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 112

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 1903 Registrar Frederick William Mansfield

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

185

4 April 1903

Charles Theodore Jeffreys
Ellen Davey Hosking

Charles Theodore Jeffreys
Ellen Davey Hosking
💍 1903/2595

Bachelor
Spinster

Draftsman

28
36

Wellington
Wellington

11 years
10 years

Residence of Mr. Hosking, 132 Oriental Bay, Wellington

03/2297

4 April 1903

Rev. W. B. Oliver

No	185
Date of Notice	4 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Theodore Jeffreys	Ellen Davey Hosking
	💍 1903/2595
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draftsman
Age	28	36
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	11 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Hosking, 132 Oriental Bay, Wellington
Folio	03/2297
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. B. Oliver

186

4 April 1903

Alick Anderson
Jane Isabella Silva

Alick Anderson
Jane Isabella Silva
💍 1903/1219

Bachelor
Spinster

Dyer

26
21

Petone
Petone

5 years
2 1/2 years

Sacred Heart Church, Petone

03/2283

4 April 1903

Rev. F. G. Maples

No	186
Date of Notice	4 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alick Anderson	Jane Isabella Silva
	💍 1903/1219
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dyer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	5 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Petone
Folio	03/2283
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. G. Maples

187

4 April 1903

James Auld
Mary Charlotte Clarke

James Auld
Mary Charlotte Clarke
💍 1903/2577

Bachelor
Spinster

Lead Glazier

29
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 1/2 years
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

03/2229

4 April 1903

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	187
Date of Notice	4 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Auld	Mary Charlotte Clarke
	💍 1903/2577
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lead Glazier
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	03/2229
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

188

4 April 1903

Simeon Feridy Bailey
Elizabeth Mc. Carthy

Simeon Fendy Bailey
Elizabeth McCarthy
💍 1903/397

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter and Decorator
Machinist

22
21

Karori
Wellington

2 1/2 years
2 1/2 years

St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/6771

4 April 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	188
Date of Notice	4 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Simeon Feridy Bailey	Elizabeth Mc. Carthy
BDM Match (90%)	Simeon Fendy Bailey	Elizabeth McCarthy
	💍 1903/397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter and Decorator	Machinist
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Karori	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	2 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/6771
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

189

6 April 1903

Samuel Thomas Evatt
Ethel Muriel Sinclair

Samuel Thomas Evatt
Ethel Muriel Sinclair
💍 1903/2567

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

12 months
3 years

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

03/2195

6 April 1903

Rev. E. P. Davys

No	189
Date of Notice	6 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Thomas Evatt	Ethel Muriel Sinclair
	💍 1903/2567
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 months	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	03/2195
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. P. Davys

190

6 April 1903

Samuel Paget
Laura Louisa Sarah Keeling

Samuel Paget
Laura Louise Sarah Keeling
💍 1903/396

Divorced, Decree absolute 21/11/02
Spinster

Insurance Agent

54
45

Masterton
Wellington

17 months
3 days

Residence of Mr. Chatwin, 31 Brougham St., Wellington

03/6770

6 April 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	190
Date of Notice	6 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Paget	Laura Louisa Sarah Keeling
BDM Match (98%)	Samuel Paget	Laura Louise Sarah Keeling
	💍 1903/396
Condition	Divorced, Decree absolute 21/11/02	Spinster
Profession	Insurance Agent
Age	54	45
Dwelling Place	Masterton	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Chatwin, 31 Brougham St., Wellington
Folio	03/6770
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

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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).