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 1172

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1904 Registrar M. M. Reid

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

107

9 February 1904

Arthur Leonard Brewer
Frances Smeaton Blyth

Arthur Geonard Brewer
Frances Susan Blythe
💍 1904/3291

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

29
31

Wellington
Wellington

Life
9 years

Residence of Mr. Blyth, 92 Tinakori Road, Wellington

04/876

9 February 1904

Rev. S. Bailey

No	107
Date of Notice	9 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Leonard Brewer	Frances Smeaton Blyth
BDM Match (86%)	Arthur Geonard Brewer	Frances Susan Blythe
	💍 1904/3291
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	Life	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Blyth, 92 Tinakori Road, Wellington
Folio	04/876
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Bailey

108

10 February 1904

Matthew Coe
Jane Wilson

Matthew Coe
Jane Wilson
💍 1904/3329

Bachelor
Spinster

Storekeeper
Assistant Storekeeper

26
33

Kereru
Wellington

3 years
16 months

Residence of Mr. Johns, Crawford, 19 Jessie Street, Wellington

04/791

10 February 1904

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	108
Date of Notice	10 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Coe	Jane Wilson
	💍 1904/3329
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper	Assistant Storekeeper
Age	26	33
Dwelling Place	Kereru	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	16 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Johns, Crawford, 19 Jessie Street, Wellington
Folio	04/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

109

10 February 1904

Maximilian Juriss
Ada Frances Tiso

Maximillian Juriss
Ada Frances Tiso
💍 1904/3757

Bachelor
Spinster

Artilleryman
Tailoress

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 1/2 years
10 years

St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington

04/729

10 February 1904

Rev. R. Coffey

No	109
Date of Notice	10 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Maximilian Juriss	Ada Frances Tiso
BDM Match (97%)	Maximillian Juriss	Ada Frances Tiso
	💍 1904/3757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Artilleryman	Tailoress
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 1/2 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington
Folio	04/729
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

110

11 February 1904

Frederick Stacey
Mary Ann Moran

Frederick Stacey
Mary Ann Moran
💍 1904/3822

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

21
23

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
23 years

St. Andrew's Church, Green Street, Wellington

04/852

11 February 1904

Rev. J. Ainsworth

No	110
Date of Notice	11 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Stacey	Mary Ann Moran
	💍 1904/3822
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Green Street, Wellington
Folio	04/852
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Ainsworth

111

11 February 1904

Arthur Stanley Clarke
Maud Ethel Staples

Arthur Stanley Clarke
Maude Ethel Staples
💍 1904/691

Bachelor
Spinster

Ordnance Clerk

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
Life

St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington

04/1591

11 February 1904

Rev. J. A. Sprott

No	111
Date of Notice	11 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Stanley Clarke	Maud Ethel Staples
BDM Match (97%)	Arthur Stanley Clarke	Maude Ethel Staples
	💍 1904/691
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ordnance Clerk
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	Life
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral Church, Mulgrave Street, Wellington
Folio	04/1591
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Sprott

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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).