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 1254

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Edward Myers

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

5 February 1902

Thomas Edward Lawrence
Elizabeth Dear McManus

Thomas Edward Laurance McClovern
Elizabeth McManns
💍 1902/3426

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

H. Benedict Church

02/3221

Joseph Lawrence, Father

5 February 1902

Rev. A. Russell

No	96
Date of Notice	5 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Lawrence	Elizabeth Dear McManus
BDM Match (68%)	Thomas Edward Laurance McClovern	Elizabeth McManns
	💍 1902/3426
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	H. Benedict Church
Folio	02/3221
Consent	Joseph Lawrence, Father
Date of Certificate	5 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Russell

5 February 1902

Alfred George Hawkins
Leonora Augusta Harvey

Alfred George Hawkins
Leonora Amelia Harvey
💍 1902/2223

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

28
24

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
24 years

Registrar Office

02/20

5 February 1902

S. H. Ryan, Registrar

No	97
Date of Notice	5 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred George Hawkins	Leonora Augusta Harvey
BDM Match (89%)	Alfred George Hawkins	Leonora Amelia Harvey
	💍 1902/2223
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	02/20
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Ryan, Registrar

5 February 1902

Thomas Henry Jackman
Lucy Spin Littlewood

Thomas Henry Jackman
Lucy Littlewood
💍 1902/2039

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

1 year
1 year

House of W. J. Edwards

02/116

5 February 1902

Rev. R. J. Macanild, Presbyterian

No	98
Date of Notice	5 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Jackman	Lucy Spin Littlewood
BDM Match (88%)	Thomas Henry Jackman	Lucy Littlewood
	💍 1902/2039
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	House of W. J. Edwards
Folio	02/116
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macanild, Presbyterian

6 February 1902

Luke Reilly
Catherine Widow Heton

Luke Reilly
Catherine Heton
💍 1902/2226

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

72
75

Auckland
Auckland

42 years
55 years

Registrar Office

02/22

6 February 1902

J. Culfan, Deputy Registrar

No	99
Date of Notice	6 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Luke Reilly	Catherine Widow Heton
BDM Match (86%)	Luke Reilly	Catherine Heton
	💍 1902/2226
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	72	75
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	42 years	55 years
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	02/22
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culfan, Deputy Registrar

100

7 February 1902

Samuel Davies
Mildred May Bateman

Samuel Davies
Mildred May Bateman
💍 1902/2227

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
21

Hobsonville
Auckland

3 months
6 weeks

Registrar Office

02/23

7 February 1902

J. Culfan, Deputy Registrar

No	100
Date of Notice	7 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Davies	Mildred May Bateman
	💍 1902/2227
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Hobsonville	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 months	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar Office
Folio	02/23
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culfan, Deputy Registrar

101

7 February 1902

James Bishop
Ellen Hogan

James Bishop
Ellen Hogan
💍 1902/2181

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachman

35
34

Panmure
Otahuhu

2 years
7 years

Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu

02/164

7 February 1902

Rev. J. Mackintosh, Roman Catholic

No	101
Date of Notice	7 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Bishop	Ellen Hogan
	💍 1902/2181
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachman
Age	35	34
Dwelling Place	Panmure	Otahuhu
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Otahuhu
Folio	02/164
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Mackintosh, Roman Catholic

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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).