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 1248

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar D. Lyons

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

132

22 February 1902

Francis Joseph Kayes
Gertrude Hirst

Francis Joseph Kayes
Gertrude Hirst
💍 1902/2391

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
16 years

House of father of Bride, Arch Hill

02/179

22 February 1902

Rev. H. F. Hirst, Methodist

No	132
Date of Notice	22 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Joseph Kayes	Gertrude Hirst
	💍 1902/2391
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	16 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Arch Hill
Folio	02/179
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. F. Hirst, Methodist

133

22 February 1902

Julian Pearson
Violet Elizabeth Annie Francis

Julian Pearson Ward
Violet Elizabeth Annie Francis
💍 1902/2275

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

26
25

Auckland
Ponsonby

19 years
19 years

All Saints Church

02/73

22 February 1902

Rev. Arch. N. Calder, Church of England

No	133
Date of Notice	22 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Julian Pearson	Violet Elizabeth Annie Francis
BDM Match (87%)	Julian Pearson Ward	Violet Elizabeth Annie Francis
	💍 1902/2275
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	26	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	19 years	19 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church
Folio	02/73
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. N. Calder, Church of England

134

24 February 1902

William Trot Gillies
Flora Mary Kidd

William Frost Gillies
Flora Mary Kidd
💍 1902/2265

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
22 years

St. Paul's Church

02/64

24 February 1902

Rev. C. R. Nelson, Church of England

No	134
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Trot Gillies	Flora Mary Kidd
BDM Match (95%)	William Frost Gillies	Flora Mary Kidd
	💍 1902/2265
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/64
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. R. Nelson, Church of England

135

24 February 1902

Frederick Augustus Whitaker
Jennie Magdellen Beattie

Frederic Augustus Whitaker
Jeannie Magdillon Beattie
💍 1902/2305

Bachelor
Widow

Sheep Farmer

41
38

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Registrar's Office

02/31

24 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	135
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Augustus Whitaker	Jennie Magdellen Beattie
BDM Match (92%)	Frederic Augustus Whitaker	Jeannie Magdillon Beattie
	💍 1902/2305
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Sheep Farmer
Age	41	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/31
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

136

24 February 1902

Peter Wilson Carter
Mary Ann Brown

Peter Wilson
Mary Ann Brown
💍 1902/2306

Widower
Widow

55
40

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
28 years

Registrar's Office

02/32

24 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	136
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Wilson Carter	Mary Ann Brown
BDM Match (82%)	Peter Wilson	Mary Ann Brown
	💍 1902/2306
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession
Age	55	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/32
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

137

25 February 1902

James Reid
Eliza Jane Craig

James Reid
Eliza Jane Craig
💍 1902/2307

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

65
21

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
21 years

Registrar's Office

02/33

25 February 1902

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	137
Date of Notice	25 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Reid	Eliza Jane Craig
	💍 1902/2307
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	65	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/33
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 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).