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 718

District of Waihi Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Arnold William Mann

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

190

13 January 1902

Ralph Montgomery
Catherine Mary Draffin

Ralph Montgomery
Catherine Mary Draffin
💍 1902/2487

Widower
Spinster

Hotelkeeper

26
24

Waikino
Waitekauri

4 years
6 years

Private residence of Mr. Samuel

02/323

13 January 1902

Rev. Matthew Brodie, Roman Catholic

No	190
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ralph Montgomery	Catherine Mary Draffin
	💍 1902/2487
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Hotelkeeper
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waitekauri
Length of Residence	4 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr. Samuel
Folio	02/323
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Matthew Brodie, Roman Catholic

191

18 January 1902

Joseph Roberts
Margaret Keough

Joseph Roberts
Margaret Keogh
💍 1902/2483

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

25
21

Waihi
Waihi

18 months
12 months

Private residence of Mr. Peter Merle

02/319

18 January 1902

Rev. Thomas Eykyn, Church of England

No	191
Date of Notice	18 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Roberts	Margaret Keough
BDM Match (97%)	Joseph Roberts	Margaret Keogh
	💍 1902/2483
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	18 months	12 months
Marriage Place	Private residence of Mr. Peter Merle
Folio	02/319
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Eykyn, Church of England

192

10 February 1902

Angus Cameron Taylor
Clara Ellen Dawson

Angus Cameron Taylor
Clara Ellen Dawson
💍 1902/2489

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Hand
Dressmaker

29
24

Waikino
Waikino

12 months
3 days

Private Residence of Mr. Thomas Dickens

02/325

10 February 1902

Rev. John James Bates, Presbyterian

No	192
Date of Notice	10 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Angus Cameron Taylor	Clara Ellen Dawson
	💍 1902/2489
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Hand	Dressmaker
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	12 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Mr. Thomas Dickens
Folio	02/325
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. John James Bates, Presbyterian

193

11 February 1902

George Charles Hooper
Martha Swindells

George Charles Hooper Scarborough
Martha Swindells
💍 1902/2485

Bachelor
Spinster

Coach Proprietor

37
24

Waihi
Waihi

3 years
4 days

Registrar's Office

02/324

11 February 1902

Registrar, Waihi

No	193
Date of Notice	11 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Charles Hooper	Martha Swindells
BDM Match (82%)	George Charles Hooper Scarborough	Martha Swindells
	💍 1902/2485
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coach Proprietor
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	3 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	02/324
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Registrar, Waihi

194

13 February 1902

Darcy Stewart Snow
Louisa Catherine Loane

Darcy Stewart Snow
Louisa Catherine Loane
💍 1902/2484

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

30
20

Waihi
Waihi

2 weeks
7 years

Church of England

02/320

Robert Loane, father

13 February 1902

Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

No	194
Date of Notice	13 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Darcy Stewart Snow	Louisa Catherine Loane
	💍 1902/2484
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	2 weeks	7 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/320
Consent	Robert Loane, father
Date of Certificate	13 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Cowie, Church of England

195

28 February 1902

Caleb Robinson
Marjory Henry

Caleb Robinson
Marjory Henry
💍 1902/2466

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

21
19

Waihi
Waihi

3 years
1 year

Private Residence of Robert Henry

02/326

Robert Henry, father

28 February 1902

Rev. John James Bates, Presbyterian

No	195
Date of Notice	28 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Caleb Robinson	Marjory Henry
	💍 1902/2466
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Robert Henry
Folio	02/326
Consent	Robert Henry, father
Date of Certificate	28 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. John James Bates, Presbyterian

196

8 March 1902

Charles Edmund Clews
Fanny Jane Bradley

Charles Edmund Clews
Fanny Janes Bradley
💍 1902/2468

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

26
24

Waihi
Waihi

6 years
2 years

Primitive Methodist Church

02/328

8 March 1902

Rev. John Olphert, Primitive Methodist

No	196
Date of Notice	8 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edmund Clews	Fanny Jane Bradley
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Edmund Clews	Fanny Janes Bradley
	💍 1902/2468
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	26	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	6 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church
Folio	02/328
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. John Olphert, Primitive Methodist

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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).