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 30 June 1902 Registrar S. H. 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

432

12 June 1902

John Sydney Hamon
Eliza Maud Trevelyan

John Sydney Birley Hamon
Eliza Maud Trevelyan
💍 1902/670

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

2 1/2 years
1 1/2 years

House of Mr. P. Hamon, Grey Lynn

02/1698

Charles Hamon, Father

12 June 1902

Rev. G. Ready, Methodist

No	432
Date of Notice	12 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Sydney Hamon	Eliza Maud Trevelyan
BDM Match (85%)	John Sydney Birley Hamon	Eliza Maud Trevelyan
	💍 1902/670
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 1/2 years	1 1/2 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. P. Hamon, Grey Lynn
Folio	02/1698
Consent	Charles Hamon, Father
Date of Certificate	12 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Ready, Methodist

433

12 June 1902

Job Joseph Levinsohn
Jessie Feldman

Sol Joseph Levinsohn
Jessie Feldman
💍 1902/1803

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

24
21

Auckland
Auckland

1 1/2 years
20 days

House of Bride, Pitt Street

02/2465

12 June 1902

Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

No	433
Date of Notice	12 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Job Joseph Levinsohn	Jessie Feldman
BDM Match (95%)	Sol Joseph Levinsohn	Jessie Feldman
	💍 1902/1803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 1/2 years	20 days
Marriage Place	House of Bride, Pitt Street
Folio	02/2465
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. A. Goldstein, Hebrew

434

13 June 1902

Samuel Thomas Holland
Alice Campbell

Samuel Thomas Holland
Alice Campbell
💍 1902/67

Widower
Widow

Farmer

42
40

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
40 years

Registrar's Office

02/1557

13 June 1902

S. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	434
Date of Notice	13 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Thomas Holland	Alice Campbell
	💍 1902/67
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	40
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	40 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/1557
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Lyons, Registrar

435

13 June 1902

Helier Harbutt
Eva Wood

Utelia Harbutt
Eva Wood
💍 1902/676

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 weeks
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Mt. Roskill

02/1703

13 June 1902

Rev. W. Day, Congregational

No	435
Date of Notice	13 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Helier Harbutt	Eva Wood
BDM Match (86%)	Utelia Harbutt	Eva Wood
	💍 1902/676
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 weeks	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Mt. Roskill
Folio	02/1703
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Day, Congregational

436

14 June 1902

Peter Wyatt
Bertha Sampson

Peter Wyatt
Bertha Sampson
💍 1902/6382

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

30
21

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
21 years

Registrar's Office

02/1556

14 June 1902

S. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	436
Date of Notice	14 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter Wyatt	Bertha Sampson
	💍 1902/6382
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/1556
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Lyons, Registrar

437

14 June 1902

Thomas Joseph Space
Kathleen Agnes Lonergan

Thomas Joseph Grace
Kathleen Agnes Lonergan
💍 1902/3429

Bachelor
Spinster

Permanent Artillery

27
20

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hobson Street, Auckland

02/3224

14 June 1902

Rev. J. L. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	437
Date of Notice	14 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Joseph Space	Kathleen Agnes Lonergan
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas Joseph Grace	Kathleen Agnes Lonergan
	💍 1902/3429
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Permanent Artillery
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Cathedral, Hobson Street, Auckland
Folio	02/3224
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Patterson, Roman Catholic

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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).