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 1266

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar E. W. Ryous

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

11 January 1902

Robert John Corbett
Bessie May McKay

Robert John Corbett
Bessie McKay
💍 1902/2280

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

24
22

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 6 months

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

02/56

11 January 1902

Rev. J. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	25
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert John Corbett	Bessie May McKay
BDM Match (88%)	Robert John Corbett	Bessie McKay
	💍 1902/2280
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 6 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/56
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Wilson, Church of England

13 January 1902

Frederick Wood
Ethel Greenwood

Frederick Wood
Ethel Greenwood
💍 1902/2165

Bachelor
Spinster

Carrier

22
22

Auckland
Epsom

22 years

Church of England

02/97

13 January 1902

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	26
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Wood	Ethel Greenwood
	💍 1902/2165
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carrier
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Epsom
Length of Residence	22 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/97
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

13 January 1902

Joseph Alexander Vincent
Harriet Tomlinson

Joseph Alexander Vincent
Harriet Tomlinson
💍 1902/2169

Bachelor
Spinster

Chair Maker

25
22

Auckland
Auckland

6 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/78

13 January 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	27
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Alexander Vincent	Harriet Tomlinson
	💍 1902/2169
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chair Maker
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

13 January 1902

Bertie Robert Patterson Brown
Olivia Maria Smith

Bertie Robert Patterson Brown
Olivia Maria Smith
💍 1902/2451

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
24

Auckland
Waters Street

5 years

House of Registrar of Marriages, Auckland

02/97

Thomas Brown, father of groom

13 January 1902

Rev. H. J. Walker

No	28
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertie Robert Patterson Brown	Olivia Maria Smith
	💍 1902/2451
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Waters Street
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	House of Registrar of Marriages, Auckland
Folio	02/97
Consent	Thomas Brown, father of groom
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. J. Walker

13 January 1902

Manfred Hampton
Edith Pearl Reed

Manfred Hampton
Edith Pearl Reed
💍 1902/2279

Bachelor
Spinster

Boiler Maker

23
20

Auckland
Auckland

23 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

02/55

13 January 1902

Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	29
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Manfred Hampton	Edith Pearl Reed
	💍 1902/2279
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boiler Maker
Age	23	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/55
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. M. Nelson, Church of England

13 January 1902

George Parvin
Sarah Ann Hiscock

George Parvin
Sarah Ann Hiscock
💍 1902/2433

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

33
24

Auckland
Auckland

16 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street

02/193

13 January 1902

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	30
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Parvin	Sarah Ann Hiscock
	💍 1902/2433
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Alexandra Street
Folio	02/193
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

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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).