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 1228

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

241

1 April 1902

Frederick Back Carter
Annie Dorothy Dense

Frederick Julian
Annie Dorothy Dense
💍 1902/729

Bachelor
Spinster

45
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
4 days

Epiphany Church, Auckland

02/1609

Henry W.E. Lush, Father

1 April 1902

Rev. W.E. Lush, Church of England

No	241
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Back Carter	Annie Dorothy Dense
BDM Match (76%)	Frederick Julian	Annie Dorothy Dense
	💍 1902/729
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	45	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	Epiphany Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1609
Consent	Henry W.E. Lush, Father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.E. Lush, Church of England

242

1 April 1902

Richard Erle Stock
Mary Phillips Bunny

Richard Erle Bunny
Mary Phillips
💍 1902/576

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

31
25

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
1 year

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

02/1602

1 April 1902

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	242
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Erle Stock	Mary Phillips Bunny
BDM Match (70%)	Richard Erle Bunny	Mary Phillips
	💍 1902/576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	31	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	1 year
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/1602
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

243

1 April 1902

George Frederick Stoker
Hannah Harding Copeland

George Frederick Copeland
Hannah Harding
💍 1902/575

Bachelor
Spinster

21
19

Auckland
Devonport

21 years
1 year

Holy Trinity Church, Devonport

02/1584

George S. Hawthorn, Father

1 April 1902

Rev. S. Hawthorn, Church of England

No	243
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Stoker	Hannah Harding Copeland
BDM Match (66%)	George Frederick Copeland	Hannah Harding
	💍 1902/575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Devonport
Length of Residence	21 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Holy Trinity Church, Devonport
Folio	02/1584
Consent	George S. Hawthorn, Father
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. Hawthorn, Church of England

244

1 April 1902

Richard George Smith
Mary Parnell

Bachelor
Spinster

Chair Maker

34
27

Auckland
Parnell

4 years
27 years

Home of Father of Bride, Parnell

02/1702

1 April 1902

Rev. W. Day, Congregational

No	244
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard George Smith	Mary Parnell
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chair Maker
Age	34	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father of Bride, Parnell
Folio	02/1702
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational

245

1 April 1902

Arthur Thomas Landy
Kate Melvin

Arthur Thomas Wigg
Hata Melvin
💍 1902/1344

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
10 years

St. Benedict's Church, Auckland

02/1851

1 April 1902

Rev. S.H. Gillam, Roman Catholic

No	245
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Thomas Landy	Kate Melvin
BDM Match (78%)	Arthur Thomas Wigg	Hata Melvin
	💍 1902/1344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1851
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S.H. Gillam, Roman Catholic

246

1 April 1902

Edgar Henry Hayward
Ada Augusta Barlow

Edgar Henry Heyward
Ada Augusta Barlow
💍 1902/2088

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

37
31

Auckland
Auckland

8 years
2 weeks

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/1564

1 April 1902

Rev. W.E. Gillam, Church of England

No	246
Date of Notice	1 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Henry Hayward	Ada Augusta Barlow
BDM Match (97%)	Edgar Henry Heyward	Ada Augusta Barlow
	💍 1902/2088
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	37	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	8 years	2 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1564
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.E. Gillam, 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).