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 1179

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar D. 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

520

18 July 1902

William Gawler Monchton
Sophie Maud Oldham

William Gawler Monckton
Sophie Marie Oldham
💍 1902/3545

Bachelor
Spinster

Schoolmaster

36
23

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
3 weeks

House of Bridegroom

02/3150

18 July 1902

Rev. N. E. Sillam, Church of England

No	520
Date of Notice	18 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Gawler Monchton	Sophie Maud Oldham
BDM Match (90%)	William Gawler Monckton	Sophie Marie Oldham
	💍 1902/3545
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Schoolmaster
Age	36	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom
Folio	02/3150
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. N. E. Sillam, Church of England

521

21 July 1902

John Brigham
Clara Georgina Callaghan

John McCrae Brigham
Clara Georgina Callaghan
💍 1902/3561

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

40
21

Auckland
Auckland

18 years
3 months

St. Stephen's Church

02/3143

21 July 1902

Rev. B. E. Lush, Church of England

No	521
Date of Notice	21 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Brigham	Clara Georgina Callaghan
BDM Match (82%)	John McCrae Brigham	Clara Georgina Callaghan
	💍 1902/3561
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	40	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	18 years	3 months
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church
Folio	02/3143
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. E. Lush, Church of England

522

21 July 1902

Robert Chester
Emily Elizabeth Allport

Robert Chester
Emily Elizabeth Allport
💍 1902/3576

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
28

Auckland
Auckland

30 years
5 months

House of Father of Bride, Mount Eden

02/3257

21 July 1902

Rev. J. D. Sneyd, Baptist

No	522
Date of Notice	21 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Chester	Emily Elizabeth Allport
	💍 1902/3576
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	30 years	5 months
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Mount Eden
Folio	02/3257
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. D. Sneyd, Baptist

523

21 July 1902

David Hill
Ethel Isabel Coombers

David Hill
Ethel Isabella Coombes
💍 1902/4027

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Fitter

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 weeks

St. Benedict's Church

02/3798

21 July 1902

Rev. S. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

No	523
Date of Notice	21 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Hill	Ethel Isabel Coombers
BDM Match (93%)	David Hill	Ethel Isabella Coombes
	💍 1902/4027
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Fitter
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Benedict's Church
Folio	02/3798
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. H. Sillan, Roman Catholic

524

21 July 1902

John Wright
Emma Notton

John Wright
Emma Notton
💍 1902/4155

Widower
Spinster

Mill Hand

39
18

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
18 months

House of Bridegroom, Liverpool Street

02/3186

21 July 1902

Rev. B. J. Hacutt, Presbyterian

No	524
Date of Notice	21 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Wright	Emma Notton
	💍 1902/4155
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	39	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	18 months
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom, Liverpool Street
Folio	02/3186
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Hacutt, Presbyterian

525

22 July 1902

Charles Carr Clegg
Florence Annie Fisher

Charles Cave Clegg
Florence Anne Fisher
💍 1902/3388

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

27
25

Auckland
Parnell

1 year
25 years

House of Bridegroom

02/3203

22 July 1902

Rev. H. Kelly, Presbyterian

No	525
Date of Notice	22 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Carr Clegg	Florence Annie Fisher
BDM Match (92%)	Charles Cave Clegg	Florence Anne Fisher
	💍 1902/3388
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	1 year	25 years
Marriage Place	House of Bridegroom
Folio	02/3203
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Kelly, Presbyterian

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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).