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 1169

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1902 Registrar W. 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

512

1 November 1902

A. C. Bloxham Richardson
Maud Lewis

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

28
23

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
1 1/2 years

Presbyterian Manse, Pirie St

1901

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	512
Date of Notice	1 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	A. C. Bloxham Richardson	Maud Lewis
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Pirie St
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

513

1 November 1902

Richard Alfred Alley
Rosaline Imilda Bowan

Richard Alfred Alley
Rosaline Emilda Cowan
💍 1901/5272

Bachelor
Spinster

Traveller

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
6 weeks

Residence of Rev. H. B. Redstone

01/5910

8 November 1902

Rev. H. B. Redstone

No	513
Date of Notice	1 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Alfred Alley	Rosaline Imilda Bowan
BDM Match (95%)	Richard Alfred Alley	Rosaline Emilda Cowan
	💍 1901/5272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Traveller
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. H. B. Redstone
Folio	01/5910
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Redstone

514

1 November 1902

Patrick Leonard
Annie Standen

Patrick Leonard
Anne Standen
💍 1901/5279

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

36
23

Johnsonville
Wellington

3 years
6 years

Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt

01/5911

1 November 1902

Rev. F. G. Maples

No	514
Date of Notice	1 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Leonard	Annie Standen
BDM Match (96%)	Patrick Leonard	Anne Standen
	💍 1901/5279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	01/5911
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Maples

515

2 November 1902

Henry James Monaghan
Ann Gaskin

Henry James Monaghan
Ann Gaskin
💍 1901/5889

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

24
21

Makara
Makara

24 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Church

01/5875

2 November 1902

Rev. John Holley

No	515
Date of Notice	2 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Monaghan	Ann Gaskin
	💍 1901/5889
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Makara	Makara
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	01/5875
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Holley

516

4 November 1902

Alan Lervois Bloxham
Elsie Merritt Johnson

Alan Jervois Bloxam
Elsie Merritt Johnson
💍 1901/6303

Bachelor
Spinster

Civil Servant

38
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
29 years

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral

01/5822

4 November 1902

Rev. J. H. Schroth

No	516
Date of Notice	4 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alan Lervois Bloxham	Elsie Merritt Johnson
BDM Match (95%)	Alan Jervois Bloxam	Elsie Merritt Johnson
	💍 1901/6303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Civil Servant
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	01/5822
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Schroth

517

4 November 1902

Albert Ernest Tonks
Minnie Chyuoweth

Albert Ernest Tonks
Minnie Chynoweth
💍 1901/5292

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

26
25

Wellington
Wellington

26 years
3 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki St

01/5855

4 November 1902

Rev. George Bond

No	517
Date of Notice	4 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Ernest Tonks	Minnie Chyuoweth
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Ernest Tonks	Minnie Chynoweth
	💍 1901/5292
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	26 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki St
Folio	01/5855
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Bond

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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).