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 985

District of Huntly Quarter ending 31 December 1902 Registrar M. Maclean

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

4 October 1902

John Lough
Emma Matilda Manning

John Waugh
Anna Matilda Manning
💍 1902/352

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Household Duties

27
24

Huntly
Paparata

24 years
24 years

Church of England St. Peter's Church

02/332

4 October 1902

Rev. W. Watt

No	1
Date of Notice	4 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Lough	Emma Matilda Manning
BDM Match (83%)	John Waugh	Anna Matilda Manning
	💍 1902/352
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Household Duties
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Paparata
Length of Residence	24 years	24 years
Marriage Place	Church of England St. Peter's Church
Folio	02/332
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Watt

15 October 1902

William J. Hogg
Mary Ethel Blanche Ribson

William John Hogg
Mary Ethel Blanche Rippon
💍 1902/5156

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Household Duties

28
20

Huntly
Huntly

3 days
20 years

Wesleyan Church

02/4896

15 October 1902

Rev. Francis

No	2
Date of Notice	15 October 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William J. Hogg	Mary Ethel Blanche Ribson
BDM Match (87%)	William John Hogg	Mary Ethel Blanche Rippon
	💍 1902/5156
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Household Duties
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church
Folio	02/4896
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 October 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Francis

3 November 1902

James Hogan
Phoebe Elizabeth Gable

James Hogan
Phoebie Elizabeth Gribble
💍 1902/5154

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Household Duties

31
28

Huntly
Huntly

3 days
10 years

Roman Catholic Church

02/4894

3 November 1902

Rev. Fallon O'Carroll

No	3
Date of Notice	3 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hogan	Phoebe Elizabeth Gable
BDM Match (92%)	James Hogan	Phoebie Elizabeth Gribble
	💍 1902/5154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Household Duties
Age	31	28
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church
Folio	02/4894
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Fallon O'Carroll

17 November 1902

Bertram Richard Irwin
Ida May Johnson

Bertram Richard Avery
Ida May Johnson
💍 1902/5694

Bachelor
Spinster

Inspector Reg. Works
Household Duties

30
21

Huntly
Huntly

3 days
14 years

Church of England

02/5437

17 November 1902

Rev. H. Mason

No	4
Date of Notice	17 November 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Bertram Richard Irwin	Ida May Johnson
BDM Match (88%)	Bertram Richard Avery	Ida May Johnson
	💍 1902/5694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Inspector Reg. Works	Household Duties
Age	30	21
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	3 days	14 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/5437
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 November 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

4.A.

1 December 1902

James Denton Edkins
Kate Smith

James Denton Edkins
Kate Smith
💍 1902/5155

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

23
19

Huntly
Huntly

3 years
18 months

Presbyterian Church

02/4895

William Fuller Smith, father of bride

1 December 1902

Rev. E. J. Ward

No	4.A.
Date of Notice	1 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Denton Edkins	Kate Smith
	💍 1902/5155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Huntly
Length of Residence	3 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church
Folio	02/4895
Consent	William Fuller Smith, father of bride
Date of Certificate	1 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. J. Ward

27 December 1902

Ernest Shortley Leucutt
Elizabeth Johnson

Ernest Thornley Lancaster
Elizabeth Johnson
💍 1902/5695

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer
Household Duties

24
20

Huntly
Ngaruawahia

3 days
9 years

Church of England St. Peter's Church

02/5438

James Johnson, father of bride

27 December 1902

Rev. H. Mason

No	5
Date of Notice	27 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Shortley Leucutt	Elizabeth Johnson
BDM Match (84%)	Ernest Thornley Lancaster	Elizabeth Johnson
	💍 1902/5695
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer	Household Duties
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Huntly	Ngaruawahia
Length of Residence	3 days	9 years
Marriage Place	Church of England St. Peter's Church
Folio	02/5438
Consent	James Johnson, father of bride
Date of Certificate	27 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

These records have been automatically transcribed and must be verified using the page image (below)

100% Contrast

100% Brightness

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).