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 Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1902

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

717

13 October 1902

William Kennedy
Juery Brooking

William Kennedy
Mary Brooking
💍 1902/4934

Widower
Widow

Suprier

48
37

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
23 years

St. James Church

02/4808

13 October 1902

Rev. B. J. H. Warwick, Presbyterian

No	717
Date of Notice	13 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Kennedy	Juery Brooking
BDM Match (89%)	William Kennedy	Mary Brooking
	💍 1902/4934
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Suprier
Age	48	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	02/4808
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. H. Warwick, Presbyterian

718

13 October 1902

Patrick O'Shea
Sarah Ann De Blois

Patrick O'Shea
Sarah Ann De Blois
💍 1902/4707

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

37
42

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
8 years

Registrar's Office

02/4655

13 October 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	718
Date of Notice	13 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick O'Shea	Sarah Ann De Blois
	💍 1902/4707
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	37	42
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/4655
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 October 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

719

15 October 1902

John Mitchell McLachlan
Susannah Dean Charlton

John Mitchell McLachlan
Susannah Chalton
💍 1902/5195

Bachelor
Spinster

Gentleman

59
37

Auckland
Ponsonby

59 years
3 years

All Saints Church

02/4977

15 October 1902

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	719
Date of Notice	15 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Mitchell McLachlan	Susannah Dean Charlton
BDM Match (86%)	John Mitchell McLachlan	Susannah Chalton
	💍 1902/5195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gentleman
Age	59	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	59 years	3 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	02/4977
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

720

15 October 1902

Peter James Boot
Annie Elizabeth Rowe

Peter James Carter
Annie Elizabeth Rowe
💍 1902/5007

Bachelor
Spinster

Maker, commonly known as Carter

23
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

22 years
12 months

House of Father of Bride

02/4832

Father of Bride

15 October 1902

Rev. F. H. Barritt, Congregational

No	720
Date of Notice	15 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter James Boot	Annie Elizabeth Rowe
BDM Match (86%)	Peter James Carter	Annie Elizabeth Rowe
	💍 1902/5007
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Maker, commonly known as Carter
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	22 years	12 months
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	02/4832
Consent	Father of Bride
Date of Certificate	15 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. H. Barritt, Congregational

721

15 October 1902

Leslie Edward Mair
Agnes Blanche Coates

Leslie Edward Mair
Agnes Blanche Coates
💍 1902/4842

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer

31
24

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
10 years

St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden

02/4940

15 October 1902

Rev. S. J. Garland, Church of England

No	721
Date of Notice	15 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leslie Edward Mair	Agnes Blanche Coates
	💍 1902/4842
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Barnabas Church, Mount Eden
Folio	02/4940
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Garland, Church of England

722

16 October 1902

William Prendergast
Margaret Flynn

William Rendergast
Margaret Flynn
💍 1902/307

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

34
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
23 years

Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby

02/6341

16 October 1902

Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

No	722
Date of Notice	16 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Prendergast	Margaret Flynn
BDM Match (95%)	William Rendergast	Margaret Flynn
	💍 1902/307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	23 years
Marriage Place	Sacred Heart Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/6341
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. D. O. Egan, Roman Catholic

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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).