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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Edward Rhynes

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

228

26 March 1902

William Arthur Smith
Fannie Brown

William Arthur Smith
Fannie Brown
💍 1902/6429

William Battrick
Jane Brown
💍 1902/3272

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

36
44

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
14 years

Church of Christ, West Street

02/215

26 March 1902

Rev. J. W. Aldridge, Church of Christ

No	228
Date of Notice	26 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Arthur Smith	Fannie Brown
	💍 1902/6429
BDM Match (65%)	William Battrick	Jane Brown
	💍 1902/3272
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	36	44
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West Street
Folio	02/215
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. W. Aldridge, Church of Christ

229

27 March 1902

William Henry Boorman
Sarah Macfarlane Hinkley

William Henry Boorman Hinkley
Sarah Macfarlane
💍 1902/2400

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

31
28

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
17 years

House of Mother of Bride, Mount Eden

02/137

27 March 1902

Rev. B. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	229
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Boorman	Sarah Macfarlane Hinkley
BDM Match (70%)	William Henry Boorman Hinkley	Sarah Macfarlane
	💍 1902/2400
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	17 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Mount Eden
Folio	02/137
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. F. Dixon, Presbyterian

230

27 March 1902

Horace Hubert Sellers
David Simpson Syme

Bachelor
Spinster

Solicitor

30
26

Eltham
Auckland

4 years
26 years

St. Paul's Church, Remuera Eltham

02/199

27 March 1902

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	230
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Horace Hubert Sellers	David Simpson Syme
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Solicitor
Age	30	26
Dwelling Place	Eltham	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	26 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Remuera Eltham
Folio	02/199
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

231

27 March 1902

William Evans
Emma Julia Wheeler

William Evans
Emma Julia Wheeler
💍 1902/2425

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
30 years

House of Mother of Bride, Ponsonby

02/206

27 March 1902

Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

No	231
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Evans	Emma Julia Wheeler
	💍 1902/2425
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	02/206
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. S. Potter, Primitive Methodist

232

27 March 1902

Frank Robert Noble
Lizzie Kate Geach

Frank Robert Noble
Lizzie Kate Geach
💍 1902/2164

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

30
32

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
28 years

St. Andrew's Church, Epsom

02/196

27 March 1902

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	232
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Robert Noble	Lizzie Kate Geach
	💍 1902/2164
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	30	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	28 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Epsom
Folio	02/196
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

233

27 March 1902

William Evans Young
Alice Margaret Lindsay

William Evans Young
Alice Margaret Lindsay
💍 1902/718

Bachelor
Spinster

Commercial Traveller

25
27

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
27 years

Church of England, Howick

02/1608

27 March 1902

Rev. O. R. Houltt, Church of England

No	233
Date of Notice	27 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Evans Young	Alice Margaret Lindsay
	💍 1902/718
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commercial Traveller
Age	25	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	27 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Howick
Folio	02/1608
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. O. R. Houltt, Church of England

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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).