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 023

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

1 February 1901

Arthur Jackson
Mary Helen Armistead

Arthur Jackson
Mary Helen Armistead
💍 1901/5676

Widower
Spinster

Expressman

41
43

Devonport
Ponsonby

5 years
9 years

House of Rev. C.C. Harrison, Ponsonby

01/150

1 February 1901

Rev. C.C. Harrison, Wesleyan

No	79
Date of Notice	1 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Jackson	Mary Helen Armistead
	💍 1901/5676
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Expressman
Age	41	43
Dwelling Place	Devonport	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. C.C. Harrison, Ponsonby
Folio	01/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.C. Harrison, Wesleyan

1 February 1901

Michael Kelly
Eleanor Mahoney

Michael Kelly
Eleanor Mahoney
💍 1901/5845

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
22 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/104

1 February 1901

Rev. W.S. Purton, Roman Catholic

No	80
Date of Notice	1 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Kelly	Eleanor Mahoney
	💍 1901/5845
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/104
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.S. Purton, Roman Catholic

1 February 1901

John Devereux Austin
Annie Sutton Green

John Deverieu Austin
Fannie Sutton Green
💍 1901/5627

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
2.5 years

Registrar's Office

01/23

Mary Jane Green, Mother

1 February 1901

E.H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

No	81
Date of Notice	1 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Devereux Austin	Annie Sutton Green
BDM Match (90%)	John Deverieu Austin	Fannie Sutton Green
	💍 1901/5627
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	2.5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/23
Consent	Mary Jane Green, Mother
Date of Certificate	1 February 1901
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

1 February 1901

Arthur James Tursell
Elizabeth Ellen Satman

Arthur James Fussell
Elizabeth Ellen Satman
💍 1901/5652

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

25
20

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
20 years

St. Thomas' Church

01/98

Gilbert Satman, Father

1 February 1901

Rev. W.M. Du Rieu, Church of England

No	82
Date of Notice	1 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur James Tursell	Elizabeth Ellen Satman
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur James Fussell	Elizabeth Ellen Satman
	💍 1901/5652
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	01/98
Consent	Gilbert Satman, Father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.M. Du Rieu, Church of England

4 February 1901

Frederick Kruse Lord
Mary Letitia Hare

Frederick Kemp Lord
Mary Letitia Hare
💍 1901/5651

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
7 weeks

Church of England cert. also issued at Eltham, but fresh certificate granted here after 3 days residence.

01/97

4 February 1901

Rev. J. Gould, Church of England

No	83
Date of Notice	4 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Kruse Lord	Mary Letitia Hare
BDM Match (90%)	Frederick Kemp Lord	Mary Letitia Hare
	💍 1901/5651
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	7 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England cert. also issued at Eltham, but fresh certificate granted here after 3 days residence.
Folio	01/97
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gould, Church of England

4 February 1901

Charles Clarke
Euphemia Ross

Charles Clarke
Euphemia Ross
💍 1901/5838

Bachelor
Spinster

Grazier

48
22

Auckland
Sydney

6 weeks
22 years

St. Peter's Church

01/120

4 February 1901

Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	84
Date of Notice	4 February 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Clarke	Euphemia Ross
	💍 1901/5838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grazier
Age	48	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Sydney
Length of Residence	6 weeks	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	01/120
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Sommerville, Presbyterian

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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).