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. Ryou

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

628

29 August 1902

George Gordon Stone
Edith May Shergold

George Gordon Stone
Edith May Shergold
💍 1902/3551

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
1 year

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

02/3156

29 August 1902

Rev. W. E. Silliam, Church of England

No	628
Date of Notice	29 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Gordon Stone	Edith May Shergold
	💍 1902/3551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	02/3156
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Silliam, Church of England

629

30 August 1902

John William Ladgrove
Adelaide Beasley

John William Sadgrove
Adelaide Beasley
💍 1902/3424

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26
23

Auckland
Auckland

12 years
6 months

House of Father of Bride, Ponsonby, Mount Albert

02/3018

30 August 1902

Rev. A. H. Achen, Presbyterian

No	629
Date of Notice	30 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John William Ladgrove	Adelaide Beasley
BDM Match (98%)	John William Sadgrove	Adelaide Beasley
	💍 1902/3424
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	12 years	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Ponsonby, Mount Albert
Folio	02/3018
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. H. Achen, Presbyterian

630

30 August 1902

Ernest Arthur Childs
Alexandrina Megan

Ernest Arthur Child
Alexandrina Lillian Migan
💍 1902/4184

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

21
19

Auckland
Auckland

19 years
19 months

Home of Mother of Bride, Wellesley Street

02/3807

Mother of Bride

30 August 1902

Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

No	630
Date of Notice	30 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Arthur Childs	Alexandrina Megan
BDM Match (80%)	Ernest Arthur Child	Alexandrina Lillian Migan
	💍 1902/4184
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	19 years	19 months
Marriage Place	Home of Mother of Bride, Wellesley Street
Folio	02/3807
Consent	Mother of Bride
Date of Certificate	30 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Methodist

631

1 September 1902

Patrick Doolan
Marion Margaret Robinson

Patrick Doolan
Marion Margaret Robinson
💍 1902/3541

Widower
Spinster

Carter

39
25

Auckland
Auckland

39 years
22 years

Registrar's Office

02/3116

1 September 1902

E. H. Ryou, Registrar

No	631
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Doolan	Marion Margaret Robinson
	💍 1902/3541
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	39	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	39 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/3116
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	E. H. Ryou, Registrar

632

1 September 1902

Fred Souster
Helen Carter

Fred Souster
Helen Carter
💍 1902/3421

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
10 months

St. Mary's Church, Parnell

02/3237

1 September 1902

Rev. J. F. Chapman, Methodist

No	632
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Fred Souster	Helen Carter
	💍 1902/3421
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	10 months
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Church, Parnell
Folio	02/3237
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. F. Chapman, Methodist

633

1 September 1902

Herbert Ernest Philip
Margaret Maud Guird

Herbert Ernest Philip
Margaret Maud Guird
💍 1902/3278

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker

24
23

Auckland
Auckland

24 years
23 months

Church of Christ, West Street

02/3267

1 September 1902

Rev. J. L. Crilock, Church of Christ

No	633
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Ernest Philip	Margaret Maud Guird
	💍 1902/3278
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	24 years	23 months
Marriage Place	Church of Christ, West Street
Folio	02/3267
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. L. Crilock, Church of Christ

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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).