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 1226

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

253

2 April 1902

Alfred Fore
Alice Maud Coldicutt

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

20
19

Onehunga
Onehunga

20 years
19 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

02/1670

C. S. Coldicutt, Father

2 April 1902

Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

No	253
Date of Notice	2 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Fore	Alice Maud Coldicutt
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	20	19
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	20 years	19 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	02/1670
Consent	C. S. Coldicutt, Father
Date of Certificate	2 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

254

2 April 1902

William John Martin
Alice Armitage

William John Martin
Alice Armitage
💍 1902/647

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

33
30

Auckland
12 Parnell

30 years

Presbyterian Church

02/1649

2 April 1902

Rev. H. Kelly, Presbyterian

No	254
Date of Notice	2 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Martin	Alice Armitage
	💍 1902/647
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	12 Parnell
Length of Residence	30 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	02/1649
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Kelly, Presbyterian

255

3 April 1902

Edgar Read Monk
Mary Hoe

Edgar Read Monk
Mary Hoe
💍 1902/1334

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
31

Auckland
3 Queen Street

3 days

Restaurant, 3 Queen Street

02/1865

3 April 1902

Rev. G. Fitts, Methodist

No	255
Date of Notice	3 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Read Monk	Mary Hoe
	💍 1902/1334
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	3 Queen Street
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Restaurant, 3 Queen Street
Folio	02/1865
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Fitts, Methodist

256

3 April 1902

Herbert John Hazlehurst
Harriet Lucinda Dalbeth

Herbert John Hazelhurst
Harriet Lucinda Dalbeth
💍 1902/740

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
28

Auckland
9 Parnell

5 years

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

02/1604

3 April 1902

Rev. J. K. MacMurray, Church of England

No	256
Date of Notice	3 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert John Hazlehurst	Harriet Lucinda Dalbeth
BDM Match (96%)	Herbert John Hazelhurst	Harriet Lucinda Dalbeth
	💍 1902/740
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	9 Parnell
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	02/1604
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. MacMurray, Church of England

257

3 April 1902

Harry David Burrage
Caroline Sampson

Harry David Burrage
Caroline Sampson
💍 1902/626

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

22
21

Auckland
15 Pitt Street

21 years

Wesleyan Church, 15 Pitt Street

02/1677

3 April 1902

Rev. C. H. Farland, Methodist

No	257
Date of Notice	3 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry David Burrage	Caroline Sampson
	💍 1902/626
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	15 Pitt Street
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, 15 Pitt Street
Folio	02/1677
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Farland, Methodist

258

4 April 1902

Frederick Richard Hebley
Sarah Remnant

Frederick Richard Hebley
Sarah Remnant
💍 1902/638

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

25
21

Auckland
3 Onehunga

3 days

Presbyterian Church, 3 Onehunga

02/1666

4 April 1902

Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	258
Date of Notice	4 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Hebley	Sarah Remnant
	💍 1902/638
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	3 Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, 3 Onehunga
Folio	02/1666
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

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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).