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 016

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1901

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

12 January 1901

Horace James Wallace
Henrietta Morris

Horace James Wallace
Henrietta Ada Morris
💍 1901/5999

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
3 years

The St. Matthews Church

01/62

12 January 1901

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	43
Date of Notice	12 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace James Wallace	Henrietta Morris
BDM Match (90%)	Horace James Wallace	Henrietta Ada Morris
	💍 1901/5999
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	The St. Matthews Church
Folio	01/62
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

14 January 1901

Albert Otto
Caroline Mary Harvey

Albert Otto
Caroline May Harvey
💍 1901/5728

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
22

Cabbage Bay
Auckland

10 years

House of father's

01/186

14 January 1901

Rev. C. S. Beecroft, Wesleyan

No	44
Date of Notice	14 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Otto	Caroline Mary Harvey
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Otto	Caroline May Harvey
	💍 1901/5728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Cabbage Bay	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years
Marriage Place	House of father's
Folio	01/186
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. S. Beecroft, Wesleyan

14 January 1901

Henry Johnson
Annie Christina Brown

Henry Johnson
Anne Christina Brown
💍 1901/5997

Henry Hobson
Agnes Brown
💍 1902/1029

Bachelor
Spinster

Maltster

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

23 years

Registrar's Office

01/19

Samuel Brown, father of bride

14 January 1901

E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

No	45
Date of Notice	14 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Johnson	Annie Christina Brown
BDM Match (98%)	Henry Johnson	Anne Christina Brown
	💍 1901/5997
BDM Match (62%)	Henry Hobson	Agnes Brown
	💍 1902/1029
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maltster
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/19
Consent	Samuel Brown, father of bride
Date of Certificate	14 January 1901
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar of Marriages

15 January 1901

John Barter Scott
Mary Gertrude Coady

John Baxter Scott
Mary Gertrude Coady
💍 1901/5837

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

27
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/102

15 January 1901

Very Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	46
Date of Notice	15 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Barter Scott	Mary Gertrude Coady
BDM Match (97%)	John Baxter Scott	Mary Gertrude Coady
	💍 1901/5837
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/102
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

17 January 1901

John Edward Robinson Thorpe
Euphemia Kean

John Edward Robinson Thorpe
Euphemia Kean
💍 1901/5729

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

31 years

House of father's

01/187

17 January 1901

Rev. J. Brown, Presbyterian

No	47
Date of Notice	17 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edward Robinson Thorpe	Euphemia Kean
	💍 1901/5729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years
Marriage Place	House of father's
Folio	01/187
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Brown, Presbyterian

17 January 1901

Arthur John Powell
Lavinia Maria Taylor

[not solemnized see note attached]

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

21
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
1.5 years

St Matthews Church Auckland

not solemnized see note attached

17 January 1901

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	48
Date of Notice	17 January 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Powell	Lavinia Maria Taylor
BDM Match (5%)
	💍 [not solemnized see note attached]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	1.5 years
Marriage Place	St Matthews Church Auckland
Folio	not solemnized see note attached
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).