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 236

District of Palmerston North Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar Robert North Keeling

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

1 July 1902

Luke Ward
Charlotte Faulkner

Luke Ward
Charlotte Faulkner
💍 1902/6330

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

26 years
21 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

12 years
3 months

At the house of Luke Ward Senior, Palmerston North

02/6196

1 July 1902

Rev. F. W. Newbold, Wesleyan Minister, Palmerston North

No	45
Date of Notice	1 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Luke Ward	Charlotte Faulkner
	💍 1902/6330
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	26 years	21 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	12 years	3 months
Marriage Place	At the house of Luke Ward Senior, Palmerston North
Folio	02/6196
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. W. Newbold, Wesleyan Minister, Palmerston North

1 July 1902

David Speedy
Barbara Isabella McKenzie

David Speedy
Barbara Isabella McKenzie
💍 1902/4762

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31 years
27 years

Palmerston North, Stoney Creek
Palmerston North, Stoney Creek

5 years
27 years

At the house of Kenneth McKenzie, Stoney Creek

02/4564

1 July 1902

Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian Minister, Palmerston North

No	46
Date of Notice	1 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Speedy	Barbara Isabella McKenzie
	💍 1902/4762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31 years	27 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North, Stoney Creek	Palmerston North, Stoney Creek
Length of Residence	5 years	27 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Kenneth McKenzie, Stoney Creek
Folio	02/4564
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian Minister, Palmerston North

4 July 1902

George Richard Brougham
Beatrice Amy Brougham

George Rickard
Beatrice Amy Brougham
💍 1902/1976

Bachelor
Spinster

Creamery Manager
Machinist

21 years
19 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

15 years
3 years

At the house of Henry Brougham, Palmerston North

02/3570

Henry Brougham, Father

5 July 1902

Rev. S. J. Baker, Congregational Minister, Palmerston North

No	47
Date of Notice	4 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Richard Brougham	Beatrice Amy Brougham
BDM Match (78%)	George Rickard	Beatrice Amy Brougham
	💍 1902/1976
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Creamery Manager	Machinist
Age	21 years	19 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	15 years	3 years
Marriage Place	At the house of Henry Brougham, Palmerston North
Folio	02/3570
Consent	Henry Brougham, Father
Date of Certificate	5 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. J. Baker, Congregational Minister, Palmerston North

5 July 1902

Charles Henry Hope
Clytie McFarlane

Charles Henry Hope
Clyda McFarlane
💍 1902/4763

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

31 years
29 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

5 days
4 days

St. Andrew's Church, Palmerston North

02/4565

5 July 1902

Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian Minister, Palmerston North

No	48
Date of Notice	5 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Hope	Clytie McFarlane
BDM Match (91%)	Charles Henry Hope	Clyda McFarlane
	💍 1902/4763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	31 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	5 days	4 days
Marriage Place	St. Andrew's Church, Palmerston North
Folio	02/4565
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Jolly, Presbyterian Minister, Palmerston North

9 July 1902

Robert Alexander Dixon
Elizabeth Jane Sutherland

Robert Alexander Dixon
Elizabeth Jane Sutherland
💍 1902/1975

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

23 years
22 years

Palmerston North
Palmerston North

1 month
5 weeks

At the house of A. Dixon, Palmerston North

02/3569

10 July 1902

Rev. E. Richards, Baptist Minister, Palmerston North

No	49
Date of Notice	9 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Alexander Dixon	Elizabeth Jane Sutherland
	💍 1902/1975
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	23 years	22 years
Dwelling Place	Palmerston North	Palmerston North
Length of Residence	1 month	5 weeks
Marriage Place	At the house of A. Dixon, Palmerston North
Folio	02/3569
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. E. Richards, Baptist Minister, Palmerston North

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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).