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 1166

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1904 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

29 January 1904

Robert Dillon Gardner
Henrietta Warcup

Robert Dillon Gardner
Henrietta Warcup
💍 1904/7049

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

31
27

Kaiwarra
Wellington

26 years
27 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/689

29 January 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	78
Date of Notice	29 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Dillon Gardner	Henrietta Warcup
	💍 1904/7049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	31	27
Dwelling Place	Kaiwarra	Wellington
Length of Residence	26 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/689
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

29 January 1904

Henry Hancock Saxon Fletcher
Helena Constance Geraldine Ford

Henry Hancock Saxon Fletcher
Helena Constance Geraldine Ford
💍 1904/7050

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Trainer

36
30

Wellington
Wellington

7 days
6 months

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/690

29 January 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	79
Date of Notice	29 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hancock Saxon Fletcher	Helena Constance Geraldine Ford
	💍 1904/7050
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Trainer
Age	36	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/690
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

29 January 1904

James William Lloyd
Eva Zealandia Travers

James William Lloyd
Eva Zealandia Travers
💍 1904/3806

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

20
27

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
27 years

St. Johns Church, Willis Street, Wellington

04/813

Margaret Lloyd, Mother

29 January 1904

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	80
Date of Notice	29 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Lloyd	Eva Zealandia Travers
	💍 1904/3806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	20	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	27 years
Marriage Place	St. Johns Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	04/813
Consent	Margaret Lloyd, Mother
Date of Certificate	29 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

30 January 1904

William Henry Dawson
Maud Burgess

William Henry Dawson
Maud Burgess
💍 1904/687

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner
Nurse

31
29

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
4 days

St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Mulgrave St, Wellington

04/1587

30 January 1904

Rev. H. J. Stealey

No	81
Date of Notice	30 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Dawson	Maud Burgess
	💍 1904/687
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner	Nurse
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Pro Cathedral, Mulgrave St, Wellington
Folio	04/1587
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Stealey

30 January 1904

Frederick Hewlings Chisholm
Alice Christina Isabella Russell

Frederick Hewlings Chisholm
Alice Christina Isabella Russell
💍 1904/7069

Bachelor
Spinster

Travelling Representative

28
24

Wellington
Invercargill

3 days
2 years

Gladstone Church, Invercargill

04/1493

30 January 1904

Rev. W. Swinburn

No	82
Date of Notice	30 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Hewlings Chisholm	Alice Christina Isabella Russell
	💍 1904/7069
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Travelling Representative
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Gladstone Church, Invercargill
Folio	04/1493
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Swinburn

1 February 1904

Harry Stuart Norton Robinson
Alice Mary McAdam Bethune

Harry Stuart Norton Robinson
Alice Mary McAdam Bethune
💍 1904/3768

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

24
26

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
10 years

St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington

04/1748

1 February 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	83
Date of Notice	1 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Stuart Norton Robinson	Alice Mary McAdam Bethune
	💍 1904/3768
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	24	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	04/1748
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

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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).