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 H 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

112

7 March 1902

Arthur Alexander Marshall
Elizabeth Martha Carson

Arthur Alexander Marshall
Elizabeth Martha Carson
💍 1902/2592

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper
Dressmaker

40
34

Wellington
Wellington

1 1/2 years
4 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

02/661

7 March 1902

J H Mansfield, The Registrar

No	112
Date of Notice	7 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Alexander Marshall	Elizabeth Martha Carson
	💍 1902/2592
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Dressmaker
Age	40	34
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	02/661
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1902
Officiating Minister	J H Mansfield, The Registrar

113

10 March 1902

Oliver Edward Austin
Florence Louisa Eason

Oliver Edward Austin
Florence Louisa Eason
💍 1902/2846

Bachelor
Spinster

Flaxmiller

24
24

Foxton
Johnsonville

4 days
10 years

Church of England, Johnsonville

02/705

10 March 1902

Rev John Vosper

No	113
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oliver Edward Austin	Florence Louisa Eason
	💍 1902/2846
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Flaxmiller
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Foxton	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	4 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Johnsonville
Folio	02/705
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev John Vosper

114

10 March 1902

Henry Wallis
Florence Kilmister

Henry Wallis
Florence Kilmister
💍 1902/2598

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner
Domestic Servant

23
20

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
20 years

Registrars Office, Wellington

02/667

no person in Colony who can give Consent

14 March 1902

J H Mansfield, The Registrar

No	114
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Wallis	Florence Kilmister
	💍 1902/2598
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner	Domestic Servant
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrars Office, Wellington
Folio	02/667
Consent	no person in Colony who can give Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1902
Officiating Minister	J H Mansfield, The Registrar

115

10 March 1902

Frank Macmahon
Elizabeth Margaret O'Brien

Frank MacMahon
Elizabeth Margaret O'Brien
💍 1902/2806

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
20 years

St Mary of The Angels, Wellington

02/752

10 March 1902

Rev Father Devoy

No	115
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Macmahon	Elizabeth Margaret O'Brien
BDM Match (96%)	Frank MacMahon	Elizabeth Margaret O'Brien
	💍 1902/2806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Mary of The Angels, Wellington
Folio	02/752
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Father Devoy

116

10 March 1902

John Joseph Walton
Beatrice Winkwater

John Joseph Walton
Beatrice Drinkwater
💍 1902/2757

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

16 years
4 years

St Peters Church, Wellington

02/693

10 March 1902

Rev W. C. Waters

No	116
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Walton	Beatrice Winkwater
BDM Match (95%)	John Joseph Walton	Beatrice Drinkwater
	💍 1902/2757
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	16 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	02/693
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. C. Waters

117

11 March 1902

David McLaren
Alberta Wungey Lindegaard

David McLaren
Alberta Dungey Lindegaard
💍 1902/3140

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

34
32

Wellington
Wellington

9 years
3 years

Residence of Mr George Warvall, 64 Brougham Street Wellington

02/788

11 March 1902

Rev W. A. Evans

No	117
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David McLaren	Alberta Wungey Lindegaard
BDM Match (98%)	David McLaren	Alberta Dungey Lindegaard
	💍 1902/3140
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr George Warvall, 64 Brougham Street Wellington
Folio	02/788
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. A. Evans

118

11 March 1902

Arthur John Davis
Edith Annie Cresswell

Arthur John Davis
Edith Annie Cresswell
💍 1902/3158

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
House Maid

23
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
4 years

Baptist Church, Brooklyn

02/782

11 March 1902

Rev Chas. Dallaston

No	118
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Davis	Edith Annie Cresswell
	💍 1902/3158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	House Maid
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church, Brooklyn
Folio	02/782
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Chas. Dallaston

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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).