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 373

District of Eketahuna Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar Alfred Lelark

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

23 July 1902

Francis Edward Robinson
Margaret Drummond Morriss

Francis Edward Robinson
Margaret Drummond Morris
💍 1902/3653

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

27
25

Waterfalls
Waterfalls

7 years
7 years

At the residence of Joseph Morriss, Waterfalls

02/3510

23 July 1902

Rev J Sykes

No	5
Date of Notice	23 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Edward Robinson	Margaret Drummond Morriss
BDM Match (98%)	Francis Edward Robinson	Margaret Drummond Morris
	💍 1902/3653
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Waterfalls	Waterfalls
Length of Residence	7 years	7 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Joseph Morriss, Waterfalls
Folio	02/3510
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J Sykes

28 July 1902

William Frederick Harding
Alice Maud Saunders

William Frederick Harding
Alice Maud Saunders
💍 1902/3656

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

29
23

Pleckville
Alfredton

14 years
23 years

Church of England, Alfredton

02/3512

28 July 1902

Rev J Walker

No	6
Date of Notice	28 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Frederick Harding	Alice Maud Saunders
	💍 1902/3656
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Pleckville	Alfredton
Length of Residence	14 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Alfredton
Folio	02/3512
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J Walker

30 July 1902

Jürgen Julius Thomasen
Eleana Mary Carter

Jurgen Julius Thomasen
Eleanor Mary Carter
💍 1902/3660

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

23 years
3 years

At the Residence of Saml Carter, Eketahuna

02/3516

30 July 1902

Rev J W Worboys

No	7
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Jürgen Julius Thomasen	Eleana Mary Carter
BDM Match (90%)	Jurgen Julius Thomasen	Eleanor Mary Carter
	💍 1902/3660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	23 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the Residence of Saml Carter, Eketahuna
Folio	02/3516
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J W Worboys

2 August 1902

John Henry Leeven
Madaline Florence Louisa Crampton

John Henry Leevers
Madeline Florence Louisa Crampton
💍 1902/3657

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
21

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

3 months
3 months

Church of England

02/3513

2 August 1902

Rev J Walker

No	8
Date of Notice	2 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Leeven	Madaline Florence Louisa Crampton
BDM Match (93%)	John Henry Leevers	Madeline Florence Louisa Crampton
	💍 1902/3657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	3 months	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/3513
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J Walker

26 August 1902

Frederick Nicholls
Priscilla Louisa Moody

Frederick Nicholls
Priscilla Louisa Moody
💍 1902/3658

Bachelor
Widow

Labourer

54
51

Eketahuna
Eketahuna

2 years
7 years

Church of England

02/3514

26 August 1902

Rev J Walker

No	9
Date of Notice	26 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Nicholls	Priscilla Louisa Moody
	💍 1902/3658
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Labourer
Age	54	51
Dwelling Place	Eketahuna	Eketahuna
Length of Residence	2 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	02/3514
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J Walker

3 September 1902

Charles Heyne Fisher
Caroline Niddler

Charles Hyne Fisher
Caroline Viddler
💍 1902/3659

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Atea
Atea

7 years
One week

At Residence of William Fisher, Atea

02/3515

3 September 1902

Rev J Walker

No	10
Date of Notice	3 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Heyne Fisher	Caroline Niddler
BDM Match (94%)	Charles Hyne Fisher	Caroline Viddler
	💍 1902/3659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Atea	Atea
Length of Residence	7 years	One week
Marriage Place	At Residence of William Fisher, Atea
Folio	02/3515
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 September 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J Walker

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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).