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 September 1902 Registrar S. H. Roy

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

544

29 July 1902

David Leech
Maude Alice Vincent Sims

David Teed
Maude Alice Vincent Tims
💍 1902/4146

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

30
24

Auckland
Auckland

2 years 6 months
6 months

St. Paul's Church

02/3178

29 July 1902

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	544
Date of Notice	29 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Leech	Maude Alice Vincent Sims
BDM Match (84%)	David Teed	Maude Alice Vincent Tims
	💍 1902/4146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years 6 months	6 months
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/3178
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

545

29 July 1902

George Henry Manning
Annie Veronica Barry

George Henning
Mamie Veronica Barry
💍 1902/3399

Bachelor
Spinster

Cycle Manufacturer

32
33

Auckland
10 Auckland

32 years
10 years

St. Andrew's Church

02/3213

29 July 1902

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	545
Date of Notice	29 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Manning	Annie Veronica Barry
BDM Match (78%)	George Henning	Mamie Veronica Barry
	💍 1902/3399
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cycle Manufacturer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	10 Auckland
Length of Residence	32 years	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church
Folio	02/3213
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

546

30 July 1902

Henry Thomas Garratt
Pearl Mary Agnes Christian

Henry Thomas Garratt Junior
Pearl Mary Agnes Christmas
💍 1902/3533

Bachelor
Spinster

Sign Writer

27
20

Auckland
20 Auckland

27 years
20 years

St. Paul's Church

02/3131

Frederick Christian, father

30 July 1902

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

No	546
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Thomas Garratt	Pearl Mary Agnes Christian
BDM Match (83%)	Henry Thomas Garratt Junior	Pearl Mary Agnes Christmas
	💍 1902/3533
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sign Writer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	20 Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church
Folio	02/3131
Consent	Frederick Christian, father
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Canon C. M. Nelson, Church of England

547

30 July 1902

William John Lyons
Kathleen Gittos

William John Lyons
Kathleen Gittos
💍 1902/3568

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

37
32

Auckland
Auckland

35 years
12 years

Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street

02/3241

30 July 1902

Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

No	547
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William John Lyons	Kathleen Gittos
	💍 1902/3568
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	35 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street
Folio	02/3241
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Garland, Methodist

548

30 July 1902

James Lord
Georgina Marion Hislop

James Ford
Georgina Marion Hislop
💍 1902/4158

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

37
36

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 days

St. James Church

02/3189

30 July 1902

Rev. B. J. Macaniel, Presbyterian

No	548
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Lord	Georgina Marion Hislop
BDM Match (95%)	James Ford	Georgina Marion Hislop
	💍 1902/4158
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	37	36
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	St. James Church
Folio	02/3189
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. J. Macaniel, Presbyterian

549

30 July 1902

Samuel Donaldson
Annie Spiers Norrie

Samuel Donaldson
Annie Norrie
💍 1902/3384

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

30
30

Auckland
Auckland

28 years
20 years

House of Worship, Bride's Parents

02/3199

30 July 1902

Rev. S. B. Munro, Presbyterian

No	549
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Donaldson	Annie Spiers Norrie
BDM Match (82%)	Samuel Donaldson	Annie Norrie
	💍 1902/3384
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	30	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	28 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Worship, Bride's Parents
Folio	02/3199
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. B. Munro, 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).