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 1192

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 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

450

14 June 1902

Thomas Carries
Maud Helen Gillard

Thomas Cairns Clark
Maud Helen Gillard
💍 1902/645

Bachelor
Spinster

Cordial Maker

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
20 years

House of R.E. Walker, 20 Hayden Street

02/1647

17 June 1902

Rev. R.J. Macawell, Presbyterian

No	450
Date of Notice	14 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Carries	Maud Helen Gillard
BDM Match (76%)	Thomas Cairns Clark	Maud Helen Gillard
	💍 1902/645
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Maker
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of R.E. Walker, 20 Hayden Street
Folio	02/1647
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.J. Macawell, Presbyterian

451

14 June 1902

George Nelson Gash
Ellen Nicol

George Nelson Gash
Ellen Nicol
💍 1902/678

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk

28
20

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
10 years

House of S.J. Morgan, 102 Sundry Street

02/1705

Samuel Cooper, Legal Guardian

17 June 1902

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	451
Date of Notice	14 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Nelson Gash	Ellen Nicol
	💍 1902/678
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of S.J. Morgan, 102 Sundry Street
Folio	02/1705
Consent	Samuel Cooper, Legal Guardian
Date of Certificate	17 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

452

14 June 1902

James Robert Blue
Jennie Barton

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
10 years

House of J.W. Dalrymple, 109 Ponsonby

02/2468

17 June 1902

Rev. J.T. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	452
Date of Notice	14 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Robert Blue	Jennie Barton
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	House of J.W. Dalrymple, 109 Ponsonby
Folio	02/2468
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.T. Robertson, Presbyterian

453

19 June 1902

Anthony Arthur Rose
Mary Danzey

Anthony Arthur Rose
Mary Danzey
💍 1902/3428

Bachelor
Widow

Storeman

32
33

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
33 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

02/3223

19 June 1902

Rev. J.F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	453
Date of Notice	19 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Arthur Rose	Mary Danzey
	💍 1902/3428
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Storeman
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	33 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	02/3223
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

454

19 June 1902

Edward Lund Whimp
Clara Amelia Roxburgh

Edward Lund Whimp
Clara Amelia Roxburgh
💍 1902/679

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Builder

21
20

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

Congregational Church, 209 Beresford Street

02/1706

19 June 1902

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	454
Date of Notice	19 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Lund Whimp	Clara Amelia Roxburgh
	💍 1902/679
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Builder
Age	21	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, 209 Beresford Street
Folio	02/1706
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

455

19 June 1902

Percival Samuel McIntosh
Ella Danby Robinson

Percival Gunn McIntosh
Ella Danby Robinson
💍 1902/3369

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
22 years

House of R.S. Snowden, 22 Northcote

02/3054

19 June 1902

Rev. W. Greenlade, Methodist

No	455
Date of Notice	19 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Percival Samuel McIntosh	Ella Danby Robinson
BDM Match (90%)	Percival Gunn McIntosh	Ella Danby Robinson
	💍 1902/3369
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of R.S. Snowden, 22 Northcote
Folio	02/3054
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Greenlade, Methodist

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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).