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 1204

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1892

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

384

22 May 1902

Joshua Gray Hadfield
Hettie Chapman

Joshua Hadfield
Hettie Chapman
💍 1902/6379

Widower
Spinster

Watchman

67
56

Birkdale
Birkdale

20 years
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

02/1545

22 May 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	384
Date of Notice	22 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joshua Gray Hadfield	Hettie Chapman
BDM Match (88%)	Joshua Hadfield	Hettie Chapman
	💍 1902/6379
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Watchman
Age	67	56
Dwelling Place	Birkdale	Birkdale
Length of Residence	20 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	02/1545
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 May 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

385

23 May 1902

Samuel Hard Baynes
Emily Patience Grayes

Samuel Ward House
Emily Keturah Trayes
💍 1902/637

Bachelor
Spinster

Fruitgrower

27
30

Mangere
Mangere

4 years
5 years

Presbyterian Church, Mangere

02/1665

23 May 1902

Rev. A. G. Beattie, Presbyterian

No	385
Date of Notice	23 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Hard Baynes	Emily Patience Grayes
BDM Match (64%)	Samuel Ward House	Emily Keturah Trayes
	💍 1902/637
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fruitgrower
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Mangere	Mangere
Length of Residence	4 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Mangere
Folio	02/1665
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. G. Beattie, Presbyterian

386

23 May 1902

George Richard Martin
Caroline Gray Bradley

George Rickard Warren
Caroline May Bradley
💍 1902/59

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

32
24

Auckland
Auckland

20 years
24 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

02/1547

23 May 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	386
Date of Notice	23 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Richard Martin	Caroline Gray Bradley
BDM Match (86%)	George Rickard Warren	Caroline May Bradley
	💍 1902/59
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	32	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	02/1547
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

387

23 May 1902

Alfred Bernard Hinton
Laura Louisa Johnson

Alfred Bernard Hurton
Laura Louisa Johnson
💍 1902/581

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
10 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

02/1607

23 May 1902

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	387
Date of Notice	23 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Bernard Hinton	Laura Louisa Johnson
BDM Match (95%)	Alfred Bernard Hurton	Laura Louisa Johnson
	💍 1902/581
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	10 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/1607
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

388

24 May 1902

James Hamilton Campbell Hunter
Eleanor Elizabeth Elliott

James Hamilton Campbell Hunter
Eleanor Elizabeth Elliott
💍 1902/633

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

38
31

Auckland
Auckland

7 years
23 years

Presbyterian Church, Parnell

02/1661

24 May 1902

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	388
Date of Notice	24 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hamilton Campbell Hunter	Eleanor Elizabeth Elliott
	💍 1902/633
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	38	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	7 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Parnell
Folio	02/1661
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

389

24 May 1902

Arthur Smith Marrack
Annie Florence Hardwicke

Arthur Ernest Marsack
Annie Florence Hardwicke
💍 1902/552

Widower
Spinster

Physician & Surgeon

41
30

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
4 years

St. Paul's Cathedral, Auckland

02/1579

24 May 1902

Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

No	389
Date of Notice	24 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Smith Marrack	Annie Florence Hardwicke
BDM Match (83%)	Arthur Ernest Marsack	Annie Florence Hardwicke
	💍 1902/552
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Physician & Surgeon
Age	41	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	02/1579
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Nelson, Church of England

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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).