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 1232

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1903 Registrar Edmund Humphrey 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

258

14 April 1903

Percival Richard Henwood
Mary Kathleen Glynn

Percival Richard Henwood
Mary Cathleen Glynn
💍 1903/2326

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
21 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

03/1834

14 April 1903

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	258
Date of Notice	14 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Richard Henwood	Mary Kathleen Glynn
BDM Match (97%)	Percival Richard Henwood	Mary Cathleen Glynn
	💍 1903/2326
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	03/1834
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

259

14 April 1903

Walter John Allpress
Coralie Christmas

Walter John Allpress
Coralie Christmas
💍 1903/2168

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

28
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
3 years

Unitarian Church

03/1686

14 April 1903

Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

No	259
Date of Notice	14 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Allpress	Coralie Christmas
	💍 1903/2168
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Unitarian Church
Folio	03/1686
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Jellie, Unitarian

260

14 April 1903

Edgar Joseph Bridle
Sarah Peeps Giles

Edgar Joseph Bridle
Sarah Peeps Giles
💍 1903/1972

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

25
24

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
24 years

Registrar's Office

03/1509

14 April 1903

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	260
Date of Notice	14 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Joseph Bridle	Sarah Peeps Giles
	💍 1903/1972
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	25	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	03/1509
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1903
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

261

18 April 1903

Frederick Segers Passly
Emily Sharp

Frederico Gegera Passy
Emily Sharp
💍 1903/3191

Widower
Spinster

Chief Cook

35
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
20 years

St. Matthew's Church

03/2341

18 April 1903

Rev. W. E. Fillam, Church of England

No	261
Date of Notice	18 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Segers Passly	Emily Sharp
BDM Match (91%)	Frederico Gegera Passy	Emily Sharp
	💍 1903/3191
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Chief Cook
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	03/2341
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillam, Church of England

262

18 April 1903

Arthur Edward Mathias
Agnes Dorothy Kerr

Arthur Edward Lovell Mathias
Agnes Dorothy Kerr
💍 1903/2325

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

27
27

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
3 months

Roman Catholic Church, Howick

03/1833

18 April 1903

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	262
Date of Notice	18 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edward Mathias	Agnes Dorothy Kerr
BDM Match (88%)	Arthur Edward Lovell Mathias	Agnes Dorothy Kerr
	💍 1903/2325
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Howick
Folio	03/1833
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

263

20 April 1903

Frank Haddrell Whyte
Florence Harriet Gertrude Richardson

Frank Waddell Whyte
Florence Harriet Gertrude Richardson
💍 1903/2069

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
9 years

St. Peter's Church

03/1567

20 April 1903

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	263
Date of Notice	20 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Haddrell Whyte	Florence Harriet Gertrude Richardson
BDM Match (95%)	Frank Waddell Whyte	Florence Harriet Gertrude Richardson
	💍 1903/2069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church
Folio	03/1567
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, 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).