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 W. M. 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

113

4 March 1901

Richard de Beau Withington
Elizabeth Mary Campbell

Richard Le Bean Withington
Elizabeth Mary Campbell
💍 1901/281

Bachelor
Spinster

Papercutter

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
23 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Webb St, Wellington

01/613

4 March 1901

Rev. John Dawson

No	113
Date of Notice	4 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard de Beau Withington	Elizabeth Mary Campbell
BDM Match (96%)	Richard Le Bean Withington	Elizabeth Mary Campbell
	💍 1901/281
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Papercutter
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Webb St, Wellington
Folio	01/613
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

114

5 March 1901

Hugh Dison Florence
Florence Biddell

Hugh Hirst Dixon
Florence Biddell
💍 1901/326

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
15 years

Manse, Pirie St

01/583

5 March 1901

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	114
Date of Notice	5 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Dison Florence	Florence Biddell
BDM Match (71%)	Hugh Hirst Dixon	Florence Biddell
	💍 1901/326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Manse, Pirie St
Folio	01/583
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

115

5 March 1901

Bertie Thornton Martin
Jean Beatrice Innes Cruickshank

Bettie Thornton Martin
Jean Beatrice Innes Cuickshank
💍 1901/325

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
19

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
1 year

Residence of M. Cruickshank, 13 Mulgrave St

01/582

M. Cruickshank, Father

5 March 1901

Rev. J. H. Elliott

No	115
Date of Notice	5 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Thornton Martin	Jean Beatrice Innes Cruickshank
BDM Match (96%)	Bettie Thornton Martin	Jean Beatrice Innes Cuickshank
	💍 1901/325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of M. Cruickshank, 13 Mulgrave St
Folio	01/582
Consent	M. Cruickshank, Father
Date of Certificate	5 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Elliott

116

6 March 1901

Hillary John Hills
Lucy Emma Killick

Hillary John Hills
Lucy Emma Killick
💍 1901/214

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

1 month
2 months

St Paul's Pro-Cathedral

01/194

6 March 1901

Rev. J. H. Schott

No	116
Date of Notice	6 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hillary John Hills	Lucy Emma Killick
	💍 1901/214
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 month	2 months
Marriage Place	St Paul's Pro-Cathedral
Folio	01/194
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Schott

117

6 March 1901

Richard Hall
Julia Metcalfe

Richard Hall
Julia Metcalfe
💍 1901/280

Bachelor
Spinster

Clergyman

34
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
4 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Donald McLean St, Wellington

01/612

6 March 1901

Rev. John Dawson

No	117
Date of Notice	6 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Hall	Julia Metcalfe
	💍 1901/280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clergyman
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Donald McLean St, Wellington
Folio	01/612
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

118

6 March 1901

John Bain
Charlotte Jane Sparke

John Bain
Charlotte Jane Sparke
💍 1901/199

Bachelor
Widow

Clerk

34
35

Wellington
Wellington

12 months
12 months

St. Peter's Church

01/634

6 March 1901

Rev. G. P. Davis

No	118
Date of Notice	6 March 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bain	Charlotte Jane Sparke
	💍 1901/199
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Clerk
Age	34	35
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 months	12 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	01/634
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 March 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davis

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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).