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 1281

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

671

4 October 1904

Robert Gillies Wall
Elsie Lelia Hardie

Robert Gillies Wall
Elsie Lelia Hardie
💍 1904/6057

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
21 years

St. James Church, Wellington

04/5899

4 October 1904

Rev. Wm. Shires

No	671
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Gillies Wall	Elsie Lelia Hardie
	💍 1904/6057
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Wellington
Folio	04/5899
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Shires

672

4 October 1904

Allan Bell
Lucenie Mays

Allan Bell
Queenie Mayr
💍 1904/6044

Bachelor
Spinster

Warder of Prison
Assistant Chemist

29
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
Life

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington

04/5910

4 October 1904

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	672
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Bell	Lucenie Mays
BDM Match (88%)	Allan Bell	Queenie Mayr
	💍 1904/6044
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warder of Prison	Assistant Chemist
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	Life
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church, Wellington
Folio	04/5910
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

673

4 October 1904

Ernest Stanley Gibson
Martha Ellwood

Ernest Stanley Gibson
Martha Ellwood
💍 1904/5974

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman
Dressmaker

23
19

Petone
Petone

11 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Wellington

04/5837

No person in colony with authority to give consents

18 October 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	673
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Stanley Gibson	Martha Ellwood
	💍 1904/5974
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman	Dressmaker
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	11 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	04/5837
Consent	No person in colony with authority to give consents
Date of Certificate	18 October 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

674

4 October 1904

Charles Quinn
Gertrude Caroline Robinson

Charles Quinn
Gertrude Caroline Robinson
💍 1904/6071

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

23
26

Wellington
Brooklyn

23 years
14 years

St. Ann's Church, Wellington South

04/5961

4 October 1904

Rev. J. Ainsworth

No	674
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Quinn	Gertrude Caroline Robinson
	💍 1904/6071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	23	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Brooklyn
Length of Residence	23 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Ann's Church, Wellington South
Folio	04/5961
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ainsworth

675

4 October 1904

Henry Arthur Jamieson
Hansina Johanna Jamieson

Henry Arthur
Hansina Johanna Jamieson
💍 1904/6075

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
4 years

Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

04/5965

Anna Jamieson, Mother

4 October 1904

Rev. P. W. Fairclough

No	675
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Arthur Jamieson	Hansina Johanna Jamieson
BDM Match (79%)	Henry Arthur	Hansina Johanna Jamieson
	💍 1904/6075
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	04/5965
Consent	Anna Jamieson, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. W. Fairclough

676

4 October 1904

Robert John Lyttle
Elfreda Winifred McClure

Robert John Lyttle
Elfreda Winifred McClure
💍 1904/4362

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Congregational Church, Wellington Terrace

04/6005

4 October 1904

Rev. J. R. Glasson

No	676
Date of Notice	4 October 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Lyttle	Elfreda Winifred McClure
	💍 1904/4362
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Wellington Terrace
Folio	04/6005
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. R. Glasson

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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).