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 1260

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar S. M. Haynes

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

23 January 1902

John Richard Stone
Elfreda Elizabeth Cook

John Richard Cook
Elfreda Elizabeth Chevis
💍 1902/2158

Bachelor
Spinster

Mason

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
18 years

St. Mary's Cathedral

02/91

Elizabeth Cook, mother

23 January 1902

Rev. J. S. MacMurray, Church of England

No	60
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Richard Stone	Elfreda Elizabeth Cook
BDM Match (79%)	John Richard Cook	Elfreda Elizabeth Chevis
	💍 1902/2158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mason
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral
Folio	02/91
Consent	Elizabeth Cook, mother
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. MacMurray, Church of England

24 January 1902

Frederick Trice
Sarah Walsh Stewart

Frederick Trice
Sarah Walsh Stewart
💍 1902/1251

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 years

House of S. F. Robertson

02/92

24 January 1902

Rev. J. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	61
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Trice	Sarah Walsh Stewart
	💍 1902/1251
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of S. F. Robertson
Folio	02/92
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

24 January 1902

Frederic Arthur Clarke
Edith Ellen Amcke

Frederick Arthur Clarke
Edith Ellen Oemcke
💍 1902/2411

Bachelor
Spinster

Reporter

24
19

Auckland
Grey Lynn

24 years
1 year

House of H. C. Bayne

02/148

Ernest Amcke, father

24 January 1902

Rev. B. Sommerville, Presbyterian

No	62
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederic Arthur Clarke	Edith Ellen Amcke
BDM Match (92%)	Frederick Arthur Clarke	Edith Ellen Oemcke
	💍 1902/2411
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Reporter
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Grey Lynn
Length of Residence	24 years	1 year
Marriage Place	House of H. C. Bayne
Folio	02/148
Consent	Ernest Amcke, father
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Sommerville, Presbyterian

25 January 1902

John Francis Murray
Ida Mary Mettam

John Francis Murray
Ida Mary Mettam
💍 1902/2216

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
25 years

Registered Office

02/13

25 January 1902

E. M. Haynes, Registrar

No	63
Date of Notice	25 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Francis Murray	Ida Mary Mettam
	💍 1902/2216
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Registered Office
Folio	02/13
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. M. Haynes, Registrar

27 January 1902

Herbert Wilds
Alice Jane Thornton

Herbert Wilds
Alice Jane Thornton
💍 1902/2217

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
27

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
1 year

Registered Office

02/14

27 January 1902

E. M. Haynes, Registrar

No	64
Date of Notice	27 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Wilds	Alice Jane Thornton
	💍 1902/2217
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	1 year
Marriage Place	Registered Office
Folio	02/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. M. Haynes, Registrar

27 January 1902

Edward Gilbert
Florence Jane Browne

Edward Gilbert
Florence Browne
💍 1902/2458

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
6 years

House of S. F. Walker, Central Mission

02/218

S. F. Walker, father of bride

27 January 1902

Rev. S. F. Walker, Central Mission

No	65
Date of Notice	27 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Gilbert	Florence Jane Browne
BDM Match (88%)	Edward Gilbert	Florence Browne
	💍 1902/2458
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	6 years
Marriage Place	House of S. F. Walker, Central Mission
Folio	02/218
Consent	S. F. Walker, father of bride
Date of Certificate	27 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. F. Walker, Central Mission

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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).