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 1167

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 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

1 February 1904

George James Anger
Gertrude Amy Burt

George James Auger
Gertrude Amy Burt
💍 1904/3287

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

27
28

Lower Hutt
Lower Hutt

3 yrs
28 yrs

Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt

04/877

1 February 1904

Rev J. N. Haslam

No	84
Date of Notice	1 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George James Anger	Gertrude Amy Burt
BDM Match (97%)	George James Auger	Gertrude Amy Burt
	💍 1904/3287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	27	28
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Lower Hutt
Length of Residence	3 yrs	28 yrs
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Lower Hutt
Folio	04/877
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev J. N. Haslam

1 February 1904

Alfred Joseph Pering
Catherine Bridget Killery

Alfred Joseph Percy
Catherine Bridget Killery
💍 1904/3827

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
22

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
11 yrs

St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington

04/835

1 February 1904

Rev J. Devoy

No	85
Date of Notice	1 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Joseph Pering	Catherine Bridget Killery
BDM Match (93%)	Alfred Joseph Percy	Catherine Bridget Killery
	💍 1904/3827
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	11 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Mary of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	04/835
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Devoy

1 February 1904

Richard Henry Glubb
Ellen Gill

Richard Henry Ghibb
Ellen Gill
💍 1904/3828

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter
Cook

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

6 Mos.
5 Mos.

St Joseph's Church, Brougham Street, Wellington

04/886

1 February 1904

Rev J. O'Shea

No	86
Date of Notice	1 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Henry Glubb	Ellen Gill
BDM Match (95%)	Richard Henry Ghibb	Ellen Gill
	💍 1904/3828
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter	Cook
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 Mos.	5 Mos.
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church, Brougham Street, Wellington
Folio	04/886
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev J. O'Shea

1 February 1904

Alfred Searle
Lottie Perry

Alfred Searle
Lottie Perry
💍 1904/3328

Bachelor
Spinster

Dealer
Cook

24
24

Wellington
Wellington

21 yrs
14 Mos.

Residence of Rev J. K. Elliott, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington

04/790

1 February 1904

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	87
Date of Notice	1 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Searle	Lottie Perry
	💍 1904/3328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dealer	Cook
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 yrs	14 Mos.
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev J. K. Elliott, 25 Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	04/790
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

2 February 1904

George Chamberlain Read
Julia Maras

George Chamberlain
Julia Maras
💍 1904/4713

Bachelor
Spinster

Horse Breaker

43
29

Wellington
Wellington

6 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/691

2 February 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	88
Date of Notice	2 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Chamberlain Read	Julia Maras
BDM Match (89%)	George Chamberlain	Julia Maras
	💍 1904/4713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horse Breaker
Age	43	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/691
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

2 February 1904

Arthur Thomas Bird
Eliza Ann Bradley

Arthur Thomas Bird
Eliza Ann Bradley
💍 1904/4724

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

21
17

Wellington
Wellington

5 yrs
17 yrs

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/692

No person in Colony with authority to give consent

16 February 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	89
Date of Notice	2 February 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thomas Bird	Eliza Ann Bradley
	💍 1904/4724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	21	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 yrs	17 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/692
Consent	No person in Colony with authority to give consent
Date of Certificate	16 February 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

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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).