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 1252

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar J. H. Thyons

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

108

10 February 1902

Samuel Ernest Back
Annie Charlotte Walker

Samuel Ernest William Davies
Annie Charlotte Walker
💍 1902/2162

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

27
23

Auckland
Onehunga

6 days
23 years

Church of England

02/94

10 February 1902

Rev. J. Hairldru, Church of England

No	108
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Ernest Back	Annie Charlotte Walker
BDM Match (77%)	Samuel Ernest William Davies	Annie Charlotte Walker
	💍 1902/2162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	6 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/94
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Hairldru, Church of England

109

10 February 1902

Harold Edward Ellison
Elizabeth Davida Cameron

Harold Edward Ellison
Elizabeth Davidson Cameron
💍 1902/2229

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

22
23

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
23 years

Registrar's Office

02/25

10 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	109
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold Edward Ellison	Elizabeth Davida Cameron
BDM Match (94%)	Harold Edward Ellison	Elizabeth Davidson Cameron
	💍 1902/2229
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	22	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/25
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

110

11 February 1902

Samuel John Bates
Kate Harsant

Samuel John Bates
Kate Harsant
💍 1902/667

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

58
51

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

House of W. E. J. Derry, Grantville Road

02/1695

11 February 1902

Rev. W. Beckett, Methodist

No	110
Date of Notice	11 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel John Bates	Kate Harsant
	💍 1902/667
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	58	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	House of W. E. J. Derry, Grantville Road
Folio	02/1695
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beckett, Methodist

111

11 February 1902

John Frederick Ahrens
Honora Palmer

John Frederick Ahrens
Honora Palmer
💍 1902/2284

Widower
Widow

Ironmonger

65
56

Auckland
Auckland

10 years
2 years

Registrar's Office

02/26

11 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	111
Date of Notice	11 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Frederick Ahrens	Honora Palmer
	💍 1902/2284
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	65	56
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/26
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

112

11 February 1902

Norman Percival Edson
Phoebe Moses

Norman Percival Edson
Phoebe Moses
💍 1902/2392

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

34
34

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

02/180

11 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	112
Date of Notice	11 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Norman Percival Edson	Phoebe Moses
	💍 1902/2392
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	34	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/180
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

113

12 February 1902

George Edward Darizon
Florence Amelia Barber

George Edward Davison
Florence Amelia Barber
💍 1902/2439

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

26
26

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
15 years

Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road

02/201

12 February 1902

Rev. G. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	113
Date of Notice	12 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Darizon	Florence Amelia Barber
BDM Match (95%)	George Edward Davison	Florence Amelia Barber
	💍 1902/2439
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	15 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Franklin Road
Folio	02/201
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

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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).