Intentions to Marry, 1902 North Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840421, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, October 3 2025

1902 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

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District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar J. 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

152

24 March 1902

Charles Sanderson
Harriett Goodwin

Charles Saunderson
Harriett Goodwin
💍 1902/2854

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
25

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
25 years

Residence of Mr Goodwin, Minton Street, Wellington

02/937

24 March 1902

Rev Wm Shirer

No	152
Date of Notice	24 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Sanderson	Harriett Goodwin
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Saunderson	Harriett Goodwin
	💍 1902/2854
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Goodwin, Minton Street, Wellington
Folio	02/937
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Wm Shirer

153

25 March 1902

Arthur Ludwig
Adaline Teresa Stevenson

Arthur Ludwig
Adaline Teresa Stevenson
💍 1902/2860

Widower
Widow

Jeweller

45
39

Wellington
Wellington

6 months
28 years

Presbyterian Manse, Pine Street, Wellington

02/725

25 March 1902

Rev S. H. Elliott

No	153
Date of Notice	25 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Ludwig	Adaline Teresa Stevenson
	💍 1902/2860
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Jeweller
Age	45	39
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 months	28 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse, Pine Street, Wellington
Folio	02/725
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev S. H. Elliott

154

25 March 1902

William Henry Tracy Pipe
Maud Agnes Nash

William Henry Tracey Pipe
Maud Agnes Nash
💍 1902/743

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

24
22

Wellington
Karori

9 years
22 years

St Mary's Church, Karori

02/936

25 March 1902

Rev A. L. Hansell

No	154
Date of Notice	25 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Tracy Pipe	Maud Agnes Nash
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Tracey Pipe	Maud Agnes Nash
	💍 1902/743
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Karori
Length of Residence	9 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St Mary's Church, Karori
Folio	02/936
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev A. L. Hansell

155

25 March 1902

Walter John Taylor
Esther Elizabeth Seward

Walter John Taylor
Esther Elizabeth Seward
💍 1902/2600

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Machinist

26
24

Petone
Wellington

10 years
1 year

Registrars Office, Wellington

02/668

25 March 1902

J. W. Mansfield, The Registrar

No	155
Date of Notice	25 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Taylor	Esther Elizabeth Seward
	💍 1902/2600
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Machinist
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Petone	Wellington
Length of Residence	10 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	02/668
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	J. W. Mansfield, The Registrar

156

25 March 1902

George Arthur Taylor
Louisa Humphrey

George Arthur Taylor
Lousia Humphrey
💍 1902/2601

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

20
18

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
6 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

02/669

Joseph Taylor, Father. Ann Humphrey, Mother.

25 March 1902

J. W. Mansfield, The Registrar

No	156
Date of Notice	25 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Arthur Taylor	Louisa Humphrey
BDM Match (93%)	George Arthur Taylor	Lousia Humphrey
	💍 1902/2601
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	20	18
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	02/669
Consent	Joseph Taylor, Father. Ann Humphrey, Mother.
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	J. W. Mansfield, The Registrar

157

27 March 1902

Allan Ward
Jessie Neill

Allan Ward
Jessie Neill
💍 1902/4018

Widower
Spinster

Cutter

38
26

Wellington
Wellington

18 years
11 years

Residence of Mrs Cruickshank, 7 Mary Street, Wellington

02/3789

27 March 1902

Rev. W. Thomson

No	157
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Allan Ward	Jessie Neill
	💍 1902/4018
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Cutter
Age	38	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	18 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Cruickshank, 7 Mary Street, Wellington
Folio	02/3789
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Thomson

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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).