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 261

District of Pahiatua Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar William J. Reeve

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

6 January 1902

Harold William Reeve Norman
Teresa Elizabeth Parkes

Harold William Reeve Norman
Teresa Elizabeth Parkes
💍 1902/2654

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

23
23

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

16 months
14 years

Residence of R. S. Parkes at Pahiatua

02/563

6 January 1902

Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian (C. H. M. B. Marshall)

No	1
Date of Notice	6 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold William Reeve Norman	Teresa Elizabeth Parkes
	💍 1902/2654
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	16 months	14 years
Marriage Place	Residence of R. S. Parkes at Pahiatua
Folio	02/563
Consent
Date of Certificate	6 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian (C. H. M. B. Marshall)

11 January 1902

Charles Hall
Ada Jane Jennings

Charles Hall
Ada Jane Jennings
💍 1902/2658

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Home duties

27
21

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

10 years
7 years

Residence of F. Green, Pahiatua

02/566

11 January 1902

Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian

No	2
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Hall	Ada Jane Jennings
	💍 1902/2658
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Home duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	10 years	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of F. Green, Pahiatua
Folio	02/566
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. James McCaw, Presbyterian

23 January 1902

Thomas Arthur Yeoman
Catherine Reed

Thomas Arthur Yeoman
Catherine Reed
💍 1902/2657

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawmiller
Home duties

29
19

Pahiatua
Pahiatua

5 days
5 days

Registrar's Office, Pahiatua

02/565

Charles Reed, father

23 January 1902

William J. Reeve, Registrar Marriages, Pahiatua

No	3
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Arthur Yeoman	Catherine Reed
	💍 1902/2657
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawmiller	Home duties
Age	29	19
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Pahiatua
Length of Residence	5 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Pahiatua
Folio	02/565
Consent	Charles Reed, father
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	William J. Reeve, Registrar Marriages, Pahiatua

12 February 1902

John Peter Jamieson
Emily Constance Crawford

John Peter Jamieson
Emily Constance Crawford
💍 1902/2343

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Home duties

34
32

Pahiatua
Woodville

8 years
17 years at Woodville

Residence of W. G. Crawford, Woodville

02/499

12 February 1902

Rev. W. J. Lewis, Presbyterian

No	4
Date of Notice	12 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Peter Jamieson	Emily Constance Crawford
	💍 1902/2343
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Home duties
Age	34	32
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Woodville
Length of Residence	8 years	17 years at Woodville
Marriage Place	Residence of W. G. Crawford, Woodville
Folio	02/499
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. J. Lewis, Presbyterian

4 February 1902

Samuel Greatbatch
Elsie Evelyn Sullivan

Samuel Greatbatch
Elsie Evelyn Sullivan
💍 1902/2908

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Clerk
Home duties

27
21

Pahiatua
Carterton

2 years
20 years

Church of England, Carterton

02/510

4 February 1902

Rev. H. Young, Church of England

No	5
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Greatbatch	Elsie Evelyn Sullivan
	💍 1902/2908
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Clerk	Home duties
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Pahiatua	Carterton
Length of Residence	2 years	20 years
Marriage Place	Church of England, Carterton
Folio	02/510
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. Young, Church of England

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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).