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 1237

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar S.H. Myons

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

192

14 March 1902

George Charles Beeton
Violet Banbury

George Charles Beeston
Violet Banbury
💍 1902/2299

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
10 months

Registrar's Office

01/148

14 March 1902

S.H. Myons, Registrar

No	192
Date of Notice	14 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Beeton	Violet Banbury
BDM Match (98%)	George Charles Beeston	Violet Banbury
	💍 1902/2299
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	01/148
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1902
Officiating Minister	S.H. Myons, Registrar

193

14 March 1902

Dermot Isaac Williams
Mary Josephine Cecilia Healy

Dermot Isaac Williams
Mary Josephine Cecilia Healy
💍 1902/2176

Bachelor
Spinster

Farrier

23
21

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
10 days

St. Patrick's Cathedral

01/159

14 March 1902

Rev. J. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	193
Date of Notice	14 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Dermot Isaac Williams	Mary Josephine Cecilia Healy
	💍 1902/2176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farrier
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	10 days
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	01/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Patterson, Roman Catholic

194

15 March 1902

George Craig
Hilda Johnstone Gudgeon

George Craig
Hilda Johnstone Gudgeon
💍 1902/586

Bachelor
Spinster

Medical Practitioner

34
26

Auckland
Auckland

13 days
3 months

St. Sepulchre's Church

02/1289

15 March 1902

Rev. G.A. Carver, Church of England

No	194
Date of Notice	15 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Craig	Hilda Johnstone Gudgeon
	💍 1902/586
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Medical Practitioner
Age	34	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 days	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre's Church
Folio	02/1289
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G.A. Carver, Church of England

195

15 March 1902

Sydney George Sturt
Muriel Catherine Ledingham

Sydney George Sturt
Muriel Kate Ledingham
💍 1902/2263

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

26
24

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
11 years

St. Paul's Church

02/162

15 March 1902

Rev. Canon C.H. Hobson, Church of England

No	195
Date of Notice	15 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Sydney George Sturt	Muriel Catherine Ledingham
BDM Match (88%)	Sydney George Sturt	Muriel Kate Ledingham
	💍 1902/2263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	11 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/162
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon C.H. Hobson, Church of England

196

15 March 1902

George Edward Churches
Margaret Quinnell Taylor

George Edward Churches
Margaret Ainsworth Taylor
💍 1902/2153

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
18 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/86

15 March 1902

Rev. H.E. Gillam, Church of England

No	196
Date of Notice	15 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Edward Churches	Margaret Quinnell Taylor
BDM Match (84%)	George Edward Churches	Margaret Ainsworth Taylor
	💍 1902/2153
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/86
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.E. Gillam, Church of England

197

18 March 1902

Frederick Carter Smith
Violet Eggerston

Frederick Smith
Violet Eggenten
💍 1902/2187

Bachelor
Spinster

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

16 years
21 years

Home of Bride, Victoria Street

01/169

Margaret Eggraton, Mother of bride

18 March 1902

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	197
Date of Notice	18 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Carter Smith	Violet Eggerston
BDM Match (75%)	Frederick Smith	Violet Eggenten
	💍 1902/2187
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	16 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Home of Bride, Victoria Street
Folio	01/169
Consent	Margaret Eggraton, Mother of bride
Date of Certificate	18 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, 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).