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 1239

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Edward H. Reynes

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

180

11 March 1902

John Llewellyn Beadle
Daphne Beatrice Stafford Slater

John Llewellyn Beadle
Daphne Beatrice Stafford Slater
💍 1902/2407

Bachelor
Spinster

Saw Maker

32
19

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
2 years

St James Manse

02/126

Mother

25 March 1902

Rev. R.J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	180
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Llewellyn Beadle	Daphne Beatrice Stafford Slater
	💍 1902/2407
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Saw Maker
Age	32	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St James Manse
Folio	02/126
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

181

11 March 1902

Lorenzo Oakleigh Stanton
Constance Shepherd

Lorenzo Oakleith Stanton
Constance Shepherd
💍 1902/666

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

23
24

Auckland
Northcote

16 years
20 years

Wesleyan Church

02/1694

11 March 1902

Rev. W. Gittos, Methodist

No	181
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Lorenzo Oakleigh Stanton	Constance Shepherd
BDM Match (98%)	Lorenzo Oakleith Stanton	Constance Shepherd
	💍 1902/666
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	23	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Northcote
Length of Residence	16 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	02/1694
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Gittos, Methodist

182

11 March 1902

Charles Harry Barker
Annie May Bray

Charles Harry Barker
Annie May Bray
💍 1902/2163

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

24
23

Onehunga
Onehunga

6 years
23 years

St Peter's Church

02/95

11 March 1902

Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

No	182
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Harry Barker	Annie May Bray
	💍 1902/2163
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Onehunga	Onehunga
Length of Residence	6 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St Peter's Church
Folio	02/95
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Haselden, Church of England

183

11 March 1902

Ralph Butterton Simpson
Amy Josephine Martin

Ralph Winterton Simpson
Amy Josephine Martin
💍 1902/2047

Widower
Spinster

Steward

29
22

Auckland
Auckland

18 months
9 years

St James Manse

02/123

11 March 1902

Rev. R.J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	183
Date of Notice	11 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Butterton Simpson	Amy Josephine Martin
BDM Match (94%)	Ralph Winterton Simpson	Amy Josephine Martin
	💍 1902/2047
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Steward
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 months	9 years
Marriage Place	St James Manse
Folio	02/123
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

184

12 March 1902

George Usher
Frances Adelaide Kinnear

George Usher
Frances Adelaide Kinnear
💍 1902/2387

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
25 years

The Tabernacle

02/190

12 March 1902

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	184
Date of Notice	12 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Usher	Frances Adelaide Kinnear
	💍 1902/2387
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	25 years
Marriage Place	The Tabernacle
Folio	02/190
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

185

12 March 1902

Henry Donald McPherson
Elizabeth Catherine Griffin

Henry Donald McPherson
Elizabeth Catherine Griffin
💍 1902/2297

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31
21

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
5 years

Registrar's Office

02/146

12 March 1902

E.H. Reynes, Registrar

No	185
Date of Notice	12 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Donald McPherson	Elizabeth Catherine Griffin
	💍 1902/2297
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 March 1902
Officiating Minister	E.H. Reynes, 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).