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 31 March 1903 Registrar E. A. Aymore

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

109

18 February 1903

Harry Hort Burgess
Evelyn Sarah Mitchell

Harry Noel Burgess
Evelyn Sarah Mitchell
💍 1903/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Dealer

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

15 years

St. Paul's Church

03/91

18 February 1903

Rev. Canon C. H. J. Helm, Church of England

No	109
Date of Notice	18 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Hort Burgess	Evelyn Sarah Mitchell
BDM Match (92%)	Harry Noel Burgess	Evelyn Sarah Mitchell
	💍 1903/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dealer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	03/91
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon C. H. J. Helm, Church of England

110

19 February 1903

John Martin
Annie Margaret Jones

John Martin
Annie Margaret Jones
💍 1903/595

Bachelor
Spinster

Biscuit Baker

25
20

Auckland
Remuera

25 years
20 years

St. Andrew's Church

03/84

Mother

19 February 1903

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	110
Date of Notice	19 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Martin	Annie Margaret Jones
	💍 1903/595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Biscuit Baker
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	03/84
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	19 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

111

19 February 1903

Charles Edward Rae
Annie Jane McDonald

Charles Edward Rae
Annie Jane McDonald
💍 1903/3102

James Edward Clarke
Jane McDonald
💍 1903/2978

Charles David Lennie
Annie Taylor McDonald
💍 1904/3279

Bachelor
Spinster

Range Maker

25
23

Auckland
Takapuna

4 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church

03/195

19 February 1903

Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	111
Date of Notice	19 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Rae	Annie Jane McDonald
	💍 1903/3102
BDM Match (63%)	James Edward Clarke	Jane McDonald
	💍 1903/2978
BDM Match (63%)	Charles David Lennie	Annie Taylor McDonald
	💍 1904/3279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Range Maker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Takapuna
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	03/195
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

112

19 February 1903

Frederick Rogers
Madge Cox

Frederick Rogers
Madge Cox
💍 1903/579

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
24 years

St. Paul's Church

03/92

19 February 1903

Rev. Canon C. H. J. Helm, Church of England

No	112
Date of Notice	19 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Rogers	Madge Cox
	💍 1903/579
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	03/92
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon C. H. J. Helm, Church of England

113

19 February 1903

Samuel Harrison
Mary Ann Polson

Samuel Harrison
Mary Ann Palsan
💍 1903/420

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

25
22

Auckland
Sepulchre, Auckland

19 years
22 years

St. Matthew's Church

03/76

19 February 1903

Rev. S. H. Carver, Church of England

No	113
Date of Notice	19 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Harrison	Mary Ann Polson
BDM Match (93%)	Samuel Harrison	Mary Ann Palsan
	💍 1903/420
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Sepulchre, Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	03/76
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Carver, Church of England

114

19 February 1903

Frank Chapman
Evelyn Collins

Mark Chapman
Evelyn Collins
💍 1903/407

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

27
24

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
20 years

St. Benedict's Church

03/135

19 February 1903

Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

No	114
Date of Notice	19 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Chapman	Evelyn Collins
BDM Match (88%)	Mark Chapman	Evelyn Collins
	💍 1903/407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	03/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Gillan, Roman Catholic

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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).