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 551

District of Dannevirke Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar W. J. Walsh

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

18 January 1902

August Karl Grubner
Eliza Francis Cox

August Karl Grubner
Eliza Frances Cox
💍 1902/2205

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

27
25

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 week
4 months

Mrs G. Horton's dwelling house

02/430

18 January 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	1
Date of Notice	18 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	August Karl Grubner	Eliza Francis Cox
BDM Match (97%)	August Karl Grubner	Eliza Frances Cox
	💍 1902/2205
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 week	4 months
Marriage Place	Mrs G. Horton's dwelling house
Folio	02/430
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

30 January 1902

Frederick Small Bowen
Aggie Alice Freeman

Frederick Small Bowen
Lizzie Alice Freeman
💍 1902/2213

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

26
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

18 months
3 years

Church of England

02/425

30 January 1902

Rev. E. Robertshaw, Anglican

No	2
Date of Notice	30 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Small Bowen	Aggie Alice Freeman
BDM Match (90%)	Frederick Small Bowen	Lizzie Alice Freeman
	💍 1902/2213
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	18 months	3 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/425
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshaw, Anglican

31 January 1902

Samuel Dunstall
Eileen Bessie Williams

Samuel Dunstall
Eileen Bessie Williams
💍 1902/2539

Widower
Spinster

Carrier
Tailoress

24
22

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 years
3 months

Presbyterian Manse

02/431

31 January 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	3
Date of Notice	31 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Dunstall	Eileen Bessie Williams
	💍 1902/2539
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Carrier	Tailoress
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Manse
Folio	02/431
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

4 February 1902

Christian Voss
Margaret Elizabeth Revell

Christian Voss
Margaret Elizabeth Revell
💍 1902/2550

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

46
37

Dannevirke
Makarahara

3 days
6 months

Mr F. Revell's dwelling house Makarahara

02/432

4 February 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Christian Voss	Margaret Elizabeth Revell
	💍 1902/2550
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	46	37
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Makarahara
Length of Residence	3 days	6 months
Marriage Place	Mr F. Revell's dwelling house Makarahara
Folio	02/432
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

17 February 1902

Archibald Robertson
Maria Alexandra Brown

Archibald Robertson
Maria Alexandra Brown
💍 1902/2201

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

22
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 year
6 months

Church of England

02/426

17 February 1902

Rev. E. Robertshaw, Anglican

No	5
Date of Notice	17 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Archibald Robertson	Maria Alexandra Brown
	💍 1902/2201
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 year	6 months
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/426
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshaw, Anglican

24 February 1902

Thomas William Hall
Agnes Japp

Thomas William Hall
Agnes Tapp
💍 1902/2203

Bachelor
Spinster

Laborer

27
25

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

2 years
5 years

G. Japp's dwelling house

02/428

24 February 1902

Rev. G. S. Coop, Wesleyan Methodist

No	6
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas William Hall	Agnes Japp
BDM Match (95%)	Thomas William Hall	Agnes Tapp
	💍 1902/2203
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Laborer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	2 years	5 years
Marriage Place	G. Japp's dwelling house
Folio	02/428
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. S. Coop, Wesleyan 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).