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 1126

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 December 1902 Registrar S. W. Haydon

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

819

24 November 1902

Francis Henry Montgomery Marsh
Mary Hannah Gardiner

Francis Henry Montgomery Marsh
Mary Hannah Gardiner
💍 1902/5090

Bachelor
Spinster

Bus Driver

35
26

Auckland
Auckland

6 months
12 months

Church of The Holy Sepulchre, Auckland

02/4977

24 November 1902

Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

No	819
Date of Notice	24 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Henry Montgomery Marsh	Mary Hannah Gardiner
	💍 1902/5090
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bus Driver
Age	35	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Church of The Holy Sepulchre, Auckland
Folio	02/4977
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. A. Carver, Church of England

820

24 November 1902

William Henry Anderson
Kate Ethel Townsend

William Henry Anderson
Kate Ethel Townsend
💍 1902/5197

Bachelor
Spinster

Telegraphist

24
24

Auckland
Auckland

1 month
1 month

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

02/4979

24 November 1902

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	820
Date of Notice	24 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Anderson	Kate Ethel Townsend
	💍 1902/5197
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Telegraphist
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	1 month	1 month
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	02/4979
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

821

24 November 1902

Daniel Strong
Mary Theresa Mulkere

Daniel Strong
Mary Theresa Mulken
💍 1902/4754

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

40
34

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
25 years

Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga

02/4986

24 November 1902

Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

No	821
Date of Notice	24 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Daniel Strong	Mary Theresa Mulkere
BDM Match (95%)	Daniel Strong	Mary Theresa Mulken
	💍 1902/4754
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	40	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Onehunga
Folio	02/4986
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. Paul, Roman Catholic

822

24 November 1902

Caleb Wood
Margaret White

Caleb Wood
Margaret White
💍 1902/4811

Widower
Spinster

Soap Manufacturer

58
34

Auckland
Auckland

40 years
34 years

Knox Church, Parnell

02/4989

24 November 1902

Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

No	822
Date of Notice	24 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caleb Wood	Margaret White
	💍 1902/4811
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Soap Manufacturer
Age	58	34
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	40 years	34 years
Marriage Place	Knox Church, Parnell
Folio	02/4989
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. B. Gray, Presbyterian

823

24 November 1902

Stephen Henry Airey
Eliza Sarah Jane Ritchie

Stephen Henry Airey
Eliza Sarah Jane Ritchie
💍 1902/6012

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

20
21

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
21 years

St. George's Church, Epsom

02/4976

Mother

24 November 1902

Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

No	823
Date of Notice	24 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Stephen Henry Airey	Eliza Sarah Jane Ritchie
	💍 1902/6012
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	20	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Epsom
Folio	02/4976
Consent	Mother
Date of Certificate	24 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Walker, Church of England

824

25 November 1902

James Thomas Beachy
Mary Susannah Craig

James Thomas Peachey
Mary Susannah Craig
💍 1902/4720

Bachelor
Spinster

Broker

31
35

Auckland
Auckland

31 years
35 years

Registrar's Office

02/4975

25 November 1902

S. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	824
Date of Notice	25 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Thomas Beachy	Mary Susannah Craig
BDM Match (95%)	James Thomas Peachey	Mary Susannah Craig
	💍 1902/4720
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Broker
Age	31	35
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	31 years	35 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/4975
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 November 1902
Officiating Minister	S. H. Lyons, Registrar

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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).