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 1221

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1902 Registrar S. H. Haynes

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

283

11 April 1902

Henry Bromwich
Agnes Gertrude White

Henry Bromwich
Agnes Gertrude White
💍 1902/1766

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

25
23

Auckland
Onehunga

25 years
23 years

House of Mrs. Lynd, Onehunga

02/9452

11 April 1902

Rev. C. A. Lyons, Congregational

No	283
Date of Notice	11 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Bromwich	Agnes Gertrude White
	💍 1902/1766
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	25 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. Lynd, Onehunga
Folio	02/9452
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Lyons, Congregational

284

12 April 1902

George Sidney Hanson
Sarah Ann Gratten

George Sidney Hanson
Sarah Annie Grattan
💍 1902/525

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

58
51

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
30 years

Registrar's Office

02/1522

12 April 1902

S. H. Haynes, Registrar

No	284
Date of Notice	12 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Sidney Hanson	Sarah Ann Gratten
BDM Match (92%)	George Sidney Hanson	Sarah Annie Grattan
	💍 1902/525
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	58	51
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	30 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/1522
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Haynes, Registrar

285

12 April 1902

Henry John Bloxham
Caroline Jane Andrews

Henry John Bloxham
Caroline Burugh Anderson
💍 1902/553

Bachelor
Spinster

Painter

21
18

Auckland
Auckland

1 year 9 months
18 years

St. Thomas Church, Auckland

02/1580

C. W. De La Rue, Mother

12 April 1902

Rev. C. W. De La Rue, Church of England

No	285
Date of Notice	12 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Bloxham	Caroline Jane Andrews
BDM Match (79%)	Henry John Bloxham	Caroline Burugh Anderson
	💍 1902/553
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Painter
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 year 9 months	18 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Auckland
Folio	02/1580
Consent	C. W. De La Rue, Mother
Date of Certificate	12 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. W. De La Rue, Church of England

286

14 April 1902

Thomas Henry Pickett
Annie Rosalie Harris

Thomas Henry George Pickett
Annie Rosalie Harris
💍 1902/526

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
21

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

02/1523

14 April 1902

S. H. Haynes, Registrar

No	286
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Henry Pickett	Annie Rosalie Harris
BDM Match (87%)	Thomas Henry George Pickett	Annie Rosalie Harris
	💍 1902/526
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	02/1523
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Haynes, Registrar

287

14 April 1902

Walter Howitt
Mary Howitt Bradly

Walter Jowitt
Mary Hewitt Bradley
💍 1902/727

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

32
21

Auckland
Onehunga

3 days
3 years

St. David's Manse, Onehunga

02/1625

14 April 1902

Rev. N. S. Dixon, Presbyterian

No	287
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Howitt	Mary Howitt Bradly
BDM Match (91%)	Walter Jowitt	Mary Hewitt Bradley
	💍 1902/727
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Onehunga
Length of Residence	3 days	3 years
Marriage Place	St. David's Manse, Onehunga
Folio	02/1625
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. S. Dixon, Presbyterian

288

14 April 1902

Harry Kenzengton
Jessie Marie Williams

Harry Kensington
Jessie Marie Williams
💍 1902/578

Bachelor
Spinster

Draughtsman

36
27

Auckland
Ponsonby

7 years
21 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

02/1604

14 April 1902

Rev. E. W. Calder, Church of England

No	288
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Kenzengton	Jessie Marie Williams
BDM Match (94%)	Harry Kensington	Jessie Marie Williams
	💍 1902/578
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draughtsman
Age	36	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	7 years	21 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/1604
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. W. Calder, 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).