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.

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 1903 Registrar F. W. Mansfield

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

397

9 July 1903

Albert John White
Fanny Smith

Albert John White
Fanny Smith
💍 1903/4211

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

22
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 weeks
8 months

Registrar's Office, Wellington

03/3890

9 July 1903

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	397
Date of Notice	9 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John White	Fanny Smith
	💍 1903/4211
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	22	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 weeks	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	03/3890
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 July 1903
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

398

10 July 1903

David Andrews
Mina Katinka Neidenstrom

David Andrews
Mina Katinka Heidenstrom
💍 1903/4261

Bachelor
Spinster

Blind Maker

19
19

Wellington
Mitchelltown

19 years
19 years

Residence of B. R. S. Heidenstrom, Holloway Road, Mitchelltown, Wellington

03/3969

Joseph Andrews, Father; Carl Peter Searin Heidenstrom, Father

10 July 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	398
Date of Notice	10 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Andrews	Mina Katinka Neidenstrom
BDM Match (98%)	David Andrews	Mina Katinka Heidenstrom
	💍 1903/4261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blind Maker
Age	19	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Mitchelltown
Length of Residence	19 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Residence of B. R. S. Heidenstrom, Holloway Road, Mitchelltown, Wellington
Folio	03/3969
Consent	Joseph Andrews, Father; Carl Peter Searin Heidenstrom, Father
Date of Certificate	10 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

399

10 July 1903

Robert Mintoff
Florence Gertrude Parsonson

Robert Mintoft
Florence Gertrude Parsonson
💍 1903/174

Bachelor
Spinster

Manager for Leather Merchant
Milliner

30
27

Wanganui
Petone

3 months
3 months

Church of England, Petone

03/3950

10 July 1903

Rev. J. D. Russell

No	399
Date of Notice	10 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Mintoff	Florence Gertrude Parsonson
BDM Match (96%)	Robert Mintoft	Florence Gertrude Parsonson
	💍 1903/174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Manager for Leather Merchant	Milliner
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Wanganui	Petone
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Petone
Folio	03/3950
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Russell

400

11 July 1903

Richard Metcalfe
Minda Christina Mekelsen

Richard Metcalf
Minda Christina McKelsen
💍 1903/4263

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller

21
21

Wellington
Wellington

6 weeks
2 weeks

Residence of J. Lea, 36 Martin Street, Wellington

03/4013

11 July 1903

Rev. W. E. Oliver

No	400
Date of Notice	11 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Metcalfe	Minda Christina Mekelsen
BDM Match (93%)	Richard Metcalf	Minda Christina McKelsen
	💍 1903/4263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 weeks	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of J. Lea, 36 Martin Street, Wellington
Folio	03/4013
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Oliver

401

13 July 1903

Joseph Samuel James Carlisle
Maud Mary Julian

Joseph Samuel James Carlisle
Maud Mary Julian
💍 1903/4822

Bachelor
Spinster

Primitive Methodist Missionary

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
8 days

Residence of Mr. Thos. Julian, 9 Featherston Terrace

03/4459

13 July 1903

Rev. J. Dawson

No	401
Date of Notice	13 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Samuel James Carlisle	Maud Mary Julian
	💍 1903/4822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Primitive Methodist Missionary
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	8 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Thos. Julian, 9 Featherston Terrace
Folio	03/4459
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Dawson

402

13 July 1903

John Robinson
Minna Barker

John Robinson
Minna Barker
💍 1903/4239

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter
Nurse

29
29

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
5 years

St. Johns Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/3971

13 July 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	402
Date of Notice	13 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Robinson	Minna Barker
	💍 1903/4239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter	Nurse
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/3971
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

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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).