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 1217

District of Wellington Quarter ending 30 June 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

343

2 May 1904

Frank Boffa
Eleonora Paino

Frank Boffa
Eleonora Paino
💍 1904/1488

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

28
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 years
4 years

St. Joseph's Church, Wellington

04/2509

2 May 1904

Rev. J. O'Shea

No	343
Date of Notice	2 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Boffa	Eleonora Paino
	💍 1904/1488
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Wellington
Folio	04/2509
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Shea

344

3 May 1904

Charles Edward Smith
Margaret Collie

Charles Edward Smith
Margaret Collie
💍 1904/1499

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 years

Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington

04/2544

3 May 1904

Rev. Wm. Shirer

No	344
Date of Notice	3 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Smith	Margaret Collie
	💍 1904/1499
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Kent Terrace, Wellington
Folio	04/2544
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Shirer

345

3 May 1904

Patrick Madden
Louisa Mary Hogg

Patrick Madden
Louisa Mary Hogg
💍 1904/1489

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dressmaker

35
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
3 years

St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington

04/2510

3 May 1904

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	345
Date of Notice	3 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Madden	Louisa Mary Hogg
	💍 1904/1489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	35	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington
Folio	04/2510
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

346

3 May 1904

McKenzie Cooper
Elizabeth Hannah Andrews

McKenzie Cooper
Elizabeth Hannah Andrews
💍 1904/1465

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
25

Wellington
Wellington

7 months
4 months

St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington

04/2487

3 May 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	346
Date of Notice	3 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	McKenzie Cooper	Elizabeth Hannah Andrews
	💍 1904/1465
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis Street, Wellington
Folio	04/2487
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

347

3 May 1904

Eugene Perry
Winifred Elizabeth Lovett

Eugene Perry
Winifred Elizabeth Lovett
💍 1904/1490

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

26
24

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
3 days

St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington

04/2511

3 May 1904

Rev. N. B. Moloney

No	347
Date of Notice	3 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Eugene Perry	Winifred Elizabeth Lovett
	💍 1904/1490
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Panckle Street, Wellington
Folio	04/2511
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 May 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. B. Moloney

348

4 May 1904

Arthur George Petterd
Winnie Charlotte Rider

Arthur George Petterd
Minnie Charlotte Rider
💍 1904/1466

Bachelor
Spinster

Plasterer
Dress Maker

22
22

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
5 days

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

04/2488

4 May 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	348
Date of Notice	4 May 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur George Petterd	Winnie Charlotte Rider
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur George Petterd	Minnie Charlotte Rider
	💍 1904/1466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plasterer	Dress Maker
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	5 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	04/2488
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 May 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 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).