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 130

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1903 Registrar G. G. Hodgkins

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

17 January 1903

Albert John Thomas
Alice Emma Greensup

Albert John Thomas
Alice Emma Greenup
💍 1903/777

Bachelor
Spinster

Steward

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
18 months

Registrars Office Wellington

03/613

17 January 1903

G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

No	29
Date of Notice	17 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Thomas	Alice Emma Greensup
BDM Match (97%)	Albert John Thomas	Alice Emma Greenup
	💍 1903/777
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	03/613
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1903
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

17 January 1903

Thomas Broome
Jessie Christina Wallace

Thomas Broome
Jessie Christina Wallace
💍 1903/1564

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer
Dressmaker

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
22 years

Residence of Mr J. Davidson, 21 Hawker Street Wellington

03/748

17 January 1903

Rev. W. A. Evans

No	30
Date of Notice	17 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Broome	Jessie Christina Wallace
	💍 1903/1564
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer	Dressmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr J. Davidson, 21 Hawker Street Wellington
Folio	03/748
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. A. Evans

17 January 1903

William Paterson
Mary Ann Robertson Murray

William Paterson
Mary Ann Robertson Murray
💍 1903/852

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
3 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington

03/675

17 January 1903

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	31
Date of Notice	17 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Paterson	Mary Ann Robertson Murray
	💍 1903/852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington
Folio	03/675
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

19 January 1903

Peter McIntyre
Elizabeth Fife Laird McDougall

Peter McIntyre
Elizabeth Fife Laird McDougall
💍 1903/1591

Bachelor
Spinster

Master Mariner

40
27

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
27 years

St Johns Church Willis Street Wellington

03/700

19 January 1903

Rev. Jas. Paterson

No	32
Date of Notice	19 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter McIntyre	Elizabeth Fife Laird McDougall
	💍 1903/1591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Master Mariner
Age	40	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St Johns Church Willis Street Wellington
Folio	03/700
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Paterson

19 January 1903

James Pearcey
Angela Mary McDonald

James Pearcey
Angela Mary McDonald
💍 1903/1515

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

30
22

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
4 1/2 years

St Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington

03/772

19 January 1903

Rev. J. O'Shea

No	33
Date of Notice	19 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Pearcey	Angela Mary McDonald
	💍 1903/1515
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	4 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church Buckle Street Wellington
Folio	03/772
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 January 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Shea

19 January 1903

Adolphus Jensen
Alice Gough

Adolphus Jensen
Alice Gough
💍 1903/778

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
19

Petone
Petone

17 months
15 years

Registrars Office Wellington

03/614

James Alexander Gough, Father

19 January 1903

G. G. Hodgkins, The Deputy Registrar

No	34
Date of Notice	19 January 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Adolphus Jensen	Alice Gough
	💍 1903/778
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	17 months	15 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	03/614
Consent	James Alexander Gough, Father
Date of Certificate	19 January 1903
Officiating Minister	G. G. Hodgkins, The 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).