Intentions to Marry, 1903 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840423, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, October 10 2025

1903 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 024

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1903

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

657

20 November 1903

Thomas Percy Mills
Ellen Carisbrook Haslett

Thomas Percy Mills
Ellen Carisbrook Haslett
💍 1903/5791

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

32
28

Wellington
Wellington

2 years 9 months
4 years

Wesley Parsonage, Taranaki Street

03/5669

20 November 1903

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	657
Date of Notice	20 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Percy Mills	Ellen Carisbrook Haslett
	💍 1903/5791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years 9 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Parsonage, Taranaki Street
Folio	03/5669
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

658

20 November 1903

Charles Leonard Cass
Sara Matilda Nelson

[No matching marriage registration has been located]

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Nurse

45
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
3 years

Empire Hotel, Petone

03/5679

20 November 1903

Rev. Chas. Dallaston

No	658
Date of Notice	20 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Leonard Cass	Sara Matilda Nelson
	💍 [No matching marriage registration has been located]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Nurse
Age	45	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Empire Hotel, Petone
Folio	03/5679
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Chas. Dallaston

659

21 November 1903

Thomas Benjamin Miles
Kathleen Hope Jelley

Thomas Benjamin Miles
Kathleen Hope Tetley
💍 1903/5765

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
22

Petone
Petone

2 years
22 years

St. Augustines Church, Petone

03/5592

21 November 1903

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	659
Date of Notice	21 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Benjamin Miles	Kathleen Hope Jelley
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Benjamin Miles	Kathleen Hope Tetley
	💍 1903/5765
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustines Church, Petone
Folio	03/5592
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

660

21 November 1903

Albert Leslie Dixon
Florence Ellen Sggulden

Albert Leslie Dixon
Florence Ellen Iggulden
💍 1903/5756

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter and Paperhanger

22
20

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. J. Kelly, Milton Street, Wellington

03/5608

Edward Long Sggulden, Father

21 November 1903

Rev. Wm. Shirer

No	660
Date of Notice	21 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Leslie Dixon	Florence Ellen Sggulden
BDM Match (98%)	Albert Leslie Dixon	Florence Ellen Iggulden
	💍 1903/5756
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter and Paperhanger
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Kelly, Milton Street, Wellington
Folio	03/5608
Consent	Edward Long Sggulden, Father
Date of Certificate	21 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Shirer

661

23 November 1903

Thomas John Allan
Mabel Mary Maria Perrin

Thomas John Allan
Mabel Mary Maria Perrin
💍 1903/5666

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

22
19

Wellington
Wellington

1 week
2 years

St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/5582

John Perrin, Father

23 November 1903

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	661
Date of Notice	23 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas John Allan	Mabel Mary Maria Perrin
	💍 1903/5666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 week	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/5582
Consent	John Perrin, Father
Date of Certificate	23 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

662

23 November 1903

Horace Chisholm Perrin
Edith Fanny Perrin

Horace Chisholm
Edith Fanny Perrin
💍 1903/5775

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Typiste

34
24

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
12 years

Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington

03/5678

23 November 1903

Rev. C. Dallaston

No	662
Date of Notice	23 November 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Chisholm Perrin	Edith Fanny Perrin
BDM Match (84%)	Horace Chisholm	Edith Fanny Perrin
	💍 1903/5775
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Typiste
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Vivian Street, Wellington
Folio	03/5678
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 November 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Dallaston

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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).