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 1245

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

150

28 February 1902

Thomas George Howe
Annie Mabel Howe

Thomas George
Annie Mabel Howe
💍 1902/6426

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

19
20

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
2 years

House of Father, J. George

02/197

J. George, father

28 February 1902

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	150
Date of Notice	28 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas George Howe	Annie Mabel Howe
BDM Match (86%)	Thomas George	Annie Mabel Howe
	💍 1902/6426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	19	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, J. George
Folio	02/197
Consent	J. George, father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

151

28 February 1902

James Diamond Raynes
Maud Violet Raynes

James Diamond
Maud Violet Raynes
💍 1902/2040

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

21 years
15 years

St. James Church, Auckland

02/117

28 February 1902

Rev. R. J. Macnair, Presbyterian

No	151
Date of Notice	28 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Diamond Raynes	Maud Violet Raynes
BDM Match (83%)	James Diamond	Maud Violet Raynes
	💍 1902/2040
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	02/117
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macnair, Presbyterian

152

28 February 1902

Henry Blakeley Pacey
Mary Alice Pacey

Henry Blakeley
Mary Ann Pacey
💍 1902/2191

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
15 years

House of W. E. Lacey, Franklin Road

02/173

28 February 1902

Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

No	152
Date of Notice	28 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Blakeley Pacey	Mary Alice Pacey
BDM Match (73%)	Henry Blakeley	Mary Ann Pacey
	💍 1902/2191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of W. E. Lacey, Franklin Road
Folio	02/173
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

153

1 March 1902

Godfrey George Wolfe
Violet Alberta Johnson

Godfrey George Wolfe
Violet Alberta Johnson
💍 1902/2394

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

22
19

Auckland
Auckland

2 days
10 years

House of Mr. R. Jones, Day Street

02/183

John Johnson, father

1 March 1902

Rev. R. J. Macnair, Presbyterian

No	153
Date of Notice	1 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Godfrey George Wolfe	Violet Alberta Johnson
	💍 1902/2394
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 days	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. R. Jones, Day Street
Folio	02/183
Consent	John Johnson, father
Date of Certificate	1 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macnair, Presbyterian

154

1 March 1902

Thomas Read Cole
May Cole

Thomas Read
May Cole
💍 1902/584

Bachelor
Spinster

Jeweller

35
24

Auckland
Auckland

14 years
17 years

St. Sepulchre Church, Auckland

02/1287

1 March 1902

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	154
Date of Notice	1 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Read Cole	May Cole
BDM Match (84%)	Thomas Read	May Cole
	💍 1902/584
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Jeweller
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	14 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1287
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

155

3 March 1902

George Spensley
Cramer Roberts

George Spensley
Norah Cavendish Cramer-Roberts
💍 1902/2152

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/185

3 March 1902

Rev. W. E. Filliam, Church of England

No	155
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Spensley	Cramer Roberts
BDM Match (72%)	George Spensley	Norah Cavendish Cramer-Roberts
	💍 1902/2152
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/185
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Filliam, 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).