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 1097

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar 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

16 February 1901

Ernest Arthur Reeves
Bertha Robins

Ernest Arthur Reeves
Emmeline Bertha Robins
💍 1901/206

Bachelor
Spinster

Tram Guard

21
25

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
6 weeks

St. Mark's Church, Wellington

01/640

16 February 1901

Rev. R. Coffey

No	88
Date of Notice	16 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Arthur Reeves	Bertha Robins
BDM Match (80%)	Ernest Arthur Reeves	Emmeline Bertha Robins
	💍 1901/206
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tram Guard
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church, Wellington
Folio	01/640
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

16 February 1901

George Pain
Mary Ann Gibbs

George Pain
Mary Ann Gibbs
💍 1901/244

Widower
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

55
30

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
10 years

Archbishop Redwood's House, Hill, Wellington

01/641

16 February 1901

Rev. J. R. Holley

No	89
Date of Notice	16 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Pain	Mary Ann Gibbs
	💍 1901/244
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	55	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Archbishop Redwood's House, Hill, Wellington
Folio	01/641
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Holley

18 February 1901

John Fisher Ineson
Selina Abbott Jackson

John Fisher Ineson
Selina Abbott Jackson
💍 1901/213

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

41
24

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
2 years

St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington

01/623

18 February 1901

Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett

No	90
Date of Notice	18 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fisher Ineson	Selina Abbott Jackson
	💍 1901/213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	41	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	01/623
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. G. S. Bartlett

18 February 1901

Harry Fieldes
Kathleen Hester Wells

Harry Fieldes
Kathleen Hester Wells
💍 1901/228

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

31
26

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
6 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/557

18 February 1901

Registrar

No	91
Date of Notice	18 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Fieldes	Kathleen Hester Wells
	💍 1901/228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/557
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Registrar

18 February 1901

John Glover Duthie
Ida Mary Blakey

John Glorn Duthie
Ada Mary Blakey
💍 1901/277

Bachelor
Spinster

Drapers Assistant

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
4 years

Residence of M. A. M. Schaef, Ingestre Street, Wellington

01/609

18 February 1901

Rev. John Dawson

No	92
Date of Notice	18 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Glover Duthie	Ida Mary Blakey
BDM Match (88%)	John Glorn Duthie	Ada Mary Blakey
	💍 1901/277
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Drapers Assistant
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Residence of M. A. M. Schaef, Ingestre Street, Wellington
Folio	01/609
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Dawson

19 February 1901

William Alfred Liverton
Esther Susannah Curtis

William Alfred Liverton
Esther Susannah Curtis
💍 1901/229

Widower
Spinster

Runholder

58
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/558

19 February 1901

Registrar

No	93
Date of Notice	19 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Alfred Liverton	Esther Susannah Curtis
	💍 1901/229
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Runholder
Age	58	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/558
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Registrar

20 February 1901

John Roland Parson
Leah Emma Stannard

John Roland Parsons
Leah Emma Stannard
💍 1901/231

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
23 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

01/559

20 February 1901

Registrar

No	94
Date of Notice	20 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Roland Parson	Leah Emma Stannard
BDM Match (97%)	John Roland Parsons	Leah Emma Stannard
	💍 1901/231
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	01/559
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Registrar

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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).