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.

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District of Hunterville Quarter ending 31 March 1904 Registrar Alfred Perry

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

237

4 January 1904

James Johnston
Ellen Baldwin

James Johnston
Ellen Baldwin
💍 1904/3711

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector of Health
Domestic duties

38
41

Wellington
Hunterville

Three months
One month

Residence of W. Frampton, Hunterville

04/574

4 January 1904

James B. Hall

No	237
Date of Notice	4 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Johnston	Ellen Baldwin
	💍 1904/3711
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector of Health	Domestic duties
Age	38	41
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Hunterville
Length of Residence	Three months	One month
Marriage Place	Residence of W. Frampton, Hunterville
Folio	04/574
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1904
Officiating Minister	James B. Hall

238

20 January 1904

Frank Stickford
Lydia Stewart

Frank Hickford
Lydia Stewart
💍 1904/3709

Bachelor
Spinster, Minor

Farmer

29
19

Rangiwahia
Silverhope

Nine years
Three months

Office of the Registrar, Hunterville

04/572

Henry George Stewart

20 January 1904

Alfred Perry, Registrar

No	238
Date of Notice	20 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Stickford	Lydia Stewart
BDM Match (93%)	Frank Hickford	Lydia Stewart
	💍 1904/3709
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster, Minor
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Rangiwahia	Silverhope
Length of Residence	Nine years	Three months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Hunterville
Folio	04/572
Consent	Henry George Stewart
Date of Certificate	20 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Alfred Perry, Registrar

239

25 January 1904

Walter William Ingram
Elizabeth Emily Campbell

Hallen William Ingram
Elizabeth Emily Campbell
💍 1904/3712

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

25
20

Wellington
Hunterville

Seven months
Fourteen years

Presbyterian Church, Hunterville

04/575

Charles Richard Campbell

25 January 1904

James B. Hall

No	239
Date of Notice	25 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter William Ingram	Elizabeth Emily Campbell
BDM Match (93%)	Hallen William Ingram	Elizabeth Emily Campbell
	💍 1904/3712
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Hunterville
Length of Residence	Seven months	Fourteen years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Hunterville
Folio	04/575
Consent	Charles Richard Campbell
Date of Certificate	25 January 1904
Officiating Minister	James B. Hall

240

5 February 1904

William Holmes
Wilma Elizabeth Anderson

William Holmes
Hilma Elizabeth Anderson
💍 1904/439

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Domestic duties

32
24

Paraekaretu
Stratford

Five months
Eight years

Office of the Registrar, Bruce Street, Hunterville

04/1303

5 February 1904

Alfred Perry, Registrar

No	240
Date of Notice	5 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Holmes	Wilma Elizabeth Anderson
BDM Match (98%)	William Holmes	Hilma Elizabeth Anderson
	💍 1904/439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Domestic duties
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Paraekaretu	Stratford
Length of Residence	Five months	Eight years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Bruce Street, Hunterville
Folio	04/1303
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Alfred Perry, Registrar

241

15 February 1904

Frank Bosworth Taylor
Sarah Margaret Perriam

Frank B Taylor
Sarah M Perriam
💍 1904/3710

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Housekeeper

24
23

Silverhope
Silverhope

Two months
Twenty years

Catholic Church, Hunterville

04/573

15 February 1904

Father Costello

No	241
Date of Notice	15 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Bosworth Taylor	Sarah Margaret Perriam
BDM Match (67%)	Frank B Taylor	Sarah M Perriam
	💍 1904/3710
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Housekeeper
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Silverhope	Silverhope
Length of Residence	Two months	Twenty years
Marriage Place	Catholic Church, Hunterville
Folio	04/573
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Father Costello

242

28 March 1904

Arthur J. Terry
Mary G. Betteridge

Arthur James Terry
Mary G Betteridge
💍 1904/440

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

35
21

Rata
Rata

Five years
Ten years

Office of the Registrar, New Bruce Street, Hunterville

04/1304

28 March 1904

Alfred Perry, F. H. Packer, Deputy Registrar

No	242
Date of Notice	28 March 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur J. Terry	Mary G. Betteridge
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur James Terry	Mary G Betteridge
	💍 1904/440
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Rata	Rata
Length of Residence	Five years	Ten years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, New Bruce Street, Hunterville
Folio	04/1304
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1904
Officiating Minister	Alfred Perry, F. H. Packer, 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 1908. 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).