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. 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

121

27 February 1903

Alexander Wiggins
Clarice Jones

Alexander Wiggins
Clarice Jones
💍 1903/3097

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
6 years

St. Matthew's Church

03/53

Caroline Jones, Mother

27 February 1903

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	121
Date of Notice	27 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Wiggins	Clarice Jones
	💍 1903/3097
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	03/53
Consent	Caroline Jones, Mother
Date of Certificate	27 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

122

27 February 1903

Robert Burns
Delia Mullany

Robert Burns
Delia Mullany
💍 1903/543

Bachelor
Spinster

Architect

31
25

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

Registrar's Office

03/95

E. A. Lyons, Registrar

27 February 1903

E. A. Lyons, Registrar

No	122
Date of Notice	27 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Burns	Delia Mullany
	💍 1903/543
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Architect
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/95
Consent	E. A. Lyons, Registrar
Date of Certificate	27 February 1903
Officiating Minister	E. A. Lyons, Registrar

123

27 February 1903

Alexander Logan Shrewd Leathart
Maud Matilda Robinson

Alexander Logan Shrewd Leathart
Maud Newbold Robinson
💍 1903/585

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
20 years

Church of England

03/97

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

27 February 1903

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	123
Date of Notice	27 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Logan Shrewd Leathart	Maud Matilda Robinson
BDM Match (84%)	Alexander Logan Shrewd Leathart	Maud Newbold Robinson
	💍 1903/585
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	03/97
Consent	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England
Date of Certificate	27 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

124

27 February 1903

Bartle Herbert Lund
Eliza Plummer Freeman

Bartle Hubert Lund
Eliza Plummer Freeman
💍 1903/514

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

33
28

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
1 year

Church of Christ

03/174

Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ

27 February 1903

Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ

No	124
Date of Notice	27 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bartle Herbert Lund	Eliza Plummer Freeman
BDM Match (95%)	Bartle Hubert Lund	Eliza Plummer Freeman
	💍 1903/514
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	33	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of Christ
Folio	03/174
Consent	Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ
Date of Certificate	27 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Watt, Church of Christ

125

28 February 1903

George William Thompson
Alice Parrish

George William Rowland Thompson
Alice Parrish
💍 1903/1636

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
15 months

Church of England

03/887

Rev. H. J. Davis, Church of England

28 February 1903

Rev. H. J. Davis, Church of England

No	125
Date of Notice	28 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George William Thompson	Alice Parrish
BDM Match (87%)	George William Rowland Thompson	Alice Parrish
	💍 1903/1636
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	15 months
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	03/887
Consent	Rev. H. J. Davis, Church of England
Date of Certificate	28 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Davis, Church of England

126

28 February 1903

George Gallie
Isabella Annie Wilson

George Gallie
Isabella Annie Wilson
💍 1903/596

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
32

Auckland
Panmure

3 days
32 years

St. Mark's Church

03/85

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

28 February 1903

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	126
Date of Notice	28 February 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gallie	Isabella Annie Wilson
	💍 1903/596
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Panmure
Length of Residence	3 days	32 years
Marriage Place	St. Mark's Church
Folio	03/85
Consent	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England
Date of Certificate	28 February 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, 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).