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

19 February 1902

Thomas Arthur Roberts
Annie Piper

Thomas Arthur Roberts
Annie Piper
💍 1902/2797

Widower
Spinster

Grain Merchant

36
32

Wellington
Wellington

36 yrs
2 yrs

Wesleyan Parsonage Taranaki St

02/762

19 February 1902

Rev. W- C. Oliver

No	88
Date of Notice	19 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Roberts	Annie Piper
	💍 1902/2797
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Grain Merchant
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	36 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Parsonage Taranaki St
Folio	02/762
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W- C. Oliver

20 February 1902

David Alexander Taylor
Katie McDonald

David Alexander Taylor
Katie McDonald
💍 1902/1592

Alexander Clark
Jessie McDonald
💍 1902/2968

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

26
22

Wellington
Wellington

2 yrs
2 yrs

St Andrews Church Wellington

02/974

20 February 1902

Rev C. S. Ogg.

No	89
Date of Notice	20 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Alexander Taylor	Katie McDonald
	💍 1902/1592
BDM Match (62%)	Alexander Clark	Jessie McDonald
	💍 1902/2968
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	St Andrews Church Wellington
Folio	02/974
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev C. S. Ogg.

21 February 1902

Francis William Tighe
Edith Fanny Florence

Francis William Tighe
Edith Fanny Florence
💍 1902/2713

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Ladies Maid

33
27

Wellington
Wellington

9 yrs
27 yrs

Primitive Methodist Church Sydney Street Wellington

02/803

24 February 1902

Rev G. H. Mann

No	90
Date of Notice	21 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis William Tighe	Edith Fanny Florence
	💍 1902/2713
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Ladies Maid
Age	33	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	9 yrs	27 yrs
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church Sydney Street Wellington
Folio	02/803
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev G. H. Mann

24 February 1902

Gilbert Robb
Edith May Aamodt

Gilbert Robb
Edith May Aamodt
💍 1902/2838

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

38
25

Wellington
Wellington

5 yrs
6 yrs

Residence of Mr. H. C. Aamodt 60 Austin Street Wellington

02/720

24 February 1902

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	91
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Gilbert Robb	Edith May Aamodt
	💍 1902/2838
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	38	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 yrs	6 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. H. C. Aamodt 60 Austin Street Wellington
Folio	02/720
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

24 February 1902

John Withers
Amelia Parker

John Withers
Amelia Parker
💍 1902/2612

Widower
Married - last heard of husband July 1894

Labourer

50
46

Wellington
Wellington

28 yrs
20 yrs

Registrars Office Wellington

02/657

24 February 1902

J. W. Mansfield The Registrar

No	92
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Withers	Amelia Parker
	💍 1902/2612
Condition	Widower	Married - last heard of husband July 1894
Profession	Labourer
Age	50	46
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	28 yrs	20 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	02/657
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. W. Mansfield The Registrar

25 February 1902

William Frederick Brown
Elizabeth Sarah Pettit

William Frederick Burns
Elizabeth Sarah Pettit
💍 1902/3154

Divorcee decree absolute 8/9/1900
Spinster

Draper
Saleswoman

39
34

Christchurch
Wellington

39 yrs
2 yrs

Residence of Mr James Pettit Myrtle Crescent Wellington

02/778

25 February 1902

Rev Charles Dallaston

No	93
Date of Notice	25 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Brown	Elizabeth Sarah Pettit
BDM Match (91%)	William Frederick Burns	Elizabeth Sarah Pettit
	💍 1902/3154
Condition	Divorcee decree absolute 8/9/1900	Spinster
Profession	Draper	Saleswoman
Age	39	34
Dwelling Place	Christchurch	Wellington
Length of Residence	39 yrs	2 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James Pettit Myrtle Crescent Wellington
Folio	02/778
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Charles 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).