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 1262

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

20 January 1902

William Parker
Elizabeth Bevern

William Parker
Elizabeth Bevan
💍 1902/2236

William Parker
Margaret Florence Pailthorpe
💍 1902/5539

Widower
Widow

Settler

75
59

Auckland
Auckland

42 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

02/11

20 January 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	48
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Parker	Elizabeth Bevern
BDM Match (94%)	William Parker	Elizabeth Bevan
	💍 1902/2236
BDM Match (61%)	William Parker	Margaret Florence Pailthorpe
	💍 1902/5539
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	75	59
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	42 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/11
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

20 January 1902

Anthony Turner
Jane Armstrong Nelson

Anthony Turner
Janet Armstrong Nelson
💍 1902/6473

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

47
41

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Congregational Manse, Beresford Street

02/181

20 January 1902

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	49
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Anthony Turner	Jane Armstrong Nelson
BDM Match (98%)	Anthony Turner	Janet Armstrong Nelson
	💍 1902/6473
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	47	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Congregational Manse, Beresford Street
Folio	02/181
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

20 January 1902

George Howard Plummer
Flora Mackenzie

George Howard Plummer
Flora Mackenzie
💍 1902/1250

Bachelor
Spinster

School Teacher

32
29

Auckland
Jervois Road

20 years
20 years

House of Mrs. Nutting, Jervois Road

02/980

20 January 1902

Rev. J. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	50
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Howard Plummer	Flora Mackenzie
	💍 1902/1250
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	School Teacher
Age	32	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Jervois Road
Length of Residence	20 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Nutting, Jervois Road
Folio	02/980
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

20 January 1902

Charles Caledon McFarlane
Lillian Margaret Armstrong

Charles Malcolm McFarlane
Lillian Margaret Armstrong
💍 1902/2235

Bachelor
Widow

Miner

53
35

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Registrar's Office

02/10

20 January 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	51
Date of Notice	20 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Caledon McFarlane	Lillian Margaret Armstrong
BDM Match (90%)	Charles Malcolm McFarlane	Lillian Margaret Armstrong
	💍 1902/2235
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Miner
Age	53	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/10
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

21 January 1902

John Eden Brown
Dorothy Diverce Reed

John Eden Brown
Dorothy Reed
💍 1902/2234

Widower
Divorced

Store-keeper

51
45

Auckland
Auckland

50 days
5 years

Registrar's Office

02/9

21 January 1902

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	52
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Eden Brown	Dorothy Diverce Reed
BDM Match (80%)	John Eden Brown	Dorothy Reed
	💍 1902/2234
Condition	Widower	Divorced
Profession	Store-keeper
Age	51	45
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	50 days	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/9
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

21 January 1902

John Alfred Wilson
Helen Simpson

John Alfred Albert Wilson
Helen Simpson
💍 1902/2036

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
37

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
37 years

House of Mother, Ponsonby

02/113

21 January 1902

Rev. R. J. Macmick, Presbyterian

No	53
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alfred Wilson	Helen Simpson
BDM Match (86%)	John Alfred Albert Wilson	Helen Simpson
	💍 1902/2036
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	37
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	37 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother, Ponsonby
Folio	02/113
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macmick, 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).