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 1021

District of Hamilton Quarter ending 30 June 1902 Registrar Thomas Kirk

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

26 May 1902

James Kelly
Annie Hinton

James Kelly
Annie Hinton M N Connor
💍 1902/1399

Bachelor
Widow

Carter

33
29

Hamilton
Hamilton

Since birth
3 years

In the Office of the Registrar at Hamilton

02/2014

26 May 1902

Thomas Kirk Registrar

No	12
Date of Notice	26 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Kelly	Annie Hinton
BDM Match (76%)	James Kelly	Annie Hinton M N Connor
	💍 1902/1399
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Carter
Age	33	29
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	Since birth	3 years
Marriage Place	In the Office of the Registrar at Hamilton
Folio	02/2014
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Thomas Kirk Registrar

31 May 1902

Robert Allan Grigg
Mabel Blanche Stapleton

Robert Allen Grigs
Mabel Blanche Hopleton
💍 1902/1188

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Dressmaker

33
25

Hamilton
Hamilton

4 years
4 years

In the Roman Catholic Church at Hamilton

02/1961

31 May 1902

Rev. Joseph C. Darby Roman Catholic

No	13
Date of Notice	31 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Allan Grigg	Mabel Blanche Stapleton
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Allen Grigs	Mabel Blanche Hopleton
	💍 1902/1188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Dressmaker
Age	33	25
Dwelling Place	Hamilton	Hamilton
Length of Residence	4 years	4 years
Marriage Place	In the Roman Catholic Church at Hamilton
Folio	02/1961
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Joseph C. Darby Roman Catholic

20 June 1902

Joseph Radford
Sarah Ann Harwood

Joseph Radford
Sarah Ann Harwood
💍 1902/1791

Bachelor
Spinster

Waggoner
School Teacher

26
26

Kirikiriroa
Hamilton

3 years
22 years

In St. Peter's Episcopalian Church at Hamilton

02/2477

20 June 1902

Rev. Henry D. A. Major Church of England

No	14
Date of Notice	20 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Radford	Sarah Ann Harwood
	💍 1902/1791
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Waggoner	School Teacher
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Kirikiriroa	Hamilton
Length of Residence	3 years	22 years
Marriage Place	In St. Peter's Episcopalian Church at Hamilton
Folio	02/2477
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Henry D. A. Major Church of England

23 June 1902

Charles Shaw
Mary Elizabeth Mason

Charles Shaw
Mary Elizabeth Mason
💍 1902/1191

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

42
26

Tauwhare
Kirikiriroa

4 days
Over 20 years

In the house of Mrs George Mason at Kirikiriroa

02/1764

23 June 1902

Rev. John Irwin Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	23 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Shaw	Mary Elizabeth Mason
	💍 1902/1191
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	42	26
Dwelling Place	Tauwhare	Kirikiriroa
Length of Residence	4 days	Over 20 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Mrs George Mason at Kirikiriroa
Folio	02/1764
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Irwin Presbyterian

30 June 1902

Frank Shields Plumtree
Alice Marion Edgecumbe

Frank Shields Plumtree
Alice Marion Edgecumbe
💍 1902/3375

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

26
23

Ngaruawahia
Ngaruawahia

3 days
5 days

In the Church of England at Ngaruawahia

02/3059

30 June 1902

Rev. Harry Mason Church of England

No	16
Date of Notice	30 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Shields Plumtree	Alice Marion Edgecumbe
	💍 1902/3375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	26	23
Dwelling Place	Ngaruawahia	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	In the Church of England at Ngaruawahia
Folio	02/3059
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Harry Mason 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).