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 1234

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar E.H. Ryons

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

210

20 March 1902

Alfred Edward Turner
Alice Maude Davies

Alfred Edward Turner
Alice Maud Davies
💍 1902/2301

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
16 years

Registrar's Office

02/150

20 March 1902

E.H. Ryons, Registrar

No	210
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Edward Turner	Alice Maude Davies
BDM Match (97%)	Alfred Edward Turner	Alice Maud Davies
	💍 1902/2301
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/150
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Ryons, Registrar

211

20 March 1902

Francis Macdonell Tobias
Blanche Macnattie

Bachelor
Spinster

Agent

33
30

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
30 years

Registrar's Office

02/151

20 March 1902

E.H. Ryons, Registrar

No	211
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Macdonell Tobias	Blanche Macnattie
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Agent
Age	33	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/151
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Ryons, Registrar

212

20 March 1902

James Kelleway
Elizabeth Brambley

James Wiltshire Kelleway
Elizabeth Brambley
💍 1902/2390

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Castleford

02/178

20 March 1902

Rev. H. Bull, Methodist

No	212
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kelleway	Elizabeth Brambley
BDM Match (79%)	James Wiltshire Kelleway	Elizabeth Brambley
	💍 1902/2390
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Castleford
Folio	02/178
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Bull, Methodist

213

20 March 1902

Ephraim William Wilcox
Ellen Ackman Booth

Ephriam William Wilcox
Ellen Ackman Booth
💍 1902/2423

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

26 years
23 years

House of Mother of Bride, Anglican

02/202

20 March 1902

Rev. C.F. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	213
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ephraim William Wilcox	Ellen Ackman Booth
BDM Match (95%)	Ephriam William Wilcox	Ellen Ackman Booth
	💍 1902/2423
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	26 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Anglican
Folio	02/202
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.F. Potter, Primitive Methodist

214

20 March 1902

Henry Whitnall Smith
Jane Thompson Middlebrook

Henry Whitnall Smith
Jane Thompson Middlebrook
💍 1902/587

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

32 years
25 years

Church of England

02/159

20 March 1902

Rev. G.A. Carver, Church of England

No	214
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Whitnall Smith	Jane Thompson Middlebrook
	💍 1902/587
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.A. Carver, Church of England

215

20 March 1902

Richard George Jenkins
Katherine Doidge

Richard George Jenkins
Katherine Doidge
💍 1902/2447

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Maretai

02/231

20 March 1902

Rev. T. Horrie, Presbyterian

No	215
Date of Notice	20 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard George Jenkins	Katherine Doidge
	💍 1902/2447
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Maretai
Folio	02/231
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. T. Horrie, 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).