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 1158

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

14 January 1904

Frank Evelyn Everett
Emeline Nartley Dingle

Frank Evelyn Everett
Emeline Hartley Dingle
💍 1904/3792

Divorced
Spinster

Storekeeper

41
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St. John Church, Wellington

04/822

14 January 1904

Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

No	40
Date of Notice	14 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Evelyn Everett	Emeline Nartley Dingle
BDM Match (98%)	Frank Evelyn Everett	Emeline Hartley Dingle
	💍 1904/3792
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Storekeeper
Age	41	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. John Church, Wellington
Folio	04/822
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibb D.D.

14 January 1904

Robert Seater Fielding
Annie Clarke

Robert Bell Middlemiss
Annie Clarke
💍 1904/764

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

26
30

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
6 months

Residence of Mr. Reilly, "Ormskirk", Rintoul St., Wellington

04/894

14 January 1904

Mr. A. F. Turner

No	41
Date of Notice	14 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Seater Fielding	Annie Clarke
BDM Match (73%)	Robert Bell Middlemiss	Annie Clarke
	💍 1904/764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	26	30
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Reilly, "Ormskirk", Rintoul St., Wellington
Folio	04/894
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Mr. A. F. Turner

15 January 1904

Henry McGrath
Mary Mullin

Henry McGrath
Mary Mullin
💍 1904/7039

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
26

Wellington
Wellington

4 days
3 days

Registrars Office, Wellington

04/680

15 January 1904

F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

No	42
Date of Notice	15 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry McGrath	Mary Mullin
	💍 1904/7039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	04/680
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1904
Officiating Minister	F. W. Mansfield, Registrar

15 January 1904

Rogers William Wilkinson
Sophia Amelia Croatt

Rogers William Wilkinson
Sophia Amelia Evatt
💍 1904/3755

Bachelor
Spinster

Lieutenant N.Z. Militia

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

24 days
20 years

St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington

04/727

15 January 1904

Rev. R. Coffey

No	43
Date of Notice	15 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Rogers William Wilkinson	Sophia Amelia Croatt
BDM Match (93%)	Rogers William Wilkinson	Sophia Amelia Evatt
	💍 1904/3755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Lieutenant N.Z. Militia
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	24 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church, Sussex Square, Wellington
Folio	04/727
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Coffey

16 January 1904

James Warmington
Winifred Lawrence

James Warnington
Winifred Lawrence
💍 1904/3276

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Dressmaker

26
22

Karori
Karori

13 years
2 weeks

Church of England, Nutt

04/762

16 January 1904

Rev. Joshua Jones

No	44
Date of Notice	16 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Warmington	Winifred Lawrence
BDM Match (97%)	James Warnington	Winifred Lawrence
	💍 1904/3276
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Dressmaker
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Karori	Karori
Length of Residence	13 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England, Nutt
Folio	04/762
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joshua Jones

18 January 1904

Walter Andrew Forster Hadley
Ethel Sirah McKenzie

Walter Andrew Forster Hadley
Ethel Sirah McKenzie
💍 1904/7042

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Dressmaker

22
24

Wellington
Wellington

2 years
8 years

Residence of Mr. J. Dixon, 59 Ghuznee Street, Wellington

04/55

18 January 1904

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	45
Date of Notice	18 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Andrew Forster Hadley	Ethel Sirah McKenzie
	💍 1904/7042
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Dressmaker
Age	22	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. J. Dixon, 59 Ghuznee Street, Wellington
Folio	04/55
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

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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).