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 1205

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 June 1890 Registrar S. H. E. 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

378

19 May 1902

Walter Huittle
Horrace Agnes Reade

Walter Wintle
Florence Agnes Reade
💍 1902/4160

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

34
22

Auckland
Auckland

5 days
14 days

Bishop's Court, Parnell

02/3168

19 May 1902

Rev. E. H. Courie, Church of England

No	378
Date of Notice	19 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Huittle	Horrace Agnes Reade
BDM Match (79%)	Walter Wintle	Florence Agnes Reade
	💍 1902/4160
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	34	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 days	14 days
Marriage Place	Bishop's Court, Parnell
Folio	02/3168
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. H. Courie, Church of England

379

20 May 1902

William Charles Grundy
Alice Henrietta Jones

William Charles Kennedy
Alice Margaret Jones
💍 1902/673

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

27
23

Auckland
Ponsonby

3 days
23 years

Baptist Church

02/1701

20 May 1902

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	379
Date of Notice	20 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Charles Grundy	Alice Henrietta Jones
BDM Match (72%)	William Charles Kennedy	Alice Margaret Jones
	💍 1902/673
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Ponsonby
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	Baptist Church
Folio	02/1701
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

380

20 May 1902

Robert Sims
Agnes Annie Barker

Robert Sims
Agnes Annie Barker
💍 1902/642

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer

26
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
2 years

St. James' Manse

02/1644

20 May 1902

Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	380
Date of Notice	20 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Sims	Agnes Annie Barker
	💍 1902/642
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	St. James' Manse
Folio	02/1644
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

381

20 May 1902

Therkel Jensen Petersen
Bertha Jane Jenkins

Therkel Jensen Petersen
Bertha Jane Jenkins
💍 1902/561

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/1570

Mother

20 May 1902

Rev. G. E. Sillan, Church of England

No	381
Date of Notice	20 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Therkel Jensen Petersen	Bertha Jane Jenkins
	💍 1902/561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/1570
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	20 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Sillan, Church of England

382

20 May 1902

William Owens
Eva Winifred Warner

William Owens
Eva Winifred Warner
💍 1902/1346

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
25 years

St. Benedict's Church

02/1853

20 May 1902

Rev. S. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

No	382
Date of Notice	20 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Owens	Eva Winifred Warner
	💍 1902/1346
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	25 years
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	02/1853
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

383

22 May 1902

Jacob Kellerman
Edith Kopit

Jacob Kellerman
Edith Kopit
💍 1902/1804

Bachelor
Spinster

Plumber

22
18

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
1 year

The Synagogue

02/2466

Father

22 May 1902

Rev. S. H. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	383
Date of Notice	22 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jacob Kellerman	Edith Kopit
	💍 1902/1804
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Plumber
Age	22	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	The Synagogue
Folio	02/2466
Consent	Father
Date of Certificate	22 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Goldstein, Hebrew

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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).