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 1156

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1904 Registrar D. J. 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

11 January 1904

Ernest Carey Cachemaille
Helen Joan Parker

Ernest Carey Cachemaille
Helen Joan Parker
💍 1904/686

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

8 1/2 years
23 years

St. Paul's Church, Wellington

04/1586

11 January 1904

Rev. J. A. Stacott

No	28
Date of Notice	11 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Carey Cachemaille	Helen Joan Parker
	💍 1904/686
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 1/2 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Wellington
Folio	04/1586
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Stacott

11 January 1904

Charles White
Ada Frankland Teitch

Charles White
Ada Frankland Veitch
💍 1904/3762

Bachelor
Spinster

Hardwareman

33
25

Wellington
Wellington

8 Months
9 Months

St. Peter's Church, Wellington

04/742

11 January 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	29
Date of Notice	11 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles White	Ada Frankland Teitch
BDM Match (98%)	Charles White	Ada Frankland Veitch
	💍 1904/3762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hardwareman
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 Months	9 Months
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Wellington
Folio	04/742
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

11 January 1904

Alexander Brickley
Betsy Bascand

Alexander Brickley
Cephy Bascand
💍 1904/3288

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

28
28

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
2 years

Residence of Mr. Sullivan, Karori

04/874

11 January 1904

Rev. W. J. Ellott

No	30
Date of Notice	11 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Brickley	Betsy Bascand
BDM Match (88%)	Alexander Brickley	Cephy Bascand
	💍 1904/3288
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Sullivan, Karori
Folio	04/874
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Ellott

11 January 1904

Matthew Wilkins
Lucy Maria Haylock

Matthew Wilkins
Lucy Maria Haylock
💍 1904/3805

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman
Housekeeper

80
40

Wellington
Wellington

2 Months
2 Months

Residence of Mr. Haylock, 17 Aurora Terrace, Wellington

04/812

11 January 1904

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	31
Date of Notice	11 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Matthew Wilkins	Lucy Maria Haylock
	💍 1904/3805
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman	Housekeeper
Age	80	40
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 Months	2 Months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Haylock, 17 Aurora Terrace, Wellington
Folio	04/812
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

12 January 1904

Gerald Edward Ambrose Clarke
Jane Campbell Corbett

Gerald Edward Ambrose Clarke
Jane Campbell Corbett
💍 1904/3761

Widower
Spinster

Gentleman

45
42

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
7 days

St. Peter's Church, Willis Street

04/741

12 January 1904

Rev. G. P. Davys

No	32
Date of Notice	12 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gerald Edward Ambrose Clarke	Jane Campbell Corbett
	💍 1904/3761
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	45	42
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	7 days
Marriage Place	St. Peter's Church, Willis Street
Folio	04/741
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. P. Davys

12 January 1904

Herbert Smith
Annie Leviour

Herbert Smith
Annie Leviour
💍 1904/3344

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinetmaker

27
27

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
6 days

Residence of Mr. Labone, Revans Street, Wellington

04/782

12 January 1904

Rev. J. K. Ellott

No	33
Date of Notice	12 January 1904
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Smith	Annie Leviour
	💍 1904/3344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinetmaker
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	6 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Labone, Revans Street, Wellington
Folio	04/782
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 January 1904
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Ellott

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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).