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 1177

District of Auckland Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar James Heyes

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

532

25 July 1902

John Campbell
Margaret Beamish

John Campbell
Margaret Beamish
💍 1902/3532

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

27
22

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
22 years

St. Paul's Church

02/3130

25 July 1902

Rev. Canon C. M. Nelson, Church of England

No	532
Date of Notice	25 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Campbell	Margaret Beamish
	💍 1902/3532
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/3130
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon C. M. Nelson, Church of England

533

25 July 1902

Joseph Henry Trudgeon
Susan Keenan

Joseph Henry Trudgeon
Susan Keenan
💍 1902/3430

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

32
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
15 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

02/3225

25 July 1902

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	533
Date of Notice	25 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Henry Trudgeon	Susan Keenan
	💍 1902/3430
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	15 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	02/3225
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

534

26 July 1902

William Herbert Ross
Janet Cochrane Armstrong

William Matthew Ross
Janet Cochrane Armstrong
💍 1902/3575

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

36
29

Auckland
Remuera, Roskill

3 days
3 weeks

House of W. F. Armstrong

02/3256

26 July 1902

Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

No	534
Date of Notice	26 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Herbert Ross	Janet Cochrane Armstrong
BDM Match (83%)	William Matthew Ross	Janet Cochrane Armstrong
	💍 1902/3575
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	36	29
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera, Roskill
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of W. F. Armstrong
Folio	02/3256
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Wilkins, Congregational

535

26 July 1902

William John Armstrong
Ada Johns

William John Jones Pringle
Ada Johns
💍 1902/3285

Bachelor
Spinster

Music Teacher

23
18

Auckland
Auckland

11 days
11 years

Registrar's Office

02/3094

26 July 1902

E. F. Lyons, Registrar

No	535
Date of Notice	26 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Armstrong	Ada Johns
BDM Match (83%)	William John Jones Pringle	Ada Johns
	💍 1902/3285
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Music Teacher
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 days	11 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/3094
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1902
Officiating Minister	E. F. Lyons, Registrar

536

26 July 1902

Walter Dick Lloyd
Clara Scott Smith

Walter Birch Lloyd
Claire Scott Smith
💍 1902/4145

Bachelor
Spinster

Merchant

30
24

Auckland
Remuera

2 years
1 year

St. Thomas' Church

02/3177

26 July 1902

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	536
Date of Notice	26 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Dick Lloyd	Clara Scott Smith
BDM Match (86%)	Walter Birch Lloyd	Claire Scott Smith
	💍 1902/4145
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Merchant
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Remuera
Length of Residence	2 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Thomas' Church
Folio	02/3177
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

537

28 July 1902

Charles Henry Ferris
Bessie Barnes

Charles Henry Ferris
Bessie Barnes
💍 1902/3546

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

30
28

Auckland
Auckland

4 days
20 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/3151

28 July 1902

Rev. D. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	537
Date of Notice	28 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Ferris	Bessie Barnes
	💍 1902/3546
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	30	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/3151
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. D. E. Gillam, 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).