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 1240

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

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

174

7 March 1902

Herbert Heath
Clara Kelly

Herbert Hemming
Clara Kelly
💍 1902/2049

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
21

Auckland
Whitford

23 years
21 years

House of Father of Bride, Whitford

02/102

Father

7 March 1902

Rev. R.F. Boler, Church of England

No	174
Date of Notice	7 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Heath	Clara Kelly
BDM Match (83%)	Herbert Hemming	Clara Kelly
	💍 1902/2049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Whitford
Length of Residence	23 years	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Whitford
Folio	02/102
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	7 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.F. Boler, Church of England

175

7 March 1902

Walter George Dixon
Mary Elizabeth Moon

Walter George Dixon
Mary Elizabeth Moon
💍 1902/2432

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
25

Auckland
15 West Street

24 years
15 years

Church of Christ

02/213

7 March 1902

Rev. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	175
Date of Notice	7 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter George Dixon	Mary Elizabeth Moon
	💍 1902/2432
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	15 West Street
Length of Residence	24 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ
Folio	02/213
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Aldridge, Church of Christ

176

8 March 1902

Richard Jenkins
Amy Amelia Owen

Richard Jenkins
Amy Amelia Owen
💍 1902/585

Bachelor
Widow

Contractor

32
31

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
31 years

St Sepulchre Church, Auckland

02/1288

8 March 1902

Rev. G.A. Carrier, Church of England

No	176
Date of Notice	8 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Jenkins	Amy Amelia Owen
	💍 1902/585
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Contractor
Age	32	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	31 years
Marriage Place	St Sepulchre Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1288
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.A. Carrier, Church of England

177

10 March 1902

Albert David Gylfe
Florence Lucy Harris

Albert Daniel Sylfe
Florence Lucy Harris
💍 1902/2293

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
18 years

Registrar's Office

02/43

10 March 1902

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	177
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert David Gylfe	Florence Lucy Harris
BDM Match (89%)	Albert Daniel Sylfe	Florence Lucy Harris
	💍 1902/2293
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	18 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/43
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

178

10 March 1902

Henry James Alexander
Emily Jane Linton Ball

Henry James Alexander
Emily Jane Linton Ball
💍 1902/2294

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

35
21

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
21 years

Registrar's Office

02/44

10 March 1902

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	178
Date of Notice	10 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Alexander	Emily Jane Linton Ball
	💍 1902/2294
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	35	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/44
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

179

11 March 1902

Thomas Ingham
Eliza Stevenson

Thomas Ingham
Eliza Stevenson
💍 1902/2296

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
23 years

Registrar's Office

02/45

11 March 1902

E.H. Lyons, Registrar

No	179
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Ingham	Eliza Stevenson
	💍 1902/2296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/45
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).