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 531

District of Napier Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar John Herron

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

8 February 1902

William Hawthorn
Agnes Beveridge

William Hawthorne
Agnes Beveridge
💍 1902/1261

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman
Domestic

24
21

Napier
Napier

18 months
10 years

St. Augustine's Church, Bowa Street, Napier

02/930

8 February 1902

Rev. C. L. J. Neale

No	12
Date of Notice	8 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hawthorn	Agnes Beveridge
BDM Match (97%)	William Hawthorne	Agnes Beveridge
	💍 1902/1261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman	Domestic
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	18 months	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Augustine's Church, Bowa Street, Napier
Folio	02/930
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. L. J. Neale

8 February 1902

Robert Aplin
Katie Nielson

Robert Aplin
Katie Neilsen
💍 1902/2344

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Servant

26
18

Western Spit
Western Spit

11 years
4 weeks

Residence of Mr. Johnson

02/481

Matilda Double, mother of minor

8 February 1902

Rev. C. Connor

No	13
Date of Notice	8 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Aplin	Katie Nielson
BDM Match (88%)	Robert Aplin	Katie Neilsen
	💍 1902/2344
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Servant
Age	26	18
Dwelling Place	Western Spit	Western Spit
Length of Residence	11 years	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Johnson
Folio	02/481
Consent	Matilda Double, mother of minor
Date of Certificate	8 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Connor

18 February 1902

Henry William McCarthy
Rosamond Louisa Kingswell

Henry William McCarthy
Rosamund Louisa Kingswell
💍 1902/2551

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookseller
Domestic Duties

31
24

Wellington, Napier
Napier

8 years
3 years

At the Cathedral, Napier

02/450

18 February 1902

Very Rev. Dean Hovell

No	14
Date of Notice	18 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry William McCarthy	Rosamond Louisa Kingswell
BDM Match (98%)	Henry William McCarthy	Rosamund Louisa Kingswell
	💍 1902/2551
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookseller	Domestic Duties
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington, Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	8 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the Cathedral, Napier
Folio	02/450
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Hovell

24 February 1902

Albert Henry Moore
Sarah Walsh

Albert Henry Moore
Sarah Walch
💍 1902/2581

Albert Moore
Sarah Watson
💍 1902/2811

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic

29
26

Waipawa, Napier
Napier

29 years
24 years

The Residence of Bride's Parents, Chance Road, Napier

02/457

24 February 1902

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	15
Date of Notice	24 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Henry Moore	Sarah Walsh
BDM Match (95%)	Albert Henry Moore	Sarah Walch
	💍 1902/2581
BDM Match (71%)	Albert Moore	Sarah Watson
	💍 1902/2811
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic
Age	29	26
Dwelling Place	Waipawa, Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	29 years	24 years
Marriage Place	The Residence of Bride's Parents, Chance Road, Napier
Folio	02/457
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

25 February 1902

Joseph Frederick Ludwig
Jane Grant Jones

Joseph Frederick Ludwig
Jane Grant Jones
💍 1902/2552

Bachelor
Widow

Watchmaker

38
37

Napier
Napier

5 years
2 years

The Cathedral, Napier

02/451

25 February 1902

Very Rev. Dean Hovell

No	16
Date of Notice	25 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Frederick Ludwig	Jane Grant Jones
	💍 1902/2552
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Watchmaker
Age	38	37
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	The Cathedral, Napier
Folio	02/451
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Hovell

25 February 1902

Alexander Morris Robertson
Ellen Baird

Alexander Morris Robertson
Ellen Baird
💍 1902/2582

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

26
26

Napier
Napier

24 years
16 years

St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Napier

02/458

25 March 1902

Rev. J. A. Asher

No	17
Date of Notice	25 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Morris Robertson	Ellen Baird
	💍 1902/2582
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	26	26
Dwelling Place	Napier	Napier
Length of Residence	24 years	16 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Presbyterian Church, Napier
Folio	02/458
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. A. Asher

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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).