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 Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1901 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

7 February 1901

Andrew Moncur
Helen Vercoe

Andrew Moncur
Helen Vercoe
💍 1901/5719

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

26
24

Auckland
Mount Eden

18 years
24 years

House of P. T. Walker

01/199

7 February 1901

Rev. Ben Dudley, Presbyterian

No	91
Date of Notice	7 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Moncur	Helen Vercoe
	💍 1901/5719
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Mount Eden
Length of Residence	18 years	24 years
Marriage Place	House of P. T. Walker
Folio	01/199
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. Ben Dudley, Presbyterian

7 February 1901

Ernest Morgan
Lydia Nicholas

Ernest Morgan
Lydia Nicholas
💍 1901/5714

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
22

Auckland
Maiparere

3 days
4 years

House of H. N. Bride

01/192

Father of H. N. Bride

8 February 1901

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	92
Date of Notice	7 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Morgan	Lydia Nicholas
	💍 1901/5714
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Maiparere
Length of Residence	3 days	4 years
Marriage Place	House of H. N. Bride
Folio	01/192
Consent	Father of H. N. Bride
Date of Certificate	8 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

8 February 1901

Herbert Sydney Henderson
Sarah Johnstone

Herbert Sydney Henderson
Sarah Johnstone
💍 1901/5630

Bachelor
Spinster

Shearer

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Registrar's Office

01/125

8 February 1901

E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

No	93
Date of Notice	8 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Sydney Henderson	Sarah Johnstone
	💍 1901/5630
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shearer
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/125
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1901
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

8 February 1901

Francis Joseph Little
Millicent Gertrude Mills

Francis Joseph Little
Millicent Gertrude Mills
💍 1901/5846

Bachelor
Spinster

Undertaker

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
21 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/105

8 February 1901

Rev. M. O'Carroll, Roman Catholic

No	94
Date of Notice	8 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Little	Millicent Gertrude Mills
	💍 1901/5846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Undertaker
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/105
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. O'Carroll, Roman Catholic

9 February 1901

Alfred Duncan Glass
Evelyn Annie Mann

Alfred Duncan Glass
Evelyn Annie Mann
💍 1901/5667

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
19

Auckland
Pitt Street, Auckland

4 years
19 years

House of J. Johnstone

01/141

Juny E. Clarke, Mother

9 February 1901

Rev. W. J. Williams, Wesleyan

No	95
Date of Notice	9 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Duncan Glass	Evelyn Annie Mann
	💍 1901/5667
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Pitt Street, Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of J. Johnstone
Folio	01/141
Consent	Juny E. Clarke, Mother
Date of Certificate	9 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Williams, Wesleyan

11 February 1901

James Jamieson
Mary Cumming

James Jamieson
Mary Cumming
💍 1901/5530

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

St. Paul's Church

01/69

11 February 1901

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	96
Date of Notice	11 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Jamieson	Mary Cumming
	💍 1901/5530
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	01/69
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

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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).