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 1271

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1903 Registrar Samuel H. Lyons

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

23 January 1903

John Skelton Larder
Hannah Brownett

John Skelton Landen
Hannah Brownett
💍 1903/551

Bachelor
Widow

Farmer

32
36

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

03/11

23 January 1903

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	49
Date of Notice	23 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Skelton Larder	Hannah Brownett
BDM Match (95%)	John Skelton Landen	Hannah Brownett
	💍 1903/551
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1903
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

23 January 1903

Arthur Henry Telsey North
Martha Mary Elizabeth Archer

Arthur Henry Telsley North
Martha Mary Elizabeth Archer
💍 1903/3095

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

26 years

St. Matthew's Church

03/50

23 January 1903

Rev. M.E. Pillans, Church of England

No	50
Date of Notice	23 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Henry Telsey North	Martha Mary Elizabeth Archer
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Henry Telsley North	Martha Mary Elizabeth Archer
	💍 1903/3095
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	03/50
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. M.E. Pillans, Church of England

23 January 1903

Joseph Seymour
Margaret O'Loughlin

Joseph Seymour
Margaret Ann O'Loughlin
💍 1903/3003

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

40
23

Auckland
12 Wolfes Street

12 months

House of Bridegroom, 12 Wolfes Street

03/2902

23 January 1903

Very Rev. Dr. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	51
Date of Notice	23 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Seymour	Margaret O'Loughlin
BDM Match (91%)	Joseph Seymour	Margaret Ann O'Loughlin
	💍 1903/3003
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	40	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	12 Wolfes Street
Length of Residence		12 months
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, 12 Wolfes Street
Folio	03/2902
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dr. Egan, Roman Catholic

24 January 1903

John Lynch
Grace Kerr Griffin

John Lynch
Grace Kerr Griffin
💍 1903/535

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
4 days

Registrar's Office

03/12

24 January 1903

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	52
Date of Notice	24 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lynch	Grace Kerr Griffin
	💍 1903/535
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/12
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1903
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

24 January 1903

James Wright
Rose Winifred Cawdron

James Wright
Rose Winifred Cawdron
💍 1903/536

Widower
Widow

Bricklayer

60
53

Auckland
Auckland

50 years
15 years

Registrar's Office

03/13

24 January 1903

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	53
Date of Notice	24 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Wright	Rose Winifred Cawdron
	💍 1903/536
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	60	53
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	50 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1903
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

26 January 1903

Joseph Albert Maria
Eva Helen Carr

Joseph Albert Maria
Eva Helen Carr
💍 1903/537

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
26 years

Registrar's Office

03/14

26 January 1903

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	54
Date of Notice	26 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Albert Maria	Eva Helen Carr
	💍 1903/537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 January 1903
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

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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).