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 131

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1903 Registrar FREDERICK WILLIAM 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

20 January 1903

John Henry William Greig
Matilda Sarah Render

John Henry William Greig
Matilda Sarah Bender
💍 1903/1593

Bachelor
Spinster

Financier

20
24

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
20 years

Residence of J. H. Greig, 6 Ferguson Street, Wellington

03/701

John Henry Greig, Father

20 January 1903

Rev W. Shires

No	35
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry William Greig	Matilda Sarah Render
BDM Match (98%)	John Henry William Greig	Matilda Sarah Bender
	💍 1903/1593
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Financier
Age	20	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of J. H. Greig, 6 Ferguson Street, Wellington
Folio	03/701
Consent	John Henry Greig, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Shires

20 January 1903

James Baird Vallance
Amy Compton

James Baird Vallance
Amy Compton
💍 1903/862

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 years
23 years

St Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/661

20 January 1903

Rev E. W. S. Maclaverty

No	36
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Baird Vallance	Amy Compton
	💍 1903/862
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/661
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev E. W. S. Maclaverty

20 January 1903

Andrew Clark
Alma Johnson

Andrew Clark
Alma Johnson
💍 1903/780

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
7 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

03/615

20 January 1903

G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

No	37
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Clark	Alma Johnson
	💍 1903/780
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	7 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	03/615
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

20 January 1903

Thomas McNee
Winifred Ada Edwards

Thomas McNee
Winifred Ada Edwards
💍 1903/1576

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Dressmaker

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
22 years

Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington

03/737

20 January 1903

Rev J. J. Pendray

No	38
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas McNee	Winifred Ada Edwards
	💍 1903/1576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Dressmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Courtenay Place, Wellington
Folio	03/737
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev J. J. Pendray

20 January 1903

George Bates Haigh
Elizabeth Parker

George Bates Haigh
Elizabeth Parker
💍 1903/781

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

67
68

Wellington
Wellington

4 weeks
6 weeks

Registrar's Office, Wellington

03/616

20 January 1903

G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

No	39
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Bates Haigh	Elizabeth Parker
	💍 1903/781
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	67	68
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 weeks	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	03/616
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

20 January 1903

Charles Rumpf
Lilly Le Sueur

Charles Rumpy
Lilly Le Sueur
💍 1903/854

Charles Rumpf
Amelia Wilhelmina Le Sueur
💍 1904/3346

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

21
21

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
3 months

Residence of Mr Wm Want, Karori

03/670

20 January 1903

Rev D. K. Elliott

No	40
Date of Notice	20 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Rumpf	Lilly Le Sueur
BDM Match (96%)	Charles Rumpy	Lilly Le Sueur
	💍 1903/854
BDM Match (73%)	Charles Rumpf	Amelia Wilhelmina Le Sueur
	💍 1904/3346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wm Want, Karori
Folio	03/670
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev D. K. Elliott

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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).