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 1250

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Edward Thegans

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

120

15 February 1902

John Scott
Florence Emson

John Scott
Florence Emson
💍 1902/2415

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

34
25

Auckland

34 years
20 years

Presbyterian Church, Devonport

02/129

15 February 1902

Rev. R. Ferguson, Presbyterian

No	120
Date of Notice	15 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Scott	Florence Emson
	💍 1902/2415
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	34	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Devonport
Folio	02/129
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Ferguson, Presbyterian

121

15 February 1902

John Turner
Rhoda Bull

John Turner
Rhoda Bull
💍 1902/2183

Widower
Widow

Journalist

46
33

Auckland
8 Anglesea Street

46 years

House of Mrs. Wheatley, 8 Anglesea Street

02/166

15 February 1902

Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

No	121
Date of Notice	15 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Turner	Rhoda Bull
	💍 1902/2183
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Journalist
Age	46	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	8 Anglesea Street
Length of Residence	46 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Wheatley, 8 Anglesea Street
Folio	02/166
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Mitchell, Methodist

122

17 February 1902

Arthur John Davies
Elizabeth Egan

Arthur John Davies
Elizabeth Egan
💍 1902/2436

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
23

Auckland
5 Wakefield Street

5 months
5 months

House of Rev. W. Laycock, 5 Wakefield Street

02/196

17 February 1902

Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

No	122
Date of Notice	17 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur John Davies	Elizabeth Egan
	💍 1902/2436
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	5 Wakefield Street
Length of Residence	5 months	5 months
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W. Laycock, 5 Wakefield Street
Folio	02/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Laycock, Primitive Methodist

123

17 February 1902

Victor Valentine Collins
Esther Barrington

Victor Valentine Collins
Esther Barrington
💍 1902/2174

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

36
28

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/183

17 February 1902

Rev. H.S. Gillam, Church of England

No	123
Date of Notice	17 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Victor Valentine Collins	Esther Barrington
	💍 1902/2174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	36	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/183
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.S. Gillam, Church of England

124

17 February 1902

Donald McGregor
Gertrude Cullen

Donald McGregor
Gertrude Mary Cullen
💍 1902/2303

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

22
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Registrar's Office, Auckland

02/29

17 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	124
Date of Notice	17 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Donald McGregor	Gertrude Cullen
BDM Match (88%)	Donald McGregor	Gertrude Mary Cullen
	💍 1902/2303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	22	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	02/29
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

125

18 February 1902

Hakon Bonnerie
Lena Petersen

Hakon Bonnevie
Lena Petersen
💍 1902/2304

Bachelor
Widow

Night Watchman

49
43

Auckland
Auckland

9 years
30 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

02/30

18 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	125
Date of Notice	18 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hakon Bonnerie	Lena Petersen
BDM Match (96%)	Hakon Bonnevie	Lena Petersen
	💍 1902/2304
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Night Watchman
Age	49	43
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	9 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	02/30
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

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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).