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 1270

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1903 Registrar J. Culpan

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

26 January 1903

Patrick Wiripo
Matire Hapi

Patrick Wiripo
Matere Hapi
💍 1903/619

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
3 weeks

St. Patrick's Cathedral

03/144

Hapi, Father of Bride

26 January 1903

Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

No	55
Date of Notice	26 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Wiripo	Matire Hapi
BDM Match (95%)	Patrick Wiripo	Matere Hapi
	💍 1903/619
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	03/144
Consent	Hapi, Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	26 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. O'Reilly, Roman Catholic

26 January 1903

John George Langton
Eliza Greenhalgh

[No matching marriage registration has been located]

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Auckland
Riverhead

7 years
3 years

House of Father of Bride, Riverhead

03/60

26 January 1903

Rev. F. Latter, Church of England

No	56
Date of Notice	26 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Langton	Eliza Greenhalgh
	💍 [No matching marriage registration has been located]
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Riverhead
Length of Residence	7 years	3 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Riverhead
Folio	03/60
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Latter, Church of England

26 January 1903

George John Brown
Ada Nottingham

George John Brown
Ada Nottingham
💍 1903/511

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28
33

Auckland
4 Beresford Street

8 years
4 years

House of 4 Beresford Street

03/171

26 January 1903

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	57
Date of Notice	26 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George John Brown	Ada Nottingham
	💍 1903/511
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	4 Beresford Street
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	House of 4 Beresford Street
Folio	03/171
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

28 January 1903

Frederick Andrews
Elizabeth Maxwell

Frederick Andrews
Elizabeth Maxwell
💍 1903/427

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
24

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
3 years

All Saints Church

03/64

28 January 1903

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	58
Date of Notice	28 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Andrews	Elizabeth Maxwell
	💍 1903/427
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	03/64
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

30 January 1903

Henry Butler Clark
Rose Olive Boakes

Henry Miller Clark
Rose Olive Boakes
💍 1903/3112

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

03/15

30 January 1903

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	59
Date of Notice	30 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Butler Clark	Rose Olive Boakes
BDM Match (92%)	Henry Miller Clark	Rose Olive Boakes
	💍 1903/3112
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/15
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1903
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

30 January 1903

George Charles Williams
Mabel Terranion Dotison Delaware

George Charles Williams
Mabel Trevanson Dotison Delamore
💍 1903/519

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

24
20

Auckland
Albert Street

2 years
3 years

Central Mission Hall, Albert Street

03/179

Laura Williams, Mother

30 January 1903

Rev. H.J. Walker, Central Mission

No	60
Date of Notice	30 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Williams	Mabel Terranion Dotison Delaware
BDM Match (91%)	George Charles Williams	Mabel Trevanson Dotison Delamore
	💍 1903/519
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Albert Street
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Central Mission Hall, Albert Street
Folio	03/179
Consent	Laura Williams, Mother
Date of Certificate	30 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.J. Walker, Central Mission

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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).