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 1218

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

301

18 April 1902

Lewis Coffrey Newton
Frances Mary Eliza Brassey

Lewis Geoffery Newton
Frances Mary Eila Boarsey
💍 1902/4159

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
20

Waitakerei
Waikumete

4 years
8 years

Church of England

02/3167

Isabel Brassey, mother

18 April 1902

Rev. E. M. Cowie, Church of England

No	301
Date of Notice	18 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lewis Coffrey Newton	Frances Mary Eliza Brassey
BDM Match (83%)	Lewis Geoffery Newton	Frances Mary Eila Boarsey
	💍 1902/4159
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Waitakerei	Waikumete
Length of Residence	4 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/3167
Consent	Isabel Brassey, mother
Date of Certificate	18 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. M. Cowie, Church of England

302

18 April 1902

Alexander Frederick Boyce
Florence Spin Ball

Alexander Frederick Boyce
Florence Ball
💍 1902/685

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee

23
23

Auckland
Newmarket

23 years
21 years

House of J. J. Thompson

02/1691

18 April 1902

Rev. J. T. Linford, Methodist

No	302
Date of Notice	18 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Frederick Boyce	Florence Spin Ball
BDM Match (86%)	Alexander Frederick Boyce	Florence Ball
	💍 1902/685
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of J. J. Thompson
Folio	02/1691
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. T. Linford, Methodist

303

21 April 1902

Frank Lloyd Diddams
Rosa Amy Beedell

Frank Lloyd Diddams
Rosa Amy Beedell
💍 1902/566

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

29
24

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
24 years

St. Sepulchre Church

02/1593

21 April 1902

Rev. G. L. Carver, Church of England

No	303
Date of Notice	21 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Lloyd Diddams	Rosa Amy Beedell
	💍 1902/566
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	24 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre Church
Folio	02/1593
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. L. Carver, Church of England

304

21 April 1902

John Joseph Bottoud
Minnie York

Joseph Bolland
Minnie York
💍 1902/4925

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
20 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Pitt Street

02/4823

John York, father

21 April 1902

Rev. H. Williams, Primitive Methodist

No	304
Date of Notice	21 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Joseph Bottoud	Minnie York
BDM Match (76%)	Joseph Bolland	Minnie York
	💍 1902/4925
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Pitt Street
Folio	02/4823
Consent	John York, father
Date of Certificate	21 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Williams, Primitive Methodist

305

21 April 1902

Harry Rowe
Claire Ellen Rose Webber

Harry Rowe
Clara Ellen Rose Webber
💍 1902/724

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachman

31
29

Auckland
Remuera

6 years
4 years

St. Marks Church

02/1622

21 April 1902

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	305
Date of Notice	21 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Rowe	Claire Ellen Rose Webber
BDM Match (96%)	Harry Rowe	Clara Ellen Rose Webber
	💍 1902/724
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachman
Age	31	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	6 years	4 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	02/1622
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

306

22 April 1902

James Thomas Hough
Mary Burnett Longhman

James Thomas McHugh
Mary Bennett Caughman
💍 1902/1768

Bachelor
Spinster

Publican

41
31

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
3 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

02/2454

22 April 1902

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	306
Date of Notice	22 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Hough	Mary Burnett Longhman
BDM Match (80%)	James Thomas McHugh	Mary Bennett Caughman
	💍 1902/1768
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Publican
Age	41	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	3 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	02/2454
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, 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).