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 359

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Herbert Logie

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

4 January 1902

Godfrey Norris Tharazyn
Ella Cecilia Johnston

Godfrey Norris Pharazyn
Ella Cecilia Johnston
💍 1902/2147

Bachelor
Spinster

Sheep farmer

29
25

Feilding
Awahuri

3 days
5 weeks

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

02/2048

4 January 1902

Rev J. O'Meara

No	31
Date of Notice	4 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Godfrey Norris Tharazyn	Ella Cecilia Johnston
BDM Match (98%)	Godfrey Norris Pharazyn	Ella Cecilia Johnston
	💍 1902/2147
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sheep farmer
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Awahuri
Length of Residence	3 days	5 weeks
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	02/2048
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. O'Meara

18 January 1902

Ernest Henry Schwass
Elizabeth Browning

Ernest Henry Schwass
Elizabeth Browning
💍 1902/2356

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
26

Feilding
Feilding

2 years
17 years

Residence of Mrs Sarah Browning, Glenwood

02/519

18 January 1902

Rev I W. Jones

No	32
Date of Notice	18 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Henry Schwass	Elizabeth Browning
	💍 1902/2356
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	2 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Sarah Browning, Glenwood
Folio	02/519
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev I W. Jones

23 January 1902

Isaac Mason Hill
Rimme Lydia Shewbridge

Isaac Mason Hill
Rimme Lydia Shewbridge
💍 1902/1263

Bachelor
Spinster

Clothier

28
26

Feilding
Feilding

5 days
3 months

Church of England, Feilding

02/932

23 January 1902

Rev A. S. Innes Jones

No	33
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Mason Hill	Rimme Lydia Shewbridge
	💍 1902/1263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clothier
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 days	3 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	02/932
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev A. S. Innes Jones

6 February 1902

David Herlihy
Annie Griffin

David Herlihy
Annie Griffin
💍 1902/2138

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

44
28

Aorangi
Feilding

1 year
2 years

Roman Catholic Church, Feilding

02/2049

6 February 1902

Rev J. O'Meara

No	34
Date of Notice	6 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Herlihy	Annie Griffin
	💍 1902/2138
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	44	28
Dwelling Place	Aorangi	Feilding
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Feilding
Folio	02/2049
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. O'Meara

26 February 1902

Albert John Goodall
Matilda Louisa Todd

Albert John Goodall
Matilda Louisa Todd
💍 1902/1264

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

28
22

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
5 months

Church of England, Feilding

02/933

26 February 1902

Rev A. S. Innes Jones

No	35
Date of Notice	26 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert John Goodall	Matilda Louisa Todd
	💍 1902/1264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	28	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	5 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	02/933
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev A. S. Innes Jones

27 February 1902

Edward Lewis Northcott
Emilia Anna Wilhelmina Eggers

Edward Lewis Northcott
Emilia Anna Wilhelmina Eggers
💍 1902/2375

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

26
27

Maituna West
Maituna West

18 years
1 year

Primitive Methodist Church, Beaconsfield

02/522

27 February 1902

Rev Jacob Featherstone

No	36
Date of Notice	27 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Lewis Northcott	Emilia Anna Wilhelmina Eggers
	💍 1902/2375
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	26	27
Dwelling Place	Maituna West	Maituna West
Length of Residence	18 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Primitive Methodist Church, Beaconsfield
Folio	02/522
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Jacob Featherstone

28 February 1902

Arthur Andrew Green
Margaret Laing Younger

Arthur Andrew Green
Margaret Laing Younger
💍 1902/2374

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Makino
Makino

10 years
21 years

Presbyterian Church, Feilding

02/521

28 February 1902

Rev Charles Murray

No	37
Date of Notice	28 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Andrew Green	Margaret Laing Younger
	💍 1902/2374
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Makino	Makino
Length of Residence	10 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Feilding
Folio	02/521
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Charles Murray

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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).