Intentions to Marry, 1904 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840425, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, October 13 2025.

1904 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

Page 312

District of Kaitaia Quarter ending 30 June 1904 Registrar B. H. Matthews

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

23 May 1904

Edwin George Cowie Thompson
Constance Jane Povey

Edwin George Cowie Thompson
Constance Jane Percy
💍 1904/1808

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

22
22

Victoria Valley
Peria

22 years
20 years

Mr. Hagard's residence, Peria

04/2844

23 May 1904

Rev. J. Michaelis, Wesleyan

No	42
Date of Notice	23 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin George Cowie Thompson	Constance Jane Povey
BDM Match (93%)	Edwin George Cowie Thompson	Constance Jane Percy
	💍 1904/1808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Victoria Valley	Peria
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Hagard's residence, Peria
Folio	04/2844
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Michaelis, Wesleyan

11 June 1904

Cyril James Holdswich
Mary Smith

Cyril James Holswick
Mary Smith
💍 1904/1810

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

22
23

Bell Block, New Plymouth
Kaitaia

4 days
23 years

Mrs. Clough's residence, Kaitaia

04/2846

11 June 1904

Rev. James A. Lamond, Wesleyan

No	43
Date of Notice	11 June 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril James Holdswich	Mary Smith
BDM Match (95%)	Cyril James Holswick	Mary Smith
	💍 1904/1810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Bell Block, New Plymouth	Kaitaia
Length of Residence	4 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Clough's residence, Kaitaia
Folio	04/2846
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 June 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. James A. Lamond, Wesleyan

17 June 1904

Cecil Murray Crine
Annie Cecilia May Puckey

Cecil Murray Crene
Annie Cecilia May Puckey
💍 1904/2822

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

30
24

Wainui
Kaitaia

22 years
24 years

St. Saviours Church, Kaitaia

04/1997

17 June 1904

Rev. J. McWilliam, Church of England

No	44
Date of Notice	17 June 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Murray Crine	Annie Cecilia May Puckey
BDM Match (97%)	Cecil Murray Crene	Annie Cecilia May Puckey
	💍 1904/2822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Wainui	Kaitaia
Length of Residence	22 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Saviours Church, Kaitaia
Folio	04/1997
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McWilliam, Church of England

18 June 1904

Charles Sydney Puckey
Florence Annie Crine

Charles Sydney Puckey
Florence Annie Crene
💍 1904/2821

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

26
23

Kaitaia
Wainui

26 years
8 years

Mrs. Crine's Residence, Wainui

04/1996

18 June 1904

Rev. J. McWilliam, Church of England

No	45
Date of Notice	18 June 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Sydney Puckey	Florence Annie Crine
BDM Match (98%)	Charles Sydney Puckey	Florence Annie Crene
	💍 1904/2821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Kaitaia	Wainui
Length of Residence	26 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Mrs. Crine's Residence, Wainui
Folio	04/1996
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 June 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McWilliam, Church of England

28 June 1904

Frederick Alexander Wilson
Ada Lilian Masters

Frederick Alexander Wilson
Ada Lilian Masters
💍 1904/2823

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder
Domestic duties

25
28

Taupiri, Waikato
Kaitaia

3 days
28 years

St. Saviours Church, Kaitaia

04/1998

28 June 1904

Rev. J. McWilliam, Church of England

No	46
Date of Notice	28 June 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Alexander Wilson	Ada Lilian Masters
	💍 1904/2823
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder	Domestic duties
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Taupiri, Waikato	Kaitaia
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Saviours Church, Kaitaia
Folio	04/1998
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 June 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. McWilliam, 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).