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 E. H. Keymer

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

616

26 August 1902

Ernest Henry Marshall
Esther Ann Dempsey

Ernest Henry Marshall
Esther Ann Dunfoy
💍 1902/3537

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

21
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
20 years

Registrar's Office

02/3112

26 August 1902

E. H. Keymer, Registrar

No	616
Date of Notice	26 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Marshall	Esther Ann Dempsey
BDM Match (86%)	Ernest Henry Marshall	Esther Ann Dunfoy
	💍 1902/3537
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/3112
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Keymer, Registrar

617

26 August 1902

James Richards
Priscilla Jane Plowman

James Richards
Priscilla Jane Plowman
💍 1902/4020

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 years
23 years

House of Capt. C. Constance Onching

02/3791

26 August 1902

Rev. C. A. Keymer, Congregational

No	617
Date of Notice	26 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Richards	Priscilla Jane Plowman
	💍 1902/4020
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Capt. C. Constance Onching
Folio	02/3791
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. A. Keymer, Congregational

618

26 August 1902

Herbert George Hammant
Margaret Elizabeth Myles

Herbert George Hannant
Margaret Elizabeth Beda Myles
💍 1902/3558

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachman

36
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
22 years

St. Matthew's Church

02/3162

26 August 1902

Rev. W. E. Fillman, Church of England

No	618
Date of Notice	26 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert George Hammant	Margaret Elizabeth Myles
BDM Match (87%)	Herbert George Hannant	Margaret Elizabeth Beda Myles
	💍 1902/3558
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachman
Age	36	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church
Folio	02/3162
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Fillman, Church of England

619

26 August 1902

Edward Pook
Gertrude Margaret Green

Edward Pook
Gertrude Margarite Green
💍 1902/3412

Bachelor
Spinster

Seaman

24
20

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral

02/3229

26 August 1902

Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

No	619
Date of Notice	26 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Pook	Gertrude Margaret Green
BDM Match (96%)	Edward Pook	Gertrude Margarite Green
	💍 1902/3412
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Seaman
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral
Folio	02/3229
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Patterson, Roman Catholic

620

27 August 1902

John Thomas Diver
Rose Gier

John Thomas Gilbert Walker
Rose Tier
💍 1902/6455

Divorced
Spinster

Poultry fancier

38
21

Auckland
Newmarket

36 years
2 years

Wesleyan Church

02/3280

27 August 1902

Rev. J. J. Penfold, Wesleyan

No	620
Date of Notice	27 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Thomas Diver	Rose Gier
BDM Match (73%)	John Thomas Gilbert Walker	Rose Tier
	💍 1902/6455
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Poultry fancier
Age	38	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newmarket
Length of Residence	36 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	02/3280
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. J. Penfold, Wesleyan

621

27 August 1902

James Henry Meehan
Florence Wheatley

James Henry Meehan
Florence Wheatley
💍 1902/3389

Bachelor
Spinster

Bag Maker

25
16

Auckland
Parnell

4 years
16 years

House of Arthur

02/3204

27 August 1902

Rev. H. Kelly, Presbyterian

No	621
Date of Notice	27 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Henry Meehan	Florence Wheatley
	💍 1902/3389
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bag Maker
Age	25	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	4 years	16 years
Marriage Place	House of Arthur
Folio	02/3204
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 August 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).