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 Wellington Quarter ending 31 December 1904 Registrar F. W. 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

868

23 December 1904

Vincent John Scanlon
Laurie Hamilton

Vincent John Scanlan
Laurie Hamilton
💍 1904/6019

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

21
21

Wellington
Wellington

7 months 2 weeks
6 months 3 weeks

St. Peters Church, Willis Street

04/5883

23 December 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	868
Date of Notice	23 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Vincent John Scanlon	Laurie Hamilton
BDM Match (98%)	Vincent John Scanlan	Laurie Hamilton
	💍 1904/6019
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 months 2 weeks	6 months 3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Peters Church, Willis Street
Folio	04/5883
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

869

23 December 1904

John George Turner
Leila Mary Langford

John George Turner
Leila Mary Langford
💍 1904/6084

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

33
26

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
14 years

Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street

04/5975

23 December 1904

Rev. P. W. Fairclough

No	869
Date of Notice	23 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John George Turner	Leila Mary Langford
	💍 1904/6084
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	33	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street
Folio	04/5975
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Fairclough

870

23 December 1904

Charles Edward Swanson
Edith Constance Kaiapoi Scott

Charles Edward Swanson
Edith Constance Kaiapoi Scott
💍 1904/6096

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
26

Whitemans Valley
Trentham

28 years
1 year

St. Johns Church

04/5986

23 December 1904

Rev. E. J. Smith

No	870
Date of Notice	23 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edward Swanson	Edith Constance Kaiapoi Scott
	💍 1904/6096
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Whitemans Valley	Trentham
Length of Residence	28 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Johns Church
Folio	04/5986
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Smith

871

24 December 1904

William Henry King Robinson
Ida Grace Reitz

William Henry King Robinson
Ida Grey Reitz
💍 1904/6021

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

34
29

Wellington
Wellington

10 months
18 months

Registrar's Office

04/5867

24 December 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	871
Date of Notice	24 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry King Robinson	Ida Grace Reitz
BDM Match (90%)	William Henry King Robinson	Ida Grey Reitz
	💍 1904/6021
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 months	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	04/5867
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

872

24 December 1904

George Davison
Mildred Eva Marshall

George Davison
Mildred Eva Marshall
💍 1904/6085

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
15 years

Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street

04/5976

24 December 1904

Rev. P. W. Fairclough

No	872
Date of Notice	24 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Davison	Mildred Eva Marshall
	💍 1904/6085
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	15 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street
Folio	04/5976
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Fairclough

873

24 December 1904

Arthur Collin Philpott
Elizabeth Whelch

Arthur Colin Philpott
Elizabeth Whelch
💍 1905/4852

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Upholsterer

23
18

Wellington
Wellington

19 years
10 years

St. Marks Church, Sussex Square

05/694

Thomas Whelch, Father

24 December 1904

Rev. Robt. Coffey

No	873
Date of Notice	24 December 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Collin Philpott	Elizabeth Whelch
BDM Match (98%)	Arthur Colin Philpott	Elizabeth Whelch
	💍 1905/4852
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Upholsterer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	19 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square
Folio	05/694
Consent	Thomas Whelch, Father
Date of Certificate	24 December 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. Robt. Coffey

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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).