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

143

20 March 1901

Charles Andrew Dailvie
Ada Florence Carroll

Charles Andrew Ogilvie
Ada Florence Carroll
💍 1901/6013

Widower
Spinster

Photographer

48
31

Wellington
Wellington

5 months
3 1/2 years

Registrar's Office

01/565

20 March 1901

Registrar

No	143
Date of Notice	20 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Andrew Dailvie	Ada Florence Carroll
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Andrew Ogilvie	Ada Florence Carroll
	💍 1901/6013
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	48	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 months	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/565
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Registrar

144

21 March 1901

William White Greig
Janie Archiba Le

William White Grey
Janie Archibald
💍 1901/347

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
24

Wellington
Wellington

24 years
24 years

Congregational Church

01/681

21 March 1901

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	144
Date of Notice	21 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William White Greig	Janie Archiba Le
BDM Match (85%)	William White Grey	Janie Archibald
	💍 1901/347
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	01/681
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

145

21 March 1901

John Woodman
Rose Hannah Harris

John Woodman
Rose Hannah Harris
💍 1901/1932

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
20

Pahautanui
Pahautanui

23 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. John Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington

01/2140

David Harris, Father

21 March 1901

Rev. John Dawson

No	145
Date of Notice	21 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Woodman	Rose Hannah Harris
	💍 1901/1932
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Pahautanui	Pahautanui
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. John Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	01/2140
Consent	David Harris, Father
Date of Certificate	21 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

146

21 March 1901

Johann Larsen
Angelina Martha Davis

Johann Larsen
Angelina Martha Davis
💍 1901/284

Divorce (Decree absolute 10/9/00)
Spinster

Labourer

30
30

Tawa Flat
Horokiwi

24 years
20 years

Residence of Rev. John Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington

01/615

21 March 1901

Rev. John Dawson

No	146
Date of Notice	21 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johann Larsen	Angelina Martha Davis
	💍 1901/284
Condition	Divorce (Decree absolute 10/9/00)	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Tawa Flat	Horokiwi
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. John Dawson, Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	01/615
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

147

23 March 1901

John Arthur Smith
Jessie Flora Finlayson

John Arthur Smith
Jessie Flora Finlayson
💍 1901/6014

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

01/566

23 March 1901

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	147
Date of Notice	23 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Smith	Jessie Flora Finlayson
	💍 1901/6014
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/566
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1901
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

148

23 March 1901

Samuel Thomas Parsons
Elizabeth Rebecca Burgess

Samuel Thomas Parsons
Elizabeth Rebecca Burgess
💍 1901/210

Widower
Widow

Cellarman

62
64

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
11 years

St. Mark's Church

01/644

23 March 1901

Rev. R. Coffey

No	148
Date of Notice	23 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Thomas Parsons	Elizabeth Rebecca Burgess
	💍 1901/210
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Cellarman
Age	62	64
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	01/644
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

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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).