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 W. Means

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

18 January 1902

J. Henry George Good
Susannah Starr

Henry George Good
Susannah Starr
💍 1902/2816

Bachelor
Spinster

Wire Worker

29
19

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
8 years

Wesley Church Wellington

02/758

Barnabas Starr, Father

20 January 1902

Rev W. C. Oliver

No	34
Date of Notice	18 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	J. Henry George Good	Susannah Starr
BDM Match (93%)	Henry George Good	Susannah Starr
	💍 1902/2816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wire Worker
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church Wellington
Folio	02/758
Consent	Barnabas Starr, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. C. Oliver

20 January 1902

James Sydney Dawson
Alfreda Trethewey

James Sydney Dawson
Alfreda Trethewey
💍 1902/2802

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

25
17

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
17 years

Trinity Church Wellington

02/767

Robert Trethewey, Father

20 January 1902

Rev Geo: Bond

No	35
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Sydney Dawson	Alfreda Trethewey
	💍 1902/2802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	25	17
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Trinity Church Wellington
Folio	02/767
Consent	Robert Trethewey, Father
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo: Bond

20 January 1902

Joseph Fitzgerald
Esther Alice Taylor

Joseph Fitzgerald
Esther Alice Taylor
💍 1902/6377

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
25

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
6 months

St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington

02/749

20 January 1902

Rev J. Ainsworth

No	36
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Fitzgerald	Esther Alice Taylor
	💍 1902/6377
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	02/749
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Ainsworth

20 January 1902

Alfred Claude Taylor
Hannah Amelia Emma Brown Rosenberg

Alfred Claude Taylor
Hannah Amelia Emma Brown Rosenberg
💍 1902/2749

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

32
27

Wellington
Wellington

32 years
12 years

St Marks Church Wellington

02/686

20 January 1902

Rev R. Coffey

No	37
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Claude Taylor	Hannah Amelia Emma Brown Rosenberg
	💍 1902/2749
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	32 years	12 years
Marriage Place	St Marks Church Wellington
Folio	02/686
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev R. Coffey

20 January 1902

Francis Stewart
Amy Elizabeth Glew

Francis Stewart
Amy Elizabeth Glen
💍 1902/2831

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

25
23

Wellington
Wellington

23 years
10 years

Carlton Hall Ingestre Street Wellington

02/714

20 January 1902

Rev J. Kennedy Elliott

No	38
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Stewart	Amy Elizabeth Glew
BDM Match (97%)	Francis Stewart	Amy Elizabeth Glen
	💍 1902/2831
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	23 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Carlton Hall Ingestre Street Wellington
Folio	02/714
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. Kennedy Elliott

21 January 1902

Thomas Brook Lee
Elizabeth Jewell

Thomas Brook Lee
Elizabeth Sewell
💍 1902/3143

Bachelor
Spinster

Teacher

25
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
5 weeks

Paulina Home Cuba Street Wellington

02/791

21 January 1902

Major J. Evans

No	39
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Brook Lee	Elizabeth Jewell
BDM Match (97%)	Thomas Brook Lee	Elizabeth Sewell
	💍 1902/3143
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Teacher
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Paulina Home Cuba Street Wellington
Folio	02/791
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Major J. Evans

21 January 1902

Francis Leonard Holland
Clara Diamond

Francis Leonard Holland
Clara Diamond
💍 1902/2832

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

26
26

Wellington
Wellington

2 months
2 weeks

Residence of Mr. R. Linton 90 Tory Street Wellington

02/715

21 January 1902

Rev J. K. Elliott

No	40
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Leonard Holland	Clara Diamond
	💍 1902/2832
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	2 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. R. Linton 90 Tory Street Wellington
Folio	02/715
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. K. Elliott

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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).