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 Shannon Quarter ending 31 December 1904 Registrar William Charles Nation

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

153

14 October 1904

Arthur Huff
Katarina Keriona Spru

Arthur Huff
Katarina Kiriona
💍 1904/4239

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

27
23

Levin
Porantauhao

Ten years
Twenty three years

Office of the Registrar, Levin

04/5789

14 October 1904

A. C. Nation, Registrar

No	153
Date of Notice	14 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Huff	Katarina Keriona Spru
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Huff	Katarina Kiriona
	💍 1904/4239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Levin	Porantauhao
Length of Residence	Ten years	Twenty three years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Levin
Folio	04/5789
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 October 1904
Officiating Minister	A. C. Nation, Registrar

154

31 October 1904

Harry Rudolph Hasse
Emily Elizabeth Howard

Harry Rudolph Hasse
Emily Elizabeth Howard
💍 1904/4260

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

25
21

Weraroa
Weraroa

Eight years
Six months

Church of England, Levin

04/5792

31 October 1904

Rev. J. A. Mickle

No	154
Date of Notice	31 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Rudolph Hasse	Emily Elizabeth Howard
	💍 1904/4260
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Weraroa	Weraroa
Length of Residence	Eight years	Six months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Levin
Folio	04/5792
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Mickle

155

12 November 1904

William Edward Welch
Ellen Sannahill

William Edward Welch
Ellen Tannahill
💍 1904/4240

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

46
21

Levin
Levin

Three days
Four months

Office of the Registrar, Levin

04/5790

12 November 1904

A. C. Nation, Registrar

No	155
Date of Notice	12 November 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Welch	Ellen Sannahill
BDM Match (97%)	William Edward Welch	Ellen Tannahill
	💍 1904/4240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	46	21
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	Four months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Levin
Folio	04/5790
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 November 1904
Officiating Minister	A. C. Nation, Registrar

156

13 November 1904

Peter O'Brien
Robina Coleman

Peter O'Brien
Robina Coleman
💍 1904/4267

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

38
22

Shannon
Shannon

Ten months
Eight months

Church of England, Shannon

04/5793

13 November 1904

Rev. J. A. Mickle

No	156
Date of Notice	13 November 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter O'Brien	Robina Coleman
	💍 1904/4267
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Shannon	Shannon
Length of Residence	Ten months	Eight months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Shannon
Folio	04/5793
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 November 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Mickle

157

6 December 1904

Ebenezer Round
Harriet Fisher

Ebenezer Round
Harriet Fisher
💍 1904/4249

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

37
44

Levin
Levin

Nine years
Ten years

Office of the Registrar, Levin

04/5791

6 December 1904

A. C. Nation, Registrar

No	157
Date of Notice	6 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ebenezer Round	Harriet Fisher
	💍 1904/4249
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	37	44
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Nine years	Ten years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar, Levin
Folio	04/5791
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 December 1904
Officiating Minister	A. C. Nation, Registrar

158

9 December 1904

Lewis Alfred Bowen
Emily Fenton

Lewis Alfred Bowen
Emily Fenton
💍 1904/4222

Bachelor
Spinster

Watchmaker
Domestic duties

26
25

Levin
Napier

Sixteen months
Ten years

The Cathedral, Napier

04/5670

12 December 1904

Dean Hovell

No	158
Date of Notice	9 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Alfred Bowen	Emily Fenton
	💍 1904/4222
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Watchmaker	Domestic duties
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Levin	Napier
Length of Residence	Sixteen months	Ten years
Marriage Place	The Cathedral, Napier
Folio	04/5670
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Dean Hovell

159

19 December 1904

Walter Helyer Gallichan
Martha Ann Row

Walter Hellyer Gallichan
Martha Ann Row
💍 1904/4268

Divorced
Spinster

Chairman
Domestic duties

34
34

Levin
Levin

Three days
Fourteen days

Residence of Mr. John Row, Skakerlea

04/5794

19 December 1904

Rev. J. Wrigley

No	159
Date of Notice	19 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Helyer Gallichan	Martha Ann Row
BDM Match (98%)	Walter Hellyer Gallichan	Martha Ann Row
	💍 1904/4268
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Chairman	Domestic duties
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Three days	Fourteen days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. John Row, Skakerlea
Folio	04/5794
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wrigley

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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).