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 1267

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

6 January 1902

Albert Henry Wood
Martha Dunn Head

Albert Henry Wood
Martha Dunn Head
💍 1902/2395

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
9 months

Congregational Church, Mount Eden

02/184

8 January 1902

Rev. W. Day, Congregational

No	19
Date of Notice	6 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Wood	Martha Dunn Head
	💍 1902/2395
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	9 months
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Mount Eden
Folio	02/184
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational

8 January 1902

John Finlayson
Mary Milliken Cargo

John Maclennan Finlayson
Mary Milliken Cargo
💍 1902/2054

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Clerk

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
24 months

St. James Church, Auckland

02/108

8 January 1902

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	20
Date of Notice	8 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Finlayson	Mary Milliken Cargo
BDM Match (79%)	John Maclennan Finlayson	Mary Milliken Cargo
	💍 1902/2054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Clerk
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	24 months
Marriage Place	St. James Church, Auckland
Folio	02/108
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

9 January 1902

George Lampton Gladdwig
Katherine Mary Campbell

George Lampton Gladding
Katherine Mary Campbell
💍 1902/2383

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
18 months

House of Father of Bride, Collingwood St.

02/186

9 January 1902

Rev. J. H. Barrett, Congregational

No	21
Date of Notice	9 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Lampton Gladdwig	Katherine Mary Campbell
BDM Match (96%)	George Lampton Gladding	Katherine Mary Campbell
	💍 1902/2383
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Collingwood St.
Folio	02/186
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Barrett, Congregational

10 January 1902

Jeremiah O'Brien
Bridget Collins

Jeremiah OBrien
Bridget Collins
💍 1902/2177

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

34
29

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
2 months

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

02/160

10 January 1902

Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

No	22
Date of Notice	10 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jeremiah O'Brien	Bridget Collins
BDM Match (97%)	Jeremiah OBrien	Bridget Collins
	💍 1902/2177
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	34	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	2 months
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	02/160
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

11 January 1902

Henry Samuel Butcher
Violet Mitchell

Harry Samuel Butcher
Violet Mitchell
💍 1902/2232

Bachelor
Spinster

Cement Burner

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
40 days

Registered Office, Auckland

02/171

11 January 1902

S. P. Lyons, Registrar

No	23
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Samuel Butcher	Violet Mitchell
BDM Match (95%)	Harry Samuel Butcher	Violet Mitchell
	💍 1902/2232
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cement Burner
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	40 days
Marriage Place	Registered Office, Auckland
Folio	02/171
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	S. P. Lyons, Registrar

11 January 1902

Hugh James Holland
Clara Grosvenor

Hugh James Mulholland
Clara Grosvenor
💍 1902/6013

Bachelor
Spinster

Permanent Artillery

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
7 years

House of Father of Bride, Devonport

02/177

11 January 1902

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	24
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh James Holland	Clara Grosvenor
BDM Match (91%)	Hugh James Mulholland	Clara Grosvenor
	💍 1902/6013
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Permanent Artillery
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	7 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Devonport
Folio	02/177
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, 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).