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 817

District of Raglan Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar A. R. Kauley

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

125

16 July 1902

George Palmer
Bertha Adeline Allen

George Palmer
Bertha Adeline Allen
💍 1902/3806

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic Duties

25
20

Maingard
Maingard

3 months
4 years

Mr. I. Allens residence, The Cliffs, Maingard

02/3335

John Allen, father

16 July 1902

Rev. H. Mason

No	125
Date of Notice	16 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Palmer	Bertha Adeline Allen
	💍 1902/3806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic Duties
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Maingard	Maingard
Length of Residence	3 months	4 years
Marriage Place	Mr. I. Allens residence, The Cliffs, Maingard
Folio	02/3335
Consent	John Allen, father
Date of Certificate	16 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Mason

126

21 July 1902

William Frederic Bullford
Lucy Helen Sutton

William Fredric Balford
Lucy Helen Sutton
💍 1902/3807

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic Duties

29
34

Raglan
Raglan

4 days
34 years

Mr. C. Suttons residence, Cliff Street, Raglan

02/3336

21 July 1902

Rev. G. Carr

No	126
Date of Notice	21 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederic Bullford	Lucy Helen Sutton
BDM Match (94%)	William Fredric Balford	Lucy Helen Sutton
	💍 1902/3807
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic Duties
Age	29	34
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	4 days	34 years
Marriage Place	Mr. C. Suttons residence, Cliff Street, Raglan
Folio	02/3336
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr

127

31 July 1902

James Doran McCormick
Grace Elizabeth Cox

James Doran McComish
Grace Elizabeth Cox
💍 1902/3808

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Domestic Duties

22
20

Raglan
Raglan

3 days
15 months

Mr. Cox's residence, Omahaki, Raglan

02/3337

Noah Roper, father

31 July 1902

Rev. G. Carr

No	127
Date of Notice	31 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Doran McCormick	Grace Elizabeth Cox
BDM Match (93%)	James Doran McComish	Grace Elizabeth Cox
	💍 1902/3808
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Domestic Duties
Age	22	20
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	3 days	15 months
Marriage Place	Mr. Cox's residence, Omahaki, Raglan
Folio	02/3337
Consent	Noah Roper, father
Date of Certificate	31 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr

128

5 August 1902

Robert Henry Holcroft
Laura Violet Moon

Robert Henry Holcroft
Laura Violet Olivia Moon
💍 1902/6239

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

28
23

Raglan
Raglan

3 years
23 years

Mr. Jno. Moons residence, Te Uku

09/6369

5 August 1902

Rev. H. D. Major

No	128
Date of Notice	5 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Henry Holcroft	Laura Violet Moon
BDM Match (85%)	Robert Henry Holcroft	Laura Violet Olivia Moon
	💍 1902/6239
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Raglan	Raglan
Length of Residence	3 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Jno. Moons residence, Te Uku
Folio	09/6369
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. D. Major

129

9 August 1902

Arthur Norman Sutton
Alice Adelaide Middlemiss

Arthur Norman Sutton
Alice Adelaide Middlemiss
💍 1902/3809

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic Duties

32
20

Waitehuna
Raglan

32 years
9 years

Mr. C. Suttons residence, Raglan

02/3338

Peter Middlemiss, father

9 August 1902

Rev. G. Carr

No	129
Date of Notice	9 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Norman Sutton	Alice Adelaide Middlemiss
	💍 1902/3809
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic Duties
Age	32	20
Dwelling Place	Waitehuna	Raglan
Length of Residence	32 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Mr. C. Suttons residence, Raglan
Folio	02/3338
Consent	Peter Middlemiss, father
Date of Certificate	9 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr

130

21 August 1902

George Millar
Elizabeth Amy Mold

George Millar
Elizabeth Amy Mold
💍 1902/3810

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler
Domestic Duties

25
19

Temata
Te Mata

20 years
10 years

Mr. I. Molds residence, Te Mata

02/3339

Eliza Mold, mother

21 August 1902

Rev. G. Carr

No	130
Date of Notice	21 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Millar	Elizabeth Amy Mold
	💍 1902/3810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler	Domestic Duties
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Temata	Te Mata
Length of Residence	20 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Mr. I. Molds residence, Te Mata
Folio	02/3339
Consent	Eliza Mold, mother
Date of Certificate	21 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Carr

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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).