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 129

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar W.M. Reed

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

12 February 1902

Alfred Geoffrey Kemp
Edith Louisa Haase

Alfred Geoffrey Kemp
Edith Louisa Haase
💍 1902/2764

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
24

Wellington
Wellington

life
6 yrs

St. Paul's Church Thorndon

02/677

12 February 1902

Rev J.H. Sprott

No	75
Date of Notice	12 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Geoffrey Kemp	Edith Louisa Haase
	💍 1902/2764
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	life	6 yrs
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church Thorndon
Folio	02/677
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J.H. Sprott

12 February 1902

Halstead Thomas Harley
Blanche Ethel Stallard

Halstead Thomas Harley
Blanche Ethel Stallard
💍 1902/2835

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer

32
27

Petone Wellington
Petone Wellington

5 days
1 Month

English Church Petone

02/700

12 February 1902

Rev S.H. Russell

No	76
Date of Notice	12 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Halstead Thomas Harley	Blanche Ethel Stallard
	💍 1902/2835
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Petone Wellington	Petone Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	1 Month
Marriage Place	English Church Petone
Folio	02/700
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev S.H. Russell

13 February 1902

Francis Joseph Mackay
Phillipa Anne West

Francis Joseph Mackay
Phillipa Anne West
💍 1902/2763

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
3 days

St. Pauls Church Thorndon

02/676

13 February 1902

Rev. J.H. Sprott

No	77
Date of Notice	13 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Mackay	Phillipa Anne West
	💍 1902/2763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Pauls Church Thorndon
Folio	02/676
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.H. Sprott

13 February 1902

Henry Harold Withell
Emily Rose Marker

Henry Harold Withell
Emily Rose Marker
💍 1902/3138

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
1 week

41 Adelaide Road at Mr Ellisons Residence

02/786

13 February 1902

Rev John Dawson

No	78
Date of Notice	13 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Harold Withell	Emily Rose Marker
	💍 1902/3138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	1 week
Marriage Place	41 Adelaide Road at Mr Ellisons Residence
Folio	02/786
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev John Dawson

13 February 1902

Alexander Grittan Burgess
Rosanna Jane Davidson

Alexander Grittan Burgess
Rosanna Jane Davidson
💍 1902/2608

Bachelor
Divorced Decree absolute 10th Decr 1901

Farmer

30
30

Ngahauranga
Ngahauranga

life
15 yrs

Registrars office Wellington

02/653

13 February 1902

Geo a Schock The Depty Registrar

No	79
Date of Notice	13 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Grittan Burgess	Rosanna Jane Davidson
	💍 1902/2608
Condition	Bachelor	Divorced Decree absolute 10th Decr 1901
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Ngahauranga	Ngahauranga
Length of Residence	life	15 yrs
Marriage Place	Registrars office Wellington
Folio	02/653
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Geo a Schock The Depty Registrar

13 February 1902

Peter Beckett
Harriett Mary Ann Frost

Peter Beckett
Harriett Mary Ann Frust
💍 1902/2873

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailors presser

22
33

Wellington
Wellington

life
3 yrs

At Mr Frosts house Wright Street Wellington

02/732

13 February 1902

Rev W. Shirer

No	80
Date of Notice	13 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Beckett	Harriett Mary Ann Frost
BDM Match (98%)	Peter Beckett	Harriett Mary Ann Frust
	💍 1902/2873
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailors presser
Age	22	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	life	3 yrs
Marriage Place	At Mr Frosts house Wright Street Wellington
Folio	02/732
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Shirer

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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).