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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Edw. S. Thynne

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

3 February 1902

William Gardiner
Alice Matilda Nelson

William Gardiner
Alice Matilda Welson
💍 1902/2038

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
12 years

House of Father, Victoria St.

02/115

S. Nelson, Father

3 February 1902

Rev. P. T. Shearman, Presbyterian

No	84
Date of Notice	3 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gardiner	Alice Matilda Nelson
BDM Match (98%)	William Gardiner	Alice Matilda Welson
	💍 1902/2038
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	12 years
Marriage Place	House of Father, Victoria St.
Folio	02/115
Consent	S. Nelson, Father
Date of Certificate	3 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. T. Shearman, Presbyterian

3 February 1902

Joseph Gobbie
Mary Webster Dunn

Joseph Gobbie
Mary Webster Farquharson Dunn
💍 1902/2402

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
15

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
10 years

House of Mother, Newmarket

02/139

Mother

3 February 1902

Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

No	85
Date of Notice	3 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Gobbie	Mary Webster Dunn
BDM Match (79%)	Joseph Gobbie	Mary Webster Farquharson Dunn
	💍 1902/2402
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	15
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	10 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother, Newmarket
Folio	02/139
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	3 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. B. Monro, Presbyterian

4 February 1902

Daniel Somerville
Mary Elizabeth Booker

Daniel Somerville
Mary Elizabeth Borher
💍 1902/2414

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
26

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

House of Mrs. Falla, St. Devonport

02/128

4 February 1902

Rev. R. Ferguson, Presbyterian

No	86
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Somerville	Mary Elizabeth Booker
BDM Match (95%)	Daniel Somerville	Mary Elizabeth Borher
	💍 1902/2414
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Falla, St. Devonport
Folio	02/128
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson, Presbyterian

4 February 1902

Albert Victor Lowe
Annie Gertrude Neilson

Albert Victor Lowe
Annie Gertrude Neilson
💍 1902/2159

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

19
16

Auckland
Auckland

1 week
4 days

St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell

02/92

Abraham Lowe, Father; J. H. Neilson, Mother

4 February 1902

Rev. S. H. Gurr, Church of England

No	87
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Victor Lowe	Annie Gertrude Neilson
	💍 1902/2159
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	19	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 week	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Cathedral, Parnell
Folio	02/92
Consent	Abraham Lowe, Father; J. H. Neilson, Mother
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Gurr, Church of England

4 February 1902

David Morris Ogilvie
Minnie Spice Dynan

David Morris Ogilvie
Minnie Dynan
💍 1902/2398

Bachelor
Spinster

Waiter

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
6 months

Manse, Mount Eden

02/135

4 February 1902

Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	88
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Morris Ogilvie	Minnie Spice Dynan
BDM Match (83%)	David Morris Ogilvie	Minnie Dynan
	💍 1902/2398
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waiter
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Manse, Mount Eden
Folio	02/135
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Dixon, Presbyterian

4 February 1902

Robert Waite
Florence Park

Robert Waite
Florence Park
💍 1902/2172

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

29
23

Auckland
Auckland

29 years
17 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/81

4 February 1902

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	89
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Waite	Florence Park
	💍 1902/2172
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	29 years	17 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/81
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, 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).