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 1264

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

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

15 January 1902

Walter Henry Gee
Edith Norgrove

Walter Henry Gee
Edith Norgrove
💍 1902/2273

Bachelor
Spinster

Sugar Works
Employer

24
25

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
20 years

All Saints Church, Auckland

02/71

15 January 1902

Rev. W. Caldow, Church of England

No	36
Date of Notice	15 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Henry Gee	Edith Norgrove
	💍 1902/2273
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sugar Works	Employer
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	20 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Auckland
Folio	02/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Caldow, Church of England

15 January 1902

John Alfred Walters
Mabel Isabella Moore

John Alfred Walters
Mabel Isabella Moore
💍 1902/2195

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
21 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/154

15 January 1902

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	37
Date of Notice	15 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alfred Walters	Mabel Isabella Moore
	💍 1902/2195
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/154
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

16 January 1902

Joseph Junkin
Mary Jane Wrennall

Joseph Simkin
Mary Jane Wrennall
💍 1902/2157

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

28
31

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
20 years

Church of England, Mount Albert

02/90

16 January 1902

Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	38
Date of Notice	16 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Junkin	Mary Jane Wrennall
BDM Match (88%)	Joseph Simkin	Mary Jane Wrennall
	💍 1902/2157
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	28	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Mount Albert
Folio	02/90
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. H. Wilson, Church of England

17 January 1902

Arthur Edwin Davies
Mary Ann Hardcastle

Arthur Edwin Davies
Mary Ann Hardcastle
💍 1902/2034

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

26
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

House of R. F. Hardcastle, Newmarket

02/110

17 January 1902

Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

No	39
Date of Notice	17 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Edwin Davies	Mary Ann Hardcastle
	💍 1902/2034
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of R. F. Hardcastle, Newmarket
Folio	02/110
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

17 January 1902

John Bowes Monkman
Elizabeth Esther Burton

John Bowes Markman
Elizabeth Esther Burton
💍 1902/2055

Bachelor
Spinster

Doctor

30
29

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
29 years

House of W. F. Ball, Grey Street

02/109

17 January 1902

Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

No	40
Date of Notice	17 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bowes Monkman	Elizabeth Esther Burton
BDM Match (94%)	John Bowes Markman	Elizabeth Esther Burton
	💍 1902/2055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Doctor
Age	30	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	29 years
Marriage Place	House of W. F. Ball, Grey Street
Folio	02/109
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

18 January 1902

James Cranwell Parsons
Anna Ida Phillips

James Clamond Parsons
Anna Ida Phillips
💍 1902/2035

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 weeks
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Upper Queen Street

02/111

18 January 1902

Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

No	41
Date of Notice	18 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Cranwell Parsons	Anna Ida Phillips
BDM Match (86%)	James Clamond Parsons	Anna Ida Phillips
	💍 1902/2035
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 weeks	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Upper Queen Street
Folio	02/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macniel, Presbyterian

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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).