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.

Page 125

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar 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

100

3 March 1902

Walter Henry Walker Beake
Eva Marion Evans

Henry Walter Blake
Eve Marion Evans
💍 1902/2766

Widower
Spinster

Lieutenant of 9th Contingent

37
26

Upper Hutt
Upper Hutt

2 years
20 years

St Pauls pro Cathedral, Wellington

02/679

3 March 1902

Rev J. K. Sprott

No	100
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Walker Beake	Eva Marion Evans
BDM Match (79%)	Henry Walter Blake	Eve Marion Evans
	💍 1902/2766
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Lieutenant of 9th Contingent
Age	37	26
Dwelling Place	Upper Hutt	Upper Hutt
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St Pauls pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	02/679
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Sprott

101

3 March 1902

Walter John Henry Hislop
Evelyn Emily Bryce Wagstaff

Walter John Henry Hislop
Evelyn Emily Pryce Wagstaff
💍 1902/2767

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

28
27

Wellington
Wellington

17 months
1 month

St Pauls pro Cathedral, Wellington

02/680

3 March 1902

Rev J. K. Sprott

No	101
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Henry Hislop	Evelyn Emily Bryce Wagstaff
BDM Match (98%)	Walter John Henry Hislop	Evelyn Emily Pryce Wagstaff
	💍 1902/2767
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 months	1 month
Marriage Place	St Pauls pro Cathedral, Wellington
Folio	02/680
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Sprott

102

3 March 1902

Herbert John Coleman
Jane Smith

Herbert John Coleman
Jane Smith
💍 1902/2589

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
22

Ngahauranga
Ngahauranga

6 years
9 years

Registrars office, Wellington

02/658

3 March 1902

W. Mansfield, The Registrar

No	102
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Coleman	Jane Smith
	💍 1902/2589
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Ngahauranga	Ngahauranga
Length of Residence	6 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office, Wellington
Folio	02/658
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	W. Mansfield, The Registrar

103

3 March 1902

William Henry Ledbrook
Jane Evans

William Henry Ledbrook
Jane Evans
💍 1902/2809

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

46
46

Lower Hutt
Petone

18 months
12 months

Wesleyan Church, Petone

02/773

3 March 1902

Rev. E. T. Blamires

No	103
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Ledbrook	Jane Evans
	💍 1902/2809
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	46	46
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Petone
Length of Residence	18 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Petone
Folio	02/773
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. T. Blamires

104

3 March 1902

Archibald Woran
Louisa Hellen Browne

Archibald Doran
Louisa Hellen Browne
💍 1902/2590

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

29
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
22 years

Registrars office, Wellington

02/659

3 March 1902

W. Mansfield, The Registrar

No	104
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Woran	Louisa Hellen Browne
BDM Match (97%)	Archibald Doran	Louisa Hellen Browne
	💍 1902/2590
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office, Wellington
Folio	02/659
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	W. Mansfield, The Registrar

105

4 March 1902

James Albert Taggart
Mabel Gertie Banner

James Albert Jaggart
Mabel Gertie Banner
💍 1902/2755

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

25
26

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

St Peters Church, Wellington

02/692

4 March 1902

Rev W. C. Waters

No	105
Date of Notice	4 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Albert Taggart	Mabel Gertie Banner
BDM Match (98%)	James Albert Jaggart	Mabel Gertie Banner
	💍 1902/2755
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St Peters Church, Wellington
Folio	02/692
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. C. Waters

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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).