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 549

District of DANNEVIRKE Quarter ending 30 June 1902 Registrar William James 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

5 April 1902

James Hunt Carrie
May Henderson

James Hunt Carrie
May Henderson
💍 1902/1397

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman N.H.R.
Domestic Servant

27
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

2 years
16 years

Church of England

02/1962

5 April 1902

Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

No	10
Date of Notice	5 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Hunt Carrie	May Henderson
	💍 1902/1397
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman N.H.R.	Domestic Servant
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	2 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/1962
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

9 April 1902

Thomas Edward Hampton Cassidy
Mary Smith

Thomas Edward Hampton Cassidy
Mary Smith
💍 1902/1377

Edward Lapslie
Mary Smith
💍 1902/4578

Alexander Spencer
Mary Smith
💍 1902/6061

Bachelor
Spinster

Horsedealer

23
18

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

5 years
16 years

D. Smith's dwelling house

02/1965

Father of bride

9 April 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	11
Date of Notice	9 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Hampton Cassidy	Mary Smith
	💍 1902/1377
BDM Match (69%)	Edward Lapslie	Mary Smith
	💍 1902/4578
BDM Match (60%)	Alexander Spencer	Mary Smith
	💍 1902/6061
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Horsedealer
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	5 years	16 years
Marriage Place	D. Smith's dwelling house
Folio	02/1965
Consent	Father of bride
Date of Certificate	9 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

17 April 1902

Oscar Marius Gundersen
Alice Grimwood

Oscar Mauris Gundersen
Alice Grimwood
💍 1902/1378

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

27
25

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 weeks
12 months

James Grimwood's dwelling house

02/1966

17 April 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	12
Date of Notice	17 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Oscar Marius Gundersen	Alice Grimwood
BDM Match (95%)	Oscar Mauris Gundersen	Alice Grimwood
	💍 1902/1378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 weeks	12 months
Marriage Place	James Grimwood's dwelling house
Folio	02/1966
Consent
Date of Certificate	17 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

23 April 1902

James Samuel Groves
Annie Caroline Skioth

Bachelor
Spinster

Bricklayer

26
19

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 months
18 years

J.C. Skioth's dwelling house

J.C. Skioth, Father

23 April 1902

Rev. H.M. Rees, Lutheran

No	13
Date of Notice	23 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Samuel Groves	Annie Caroline Skioth
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	26	19
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 months	18 years
Marriage Place	J.C. Skioth's dwelling house
Folio
Consent	J.C. Skioth, Father
Date of Certificate	23 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H.M. Rees, Lutheran

9 May 1902

Herbert Scotney
Helen Hickolly

Herbert Scotney
Helen Kilkolly
💍 1902/1379

Bachelor
Spinster

Tallyman
Domestic Servant

24
19

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

8 years
1 month

M.W. Purcell's dwelling house

02/1967

John Hickolly, Father

9 May 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	13
Date of Notice	9 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Scotney	Helen Hickolly
BDM Match (93%)	Herbert Scotney	Helen Kilkolly
	💍 1902/1379
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tallyman	Domestic Servant
Age	24	19
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	8 years	1 month
Marriage Place	M.W. Purcell's dwelling house
Folio	02/1967
Consent	John Hickolly, Father
Date of Certificate	9 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

16 May 1902

John Arthur Hassell
Roey Ann Martin

John Arthur Hassell
Rosey Ann Martin
💍 1902/1381

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic Servant

25
21

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

1 year
1 year

S. Smith's dwelling house, Ireland

02/1969

16 May 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	14
Date of Notice	16 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Arthur Hassell	Roey Ann Martin
BDM Match (97%)	John Arthur Hassell	Rosey Ann Martin
	💍 1902/1381
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic Servant
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	1 year	1 year
Marriage Place	S. Smith's dwelling house, Ireland
Folio	02/1969
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

19 May 1902

Arthur Smith
Helen Carruthers

Arthur Smith
Helen Carruthers
💍 1902/1380

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

31
23

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
3 months

L. Reid's dwelling house, London St.

02/1968

19 May 1902

Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

No	15
Date of Notice	19 May 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Smith	Helen Carruthers
	💍 1902/1380
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	3 months
Marriage Place	L. Reid's dwelling house, London St.
Folio	02/1968
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 May 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Grant, Presbyterian

2 June 1902

Ernest Hargreaves
Narina Maud Watkins

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

32
33

Dannevirke
Dannevirke

3 days
6 weeks

Church of England

02/1963

2 June 1902

Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

No	16
Date of Notice	2 June 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Hargreaves	Narina Maud Watkins
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	32	33
Dwelling Place	Dannevirke	Dannevirke
Length of Residence	3 days	6 weeks
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/1963
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 June 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Robertshawe, Anglican

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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).