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 1257

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

30 January 1902

Robert Ewan Bach
Emily Jefferson Eastwood

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep Farmer

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
26 years

St. Thomas Church

02/98

30 January 1902

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	78
Date of Notice	30 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Ewan Bach	Emily Jefferson Eastwood
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church
Folio	02/98
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

31 January 1902

Edgar Lawrence Mill
Marion Ruby Walker

Bachelor
Spinster

Hand

23
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
[illegible]

St. Epiphany Church

02/66

31 January 1902

Rev. W. E. Shand, Church of England

No	79
Date of Notice	31 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar Lawrence Mill	Marion Ruby Walker
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hand
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	[illegible]
Marriage Place	St. Epiphany Church
Folio	02/66
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Shand, Church of England

31 January 1902

Cyril Harley Dalton
Maud Bertin Carter

Cyril Harley Dalton
Maud Bastion Carter
💍 1902/2274

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

28
22

Auckland
Ponsonby

28 years
6 months

All Saints Church

02/72

31 January 1902

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	80
Date of Notice	31 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Harley Dalton	Maud Bertin Carter
BDM Match (92%)	Cyril Harley Dalton	Maud Bastion Carter
	💍 1902/2274
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	28 years	6 months
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	02/72
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

1 February 1902

Frank Wilson Smock
Alice Margaret Gleeson

Frank Nelson Smock
Alice Margaret Gleeson
💍 1902/2393

Bachelor
Spinster

Electrician

29
20

Auckland
15 Beresford Street

6 months
15 years

Blues Congregational Church

02/184

15 February 1902

Rev. J. C. Hawkins, Congregational

No	81
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Wilson Smock	Alice Margaret Gleeson
BDM Match (94%)	Frank Nelson Smock	Alice Margaret Gleeson
	💍 1902/2393
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Electrician
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	15 Beresford Street
Length of Residence	6 months	15 years
Marriage Place	Blues Congregational Church
Folio	02/184
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. C. Hawkins, Congregational

1 February 1902

James Crowley
Julia Helena Smith

James Crawley
Julia Helena Smith
💍 1902/2190

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
29

Auckland
Ponsonby

24 years
19 years

House of Wesley

02/172

1 February 1902

Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

No	82
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Crowley	Julia Helena Smith
BDM Match (96%)	James Crawley	Julia Helena Smith
	💍 1902/2190
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	24 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Wesley
Folio	02/172
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison, Methodist

1 February 1902

John Buckton
Mary May Price

John Buckton
Mary Price
💍 1902/2170

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
20

Auckland
Auckland

50 years
21 years

St. Matthews Church

02/179

William Price, father

1 February 1902

Rev. W. E. Fillan, Church of England

No	83
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Buckton	Mary May Price
BDM Match (86%)	John Buckton	Mary Price
	💍 1902/2170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	50 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthews Church
Folio	02/179
Consent	William Price, father
Date of Certificate	1 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillan, 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).