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 1278

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 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

5 January 1903

Robert Andrew Alexander
Eva Macdonald

Robert Andrew Alexander
Eva Macdonald
💍 1903/1551

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

26
28

Auckland
St Heliers

1 week
20 years

Church of England

03/764

5 January 1903

Rev. F. Pould, Church of England

No	7
Date of Notice	5 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Andrew Alexander	Eva Macdonald
	💍 1903/1551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	St Heliers
Length of Residence	1 week	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	03/764
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Pould, Church of England

5 January 1903

Carl William Auckland Moller
Bertha Rhoda White

Carl William Auckland Miller
Bertha Rhoda White
💍 1903/410

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
28

Auckland
Howick

26 years

Church of England

03/66

5 January 1903

Rev. R. D. Boyes, Church of England

No	8
Date of Notice	5 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Carl William Auckland Moller	Bertha Rhoda White
BDM Match (98%)	Carl William Auckland Miller	Bertha Rhoda White
	💍 1903/410
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Howick
Length of Residence	26 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	03/66
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. D. Boyes, Church of England

5 January 1903

James Joseph Furlong
Ethel May Bruce McIntyre

James Joseph Furlong
Ethel May Bruce McIntyre
💍 1903/597

Bachelor
Spinster

Customs Officer

23
26

Auckland
Parnell

16 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Church

03/137

5 January 1903

Rev. J. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

No	9
Date of Notice	5 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Joseph Furlong	Ethel May Bruce McIntyre
	💍 1903/597
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Customs Officer
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	03/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

6 January 1903

William Joseph King
Mary Hannah Flexman

William Joseph King
Mary Hannah Flexman
💍 1903/1552

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

50
38

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
3 years

St. Stephen's Church

03/765

6 January 1903

Rev. J. T. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	10
Date of Notice	6 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph King	Mary Hannah Flexman
	💍 1903/1552
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	50	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church
Folio	03/765
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Robertson, Presbyterian

6 January 1903

Archibald Beadson Francis McNair
Julietta Gertrude De La Hunty

Archibald Weadson Francis McNair
Julietta Gertrude De-la Hunty
💍 1903/404

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
2 1/2 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

03/132

6 January 1903

Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	11
Date of Notice	6 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Beadson Francis McNair	Julietta Gertrude De La Hunty
BDM Match (95%)	Archibald Weadson Francis McNair	Julietta Gertrude De-la Hunty
	💍 1903/404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	03/132
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

6 January 1903

Walter John Scott
Ellen Ethel May Amos

Walter John Scott
Ellen Ethel May Amos
💍 1903/575

Bachelor
Spinster

Estate Agent

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

11 weeks
2 years

St. Paul's Church

03/88

6 January 1903

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	12
Date of Notice	6 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Scott	Ellen Ethel May Amos
	💍 1903/575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Estate Agent
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 weeks	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	03/88
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

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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).