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 Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 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

600

22 September 1903

Frederick Henry Pilkington
Sarah Boyd

Frederick Henry Pilkington
Sarah Boyd
💍 1903/4308

Bachelor
Spinster

Store-Keeper

34
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

The Tabernacle, Auckland

03/1404

22 September 1903

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	600
Date of Notice	22 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Henry Pilkington	Sarah Boyd
	💍 1903/4308
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store-Keeper
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Tabernacle, Auckland
Folio	03/1404
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

601

23 September 1903

James Archer
Junie Bartle

James Archer
Jessie Bartle
💍 1903/4100

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

29
29

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

03/3723

23 September 1903

Rev. A. Fowler, Church of England

No	601
Date of Notice	23 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Archer	Junie Bartle
BDM Match (88%)	James Archer	Jessie Bartle
	💍 1903/4100
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	29	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	03/3723
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Fowler, Church of England

602

23 September 1903

John James Pickery
Maud Garth

John James Vickery
Maud Gaeth
💍 1903/3419

Widower
Widow

Boiler Maker

47
37

Auckland
27 Grafton Road

10 years
2 years

St. Mary's Church, Parnell

03/3418

23 September 1903

Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

No	602
Date of Notice	23 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Pickery	Maud Garth
BDM Match (92%)	John James Vickery	Maud Gaeth
	💍 1903/3419
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	47	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	27 Grafton Road
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Parnell
Folio	03/3418
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Lewis, Methodist

603

24 September 1903

Richard Hindley
Elizabeth Stallard

Richard Hindley
Elizabeth Stallard
💍 1903/3510

Widower
Widow

Builder

63
59

Auckland
25 Bettany Road, Ponsonby

30 years
25 years

House of G. R. G., Ponsonby

03/3406

24 September 1903

Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

No	603
Date of Notice	24 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Hindley	Elizabeth Stallard
	💍 1903/3510
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Builder
Age	63	59
Dwelling Place	Auckland	25 Bettany Road, Ponsonby
Length of Residence	30 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of G. R. G., Ponsonby
Folio	03/3406
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Maclean, Presbyterian

604

24 September 1903

Frederick Euhelmaier
Wilhelmine Louisa Stabe

Frederick Euchelmaier
Wilhelmine Louisa Stabe
💍 1903/3964

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
21

Auckland
4 Ponsonby Road

4 years
4 years

Church of Christ, Ponsonby

03/3447

24 September 1903

Mr. C. Watt, Church of Christ

No	604
Date of Notice	24 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Euhelmaier	Wilhelmine Louisa Stabe
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Euchelmaier	Wilhelmine Louisa Stabe
	💍 1903/3964
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	4 Ponsonby Road
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, Ponsonby
Folio	03/3447
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Mr. C. Watt, Church of Christ

605

25 September 1903

James Walden
Amy Hill

James Walden
Amy Hill
💍 1903/3499

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

46
43

Auckland
3 Wilson Street, Grey Street

3 days
3 days

House of G. R. G., Grey Street

03/3395

25 September 1903

Rev. B. R. Walker, Presbyterian

No	605
Date of Notice	25 September 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Walden	Amy Hill
	💍 1903/3499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	46	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	3 Wilson Street, Grey Street
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	House of G. R. G., Grey Street
Folio	03/3395
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 September 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. R. Walker, Presbyterian

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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).