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 066

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 September 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

439

31 July 1903

Geoffrey Hoggard
Susan Elias

Geoffrey Hoggard
Susan Elias
💍 1903/188

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

22
21

Wellington
Wellington

22 years
16 years

St. Peters Church Wellington

03/3940

31 July 1903

Rev. G. S. Davys

No	439
Date of Notice	31 July 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Geoffrey Hoggard	Susan Elias
	💍 1903/188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	22 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church Wellington
Folio	03/3940
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 July 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. S. Davys

440

1 August 1903

William Richard Barry Kydd Adkins
Ella Jamieson

William Richard Barry Kydd Ackins
Ella Jamieson
💍 1903/4804

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Clerk

20
17

Wellington
Wellington

8 months
17 years

Residence of Mr. J. Jamieson, St. Mary St. Wellington

03/4465

Margaret Adkins, Mother; John Jamieson, Father

1 August 1903

Rev. W. J. Elliott

No	440
Date of Notice	1 August 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Richard Barry Kydd Adkins	Ella Jamieson
BDM Match (99%)	William Richard Barry Kydd Ackins	Ella Jamieson
	💍 1903/4804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Clerk
Age	20	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Jamieson, St. Mary St. Wellington
Folio	03/4465
Consent	Margaret Adkins, Mother; John Jamieson, Father
Date of Certificate	1 August 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Elliott

441

3 August 1903

Daniel Richardson
Mabel Ellen Haskell

Daniel Richardson
Mabel Ellen Haskell
💍 1903/4197

Widower
Spinster

Carpenter
Carpenter

41
20

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
2 years

Registrar's Office Wellington

03/3900

George Haskell, Father

3 August 1903

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	441
Date of Notice	3 August 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Richardson	Mabel Ellen Haskell
	💍 1903/4197
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Carpenter
Age	41	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office Wellington
Folio	03/3900
Consent	George Haskell, Father
Date of Certificate	3 August 1903
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

442

3 August 1903

William Hendrick Millar
Alice Josephine Young

William Hendrick Millar
Alice Josephine Young
💍 1903/180

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer
Printer

33
25

Wellington
Wellington

10 years
9 years

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Pine Street Wellington

03/3956

3 August 1903

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	442
Date of Notice	3 August 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hendrick Millar	Alice Josephine Young
	💍 1903/180
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer	Printer
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Pine Street Wellington
Folio	03/3956
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 August 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

443

4 August 1903

Emil Johannes Johansson
Ellen Bjermquist

Emil Johannes Johansson
Ellen Bjerinquist
💍 1903/4245

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine Driver
Engine Driver

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
1 year

Residence of W. Anderson, 35 Majoribanks Street Wellington

03/3979

4 August 1903

Rev. Wm. Shirer

No	443
Date of Notice	4 August 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emil Johannes Johansson	Ellen Bjermquist
BDM Match (94%)	Emil Johannes Johansson	Ellen Bjerinquist
	💍 1903/4245
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine Driver	Engine Driver
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Anderson, 35 Majoribanks Street Wellington
Folio	03/3979
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Shirer

444

4 August 1903

James Searle
Minnie Adeline Tattle

James Searle
Minnie Adeline Tattle
💍 1903/4282

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger
Ironmonger

32
30

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
30 years

Residence of Mr. J. Tattle, 6 Lipman Street Wellington

03/4016

4 August 1903

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	444
Date of Notice	4 August 1903
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Searle	Minnie Adeline Tattle
	💍 1903/4282
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger	Ironmonger
Age	32	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Tattle, 6 Lipman Street Wellington
Folio	03/4016
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 August 1903
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

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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).