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 1253

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

102

7 February 1902

William Mcarthy
Catherine Elizabeth Warren

William McCarthy
Catherine Elizabeth Warren
💍 1902/2198

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable

32
27

Auckland
Auckland

3 1/2 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/157

7 February 1902

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	102
Date of Notice	7 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Mcarthy	Catherine Elizabeth Warren
BDM Match (97%)	William McCarthy	Catherine Elizabeth Warren
	💍 1902/2198
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable
Age	32	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 1/2 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/157
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

103

7 February 1902

Anselm Tramba
Agnes Ruth Smith

Auselin Framba
Agnes Ruth Smith
💍 1902/2228

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

39
28

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

Registrar's Office

02/177

7 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	103
Date of Notice	7 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anselm Tramba	Agnes Ruth Smith
BDM Match (86%)	Auselin Framba	Agnes Ruth Smith
	💍 1902/2228
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	39	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/177
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

104

8 February 1902

William Henry Kirk
Olive Huband

William Henry Kirk
Olive Huband
💍 1902/2173

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

41
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 months

St. Matthew's Church

02/182

8 February 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	104
Date of Notice	8 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Kirk	Olive Huband
	💍 1902/2173
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/182
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

105

10 February 1902

Hubert Samuel Rosenthall
Ada Rita Hadley Hancock

Hubert Sammy Rosenthal
Ada Rita Hadley Hancock
💍 1902/2283

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

37
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 weeks

St. Paul's Church

02/159

10 February 1902

Rev. C. H. Helson, Church of England

No	105
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Samuel Rosenthall	Ada Rita Hadley Hancock
BDM Match (92%)	Hubert Sammy Rosenthal	Ada Rita Hadley Hancock
	💍 1902/2283
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Helson, Church of England

106

10 February 1902

Henry Francis Forster
Johanna Foley

Henry Francis Forster
Johanna Foley
💍 1902/2197

Bachelor
Spinster

Store Keeper

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/156

10 February 1902

Rev. W. H. Corcoran, Roman Catholic

No	106
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Francis Forster	Johanna Foley
	💍 1902/2197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Store Keeper
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/156
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Corcoran, Roman Catholic

107

10 February 1902

Ernest John Carter
Christina Jones

Ernest John Taylor
Christina Jones
💍 1902/2295

Bachelor
Spinster

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
8 months

Registrar's Office

02/187

10 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	107
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest John Carter	Christina Jones
BDM Match (89%)	Ernest John Taylor	Christina Jones
	💍 1902/2295
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	8 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/187
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy 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).