residence of Mr. S. Dryden, 10 Bidwell St., Wellington

01/667

4 March 1901

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	112
Date of Notice	4 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Yeovily Redward	Alice May Dryden
BDM Match (95%)	Ernest Yevily Redward	Alice Mary Dryden
	💍 1901/258
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. S. Dryden, 10 Bidwell St., Wellington
Folio	01/667
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

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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).