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 1238

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 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

186

13 March 1902

Emil Hutter
Evelyn Goldwater

Emil Hutter
Evelyn Goldwater
💍 1902/1802

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

35
29

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
29 years

House of Father, 29 Symonds St.

02/764

13 March 1902

Rev. S. E. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	186
Date of Notice	13 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Emil Hutter	Evelyn Goldwater
	💍 1902/1802
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, 29 Symonds St.
Folio	02/764
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. E. Goldstein, Hebrew

187

13 March 1902

Hugh Croskery
Catherine Bryan

Hugh Croskery
Catherine Bryan
💍 1902/2298

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
20 years

Registrar's Office

02/747

13 March 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	187
Date of Notice	13 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Croskery	Catherine Bryan
	💍 1902/2298
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/747
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

188

13 March 1902

William Coe
Florence Austin

William Coe
Florence Austin
💍 1902/2154

Bachelor
Spinster

Saddler

36
26

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
26 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/87

13 March 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	188
Date of Notice	13 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Coe	Florence Austin
	💍 1902/2154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saddler
Age	36	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/87
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

189

13 March 1902

William Oliver Lane
Blanche Ida Anne Amsbury

William Oliver Lane
Blanche Ida Anne Ambury
💍 1902/2397

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
18 years

House of Father of Bride, Epsom

02/134

13 March 1902

Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	189
Date of Notice	13 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Oliver Lane	Blanche Ida Anne Amsbury
BDM Match (98%)	William Oliver Lane	Blanche Ida Anne Ambury
	💍 1902/2397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	18 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Epsom
Folio	02/134
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Munro, Presbyterian

190

14 March 1902

Charles Gordon
Nellie Day

Charles Gordon
Nellie Day
💍 1902/2043

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
23 years

House of Mother of Bride, Ponsonby

02/120

14 March 1902

Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	190
Date of Notice	14 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Gordon	Nellie Day
	💍 1902/2043
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	02/120
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

191

14 March 1902

Alexander Ross
Agnes Crooks

Alexander Ross
Agnes Crooks
💍 1902/3571

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
22 years

House of Father of Bride, Birkenhead

02/3252

14 March 1902

Rev. D. Lovolla, Primitive Methodist

No	191
Date of Notice	14 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Ross	Agnes Crooks
	💍 1902/3571
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	22 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Birkenhead
Folio	02/3252
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. Lovolla, Primitive Methodist

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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).