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 100

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

242

22 April 1903

Frederick Samuel Goodbehere
Euphemia Sarah Kilgour

Frederick Samuel Goodbehere
Euphemia Sarah Kilgour
💍 1903/3060

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Teacher

44
29

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
4 weeks

St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Mulgrave Street, Wellington

03/2932

22 April 1903

Rev. Joshua Jones

No	242
Date of Notice	22 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Samuel Goodbehere	Euphemia Sarah Kilgour
	💍 1903/3060
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Teacher
Age	44	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	4 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro Cathedral, Mulgrave Street, Wellington
Folio	03/2932
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joshua Jones

243

22 April 1903

Frederick William Petherick
Sarah Ann Williams

Frederick William Petherick
Sarah Ann Williams
💍 1903/2571

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

27
27

Wellington
Wellington

27 years
26 years

St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/2199

22 April 1903

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	243
Date of Notice	22 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick William Petherick	Sarah Ann Williams
	💍 1903/2571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/2199
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

244

22 April 1903

James Francis Parrickley
Mary Ann Marshall

James Francis Buckley
Mary Ann Marshall
💍 1903/1225

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Laundress

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

18 months
15 years

St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington

03/2266

22 April 1903

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	244
Date of Notice	22 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Francis Parrickley	Mary Ann Marshall
BDM Match (90%)	James Francis Buckley	Mary Ann Marshall
	💍 1903/1225
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Laundress
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 months	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington
Folio	03/2266
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

245

22 April 1903

Charles William Sandford Cox
Mary Macgregor

Charles William Sandford Cox
Mary MacGregor
💍 1903/2588

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

29
27

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
16 years

St. John's Presbyterian Church, Willis Street, Wellington

03/2220

22 April 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	245
Date of Notice	22 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William Sandford Cox	Mary Macgregor
BDM Match (96%)	Charles William Sandford Cox	Mary MacGregor
	💍 1903/2588
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	29	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Presbyterian Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	03/2220
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paterson

246

24 April 1903

Arnold William Tripley Jacomb
Elsa Emily Blair

Arnold William Ripley Jacomb
Elsa Emily Blair
💍 1903/2589

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

24
20

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
20 years

Residence of Mr. H. Blair, 30 Webb Street, Wellington

03/2221

Sophia Blair, Mother

24 April 1903

Rev. J. Paterson

No	246
Date of Notice	24 April 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arnold William Tripley Jacomb	Elsa Emily Blair
BDM Match (97%)	Arnold William Ripley Jacomb	Elsa Emily Blair
	💍 1903/2589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. Blair, 30 Webb Street, Wellington
Folio	03/2221
Consent	Sophia Blair, Mother
Date of Certificate	24 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).