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 1165

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

27 January 1904

William Henry Teague
Harriett Hope Teague

William Henry Teague
Harriett Hope
💍 1904/3293

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

29
28

Porirua
Porirua

2 years
3 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Porirua

04/878

27 January 1904

Rev. G. P. Hunt

No	73
Date of Notice	27 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Teague	Harriett Hope Teague
BDM Match (83%)	William Henry Teague	Harriett Hope
	💍 1904/3293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	29	28
Dwelling Place	Porirua	Porirua
Length of Residence	2 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Porirua
Folio	04/878
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Hunt

27 January 1904

Charles Indd Fielding
Ann Eliza Fielding

Charles Judd
Ann Eliza Fielding
💍 1904/7047

Widower
Widow

Gardener

71
48

Wellington
Wellington

32 years
14 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/687

27 January 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	74
Date of Notice	27 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Indd Fielding	Ann Eliza Fielding
BDM Match (74%)	Charles Judd	Ann Eliza Fielding
	💍 1904/7047
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Gardener
Age	71	48
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	32 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/687
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

27 January 1904

Edward James Barnes
Harriet Jane Glastonbury

Edward James Barnes
Harriett Jane Glastonbury
💍 1904/3334

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
15 days

Residence of Mr. Barnes, Omney St., Wellington

04/796

Alfred Glastonbury, Father

27 January 1904

Rev. W. Shirer

No	75
Date of Notice	27 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward James Barnes	Harriet Jane Glastonbury
BDM Match (98%)	Edward James Barnes	Harriett Jane Glastonbury
	💍 1904/3334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	15 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Barnes, Omney St., Wellington
Folio	04/796
Consent	Alfred Glastonbury, Father
Date of Certificate	27 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Shirer

27 January 1904

Alexander Frank Davies
Florence Maria Davies

Alexander Frank Davies
Florence Maria Tiller
💍 1904/3300

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

26
27

Wellington
Wellington

14 years
20 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

04/862

27 January 1904

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	76
Date of Notice	27 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Frank Davies	Florence Maria Davies
BDM Match (88%)	Alexander Frank Davies	Florence Maria Tiller
	💍 1904/3300
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	14 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	04/862
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

28 January 1904

Moses Paikorero Simeon
Mary Lena Fellingham

Moses Paikorero Simeon
Mary Lena Fellingham
💍 1904/7048

Bachelor
Spinster

Wire Mattress Maker

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

20 years
21 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/688

28 January 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	77
Date of Notice	28 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Moses Paikorero Simeon	Mary Lena Fellingham
	💍 1904/7048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wire Mattress Maker
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	20 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/688
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 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).