Intentions to Marry, 1901 South Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840420, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, September 22 2025

1901 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 450

District of Oxford Quarter ending 30 September 1901 Registrar H. Meeres

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

3 July 1901

George Henry Engelbrecht
Agnes Helen Clarke

George Henry Engelbrecht
Agnes Ellen Clarke
💍 1901/3467

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

25
20

Carleton
West Oxford

25 years
7 years

St Mary's Church, West Oxford

01/3961

C. Clarke, Father of bride

8 July 1901

Rev. R. F. Garbett, Anglican Minister

No	6
Date of Notice	3 July 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Engelbrecht	Agnes Helen Clarke
BDM Match (94%)	George Henry Engelbrecht	Agnes Ellen Clarke
	💍 1901/3467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Carleton	West Oxford
Length of Residence	25 years	7 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, West Oxford
Folio	01/3961
Consent	C. Clarke, Father of bride
Date of Certificate	8 July 1901
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Garbett, Anglican Minister

11 July 1901

Jethro Colthorpe Mann
Alice Maud Powell

Jethro Colthorpe Mann
Alice Maud Powell
💍 1901/3441

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Dressmaker

28
24

East Oxford
East Oxford

28 years
12 years

The Church of the Sacred Heart, West Oxford

01/3933

Rev. W. Hyland, Roman Catholic

No	7
Date of Notice	11 July 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jethro Colthorpe Mann	Alice Maud Powell
	💍 1901/3441
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Dressmaker
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	East Oxford	East Oxford
Length of Residence	28 years	12 years
Marriage Place	The Church of the Sacred Heart, West Oxford
Folio	01/3933
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Hyland, Roman Catholic

22 July 1901

James Potts Gale
Annie Louisa Mullon

James Patts Pole
Annie Louisa Mullon
💍 1901/3443

Widower
Spinster

Storekeeper
Domestic duties

56
43

View Hill, West Oxford
View Hill, West Oxford

24 years
18 years

The Regrs office in the Railway Station, West Oxford

01/3935

Henry Meeres, Registrar

No	8
Date of Notice	22 July 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Potts Gale	Annie Louisa Mullon
BDM Match (91%)	James Patts Pole	Annie Louisa Mullon
	💍 1901/3443
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Domestic duties
Age	56	43
Dwelling Place	View Hill, West Oxford	View Hill, West Oxford
Length of Residence	24 years	18 years
Marriage Place	The Regrs office in the Railway Station, West Oxford
Folio	01/3935
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Henry Meeres, Registrar

10 August 1901

Frederick Smith
Rebecca Reid

Frederick Smith
Rebecca Reid
💍 1901/6319

Bachelor
Spinster

Farm hand
Domestic duties

26
21

Carleton, Oxford
Carleton, Oxford

2 weeks
21 years

St Andrews, East Oxford

01/3962

Rev. R. F. Garbett, Church of England

No	9
Date of Notice	10 August 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Smith	Rebecca Reid
	💍 1901/6319
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farm hand	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Carleton, Oxford	Carleton, Oxford
Length of Residence	2 weeks	21 years
Marriage Place	St Andrews, East Oxford
Folio	01/3962
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Garbett, Church of England

28 August 1901

Thomas Summerfield
Louisa Garlick

Thomas Summerfield
Louisa Garlick
💍 1901/3442

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

28
21

East Oxford
East Oxford

26 years
21 years

The Church of the Sacred Heart, West Oxford

01/3934

Rev. Wm Hyland, Roman Catholic

No	10
Date of Notice	28 August 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Summerfield	Louisa Garlick
	💍 1901/3442
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	28	21
Dwelling Place	East Oxford	East Oxford
Length of Residence	26 years	21 years
Marriage Place	The Church of the Sacred Heart, West Oxford
Folio	01/3934
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm Hyland, Roman Catholic

16 September 1901

Charles William Johnson
Grace Ellen Jane Jarvis

Charles William Johnson
Grace Ellen Jane Jarvis
💍 1901/124

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

26
21

East Oxford
Spreydon

3 days
3 days

The House of the Bridegroom's father

01/3936

Rev. T. Wagstaff, Baptist Minister

No	11
Date of Notice	16 September 1901
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Johnson	Grace Ellen Jane Jarvis
	💍 1901/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	East Oxford	Spreydon
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	The House of the Bridegroom's father
Folio	01/3936
Consent
Date of Certificate
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Wagstaff, Baptist Minister

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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 1908. 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).