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 1258

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar E. S. 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

28 January 1902

Herbert Henry Smith
Margaret John

Herbert Henry Smith
Margaret John
💍 1902/2221

Widower
Widow

Engine Driver

40
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

Registrar Office

02/18

28 January 1902

E. S. Haynes, Registrar

No	72
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Henry Smith	Margaret John
	💍 1902/2221
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Engine Driver
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	02/18
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. S. Haynes, Registrar

28 January 1902

William Robert Cox
Rhoda May Chase

William Robert Cox
Rhoda May Chase
💍 1902/2220

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

20
20

Auckland
Auckland

20 days
20 days

Registrar Office

02/17

C. S. Chase, father

28 January 1902

E. S. Haynes, Registrar

No	73
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Robert Cox	Rhoda May Chase
	💍 1902/2220
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	20	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 days	20 days
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	02/17
Consent	C. S. Chase, father
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	E. S. Haynes, Registrar

28 January 1902

John Malone
Margaret Ann Sykes

John Malone
Margaret Sykes
💍 1902/2182

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

41
33

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
33 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby

02/165

28 January 1902

Rev. J. Mackintosh

No	74
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Malone	Margaret Ann Sykes
BDM Match (89%)	John Malone	Margaret Sykes
	💍 1902/2182
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	41	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	33 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/165
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Mackintosh

28 January 1902

Walter Ernest Green
Horace Emily Malyon

Walter Ernest Green
Florence Emily Malyon
💍 1902/2037

Bachelor
Spinster

Boot Finisher

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
21 years

House of Father, Bride, Presbyterian

02/114

28 January 1902

Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	75
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Ernest Green	Horace Emily Malyon
BDM Match (91%)	Walter Ernest Green	Florence Emily Malyon
	💍 1902/2037
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Boot Finisher
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	21 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, Bride, Presbyterian
Folio	02/114
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. F. Macnicol, Presbyterian

28 January 1902

Henry Hunter
Susan Dibble

Henry Hunter
Susan Dibble
💍 1902/2269

Widower
Widow

Settler

76
71

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
40 years

Bishop's Chapel, Parnell

02/68

28 January 1902

Most Rev. Bishop Cowie, Church of England

No	76
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Hunter	Susan Dibble
	💍 1902/2269
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	76	71
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	40 years
Marriage Place	Bishop's Chapel, Parnell
Folio	02/68
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Most Rev. Bishop Cowie, Church of England

28 January 1902

Henry James Young
Annie Henrietta Elizabeth Cucksey

Henry James Young
Annie Henrietta Elizabeth Cucksey
💍 1902/2266

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

31
30

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
28 years

Ellerslie Church

02/65

28 January 1902

Rev. W. E. Luck, Church of England

No	77
Date of Notice	28 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry James Young	Annie Henrietta Elizabeth Cucksey
	💍 1902/2266
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	31	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Ellerslie Church
Folio	02/65
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Luck, 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).