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 1109

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

156

26 March 1901

William Hume
Rose Victoria Bradshaw

William Hume
Rose Victoria Bradshaw
💍 1901/272

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

31
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 days

Residence of Mr. J. Reston, 71 Wellington Terrace, Wellington

01/595

Charles Bradshaw, Father

26 March 1901

Rev. James Paterson

No	156
Date of Notice	26 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hume	Rose Victoria Bradshaw
	💍 1901/272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	31	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Reston, 71 Wellington Terrace, Wellington
Folio	01/595
Consent	Charles Bradshaw, Father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Paterson

157

26 March 1901

David Francis Perry
Deborah Lillian Keely

David Francis Perry
Deborah Lillian Kelly
💍 1901/1738

Bachelor
Widow

Coach Trimmer

31
35

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
6 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/2023

26 March 1901

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	157
Date of Notice	26 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Francis Perry	Deborah Lillian Keely
BDM Match (98%)	David Francis Perry	Deborah Lillian Kelly
	💍 1901/1738
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Coach Trimmer
Age	31	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/2023
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1901
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

158

26 March 1901

Arthur Charles Drury
Sarah Ann Hall

Arthur Charles Drury
Sarah Ann Hall
💍 1901/1941

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
18

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
18 years

Residence of Mr. Hall, Patone

01/2172

Mr. Hall, Father

26 March 1901

Rev. G. H. Mann

No	158
Date of Notice	26 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Charles Drury	Sarah Ann Hall
	💍 1901/1941
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Hall, Patone
Folio	01/2172
Consent	Mr. Hall, Father
Date of Certificate	26 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Mann

159

27 March 1901

Albert Walter Burnett
Esther Jane Russell

Albert Walter Burnett
Esther Jane Russell
💍 1901/1938

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinder

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
25 years

Residence of Mr. James Russell, Tory Street, Wellington

01/2149

27 March 1901

Rev. W. S. Fernie

No	159
Date of Notice	27 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Walter Burnett	Esther Jane Russell
	💍 1901/1938
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinder
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. James Russell, Tory Street, Wellington
Folio	01/2149
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Fernie

160

27 March 1901

John Hoskins
Mary Margaret Eagle

John Hoskins
Mary Margaret Eagle
💍 1901/1923

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

26
18

Wellington
Makara

2 years
18 years

Residence of Mr. W. Abernethy, 23 Aro Street, Wellington

01/2153

not yet issued

No	160
Date of Notice	27 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Hoskins	Mary Margaret Eagle
	💍 1901/1923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Makara
Length of Residence	2 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. Abernethy, 23 Aro Street, Wellington
Folio	01/2153
Consent
Date of Certificate	not yet issued
Officiating Minister

161

28 March 1901

Frederick George Bluett
Catherine McKechnie

Frederick George Bluett
Catherine McKechnie
💍 1901/2363

Bachelor
Spinster

Vocalist
Dressmaker

26
22

Wellington
Dunedin

7 weeks
22 years

Residence of Mrs. McKechnie, Park Street, Kensington, Dunedin

01/2718

28 March 1901

Rev. Isaac Jolly

No	161
Date of Notice	28 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick George Bluett	Catherine McKechnie
	💍 1901/2363
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Vocalist	Dressmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Dunedin
Length of Residence	7 weeks	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. McKechnie, Park Street, Kensington, Dunedin
Folio	01/2718
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Isaac Jolly

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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).