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 139

District of Wellington Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Frederick William Mansfield

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

9 January 1902

William Henry Trose
Eamer Mackay Greenfield

William Henry Rose
Janet Mackay Greenfield
💍 1902/2703

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
23

Wellington
Blenheim

3 years
2 years

Residence of Mr John Greenfield, Vernon Station, Blenheim

02/817

9 January 1902

Not Stated

No	15
Date of Notice	9 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Trose	Eamer Mackay Greenfield
BDM Match (88%)	William Henry Rose	Janet Mackay Greenfield
	💍 1902/2703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Blenheim
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr John Greenfield, Vernon Station, Blenheim
Folio	02/817
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Not Stated

10 January 1902

Joseph John Pascoe
Jane Elizabeth Hughes-Jones

Joseph John Pascoe
Jane Elizabeth Hughes-Jones
💍 1902/2730

Bachelor
Spinster

Journalist

31
21

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrars Office Wellington

02/642

10 January 1902

R Talbot, Deputy Registrar

No	16
Date of Notice	10 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph John Pascoe	Jane Elizabeth Hughes-Jones
	💍 1902/2730
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Journalist
Age	31	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrars Office Wellington
Folio	02/642
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1902
Officiating Minister	R Talbot, Deputy Registrar

10 January 1902

Isaac Bernard Shields
Josephine Eunice Rubick

Isaac Bernard Shields
Josephine Eunice Rubick
💍 1902/2863

Bachelor
Spinster

Engraver

34
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 Mos
12 Mos

St Joseph's Church Wellington

02/745

10 January 1902

Rev Thos O'Shea

No	17
Date of Notice	10 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Bernard Shields	Josephine Eunice Rubick
	💍 1902/2863
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engraver
Age	34	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 Mos	12 Mos
Marriage Place	St Joseph's Church Wellington
Folio	02/745
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Thos O'Shea

11 January 1902

Henry John Burrell
Olive Cheetham

Henry John Burrell
Alice Cheetham
💍 1902/3136

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

23
23

Mangaroa
Mangaroa

23 yrs
10 yrs

Residence of Mr James Cheetham, Whitemans Valley

02/776

11 January 1902

Rev W. B. Marten

No	18
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry John Burrell	Olive Cheetham
BDM Match (93%)	Henry John Burrell	Alice Cheetham
	💍 1902/3136
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Mangaroa	Mangaroa
Length of Residence	23 yrs	10 yrs
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr James Cheetham, Whitemans Valley
Folio	02/776
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. B. Marten

11 January 1902

Charles Edwin Cross
Lucy Ethel Rowe

Charles Edwin Cross
Lucy Ethel Rowe
💍 1902/2815

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

2 Mos
2 Mos

Residence of Mr C. E. Cross, 2 Martin Street, Wellington

02/757

11 January 1902

Rev W. C. Oliver

No	19
Date of Notice	11 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Edwin Cross	Lucy Ethel Rowe
	💍 1902/2815
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 Mos	2 Mos
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr C. E. Cross, 2 Martin Street, Wellington
Folio	02/757
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. C. Oliver

13 January 1902

Herbert Sergent
Florence Marshment

Herbert Sergant
Florence Marshment
💍 1902/2868

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootmaker

21
22

Wellington
Wellington

21 yrs
13 Mos

Residence of Mrs Newman, Hospital Terrace, Wellington

02/727

13 January 1902

Rev Wm Shirer

No	20
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Sergent	Florence Marshment
BDM Match (97%)	Herbert Sergant	Florence Marshment
	💍 1902/2868
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootmaker
Age	21	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 yrs	13 Mos
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs Newman, Hospital Terrace, Wellington
Folio	02/727
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Wm Shirer

13 January 1902

William Edward Wright
Elizabeth Oxley Paterson Clarke

William Edward Wright
Elizabeth Oxley Paterson Clarke
💍 1902/2801

Bachelor
Spinster

Life Assurance Agent

27
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
18 Mos

Trinity Church Wellington

02/766

13 January 1902

Rev George Bond

No	21
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Edward Wright	Elizabeth Oxley Paterson Clarke
	💍 1902/2801
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Life Assurance Agent
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	18 Mos
Marriage Place	Trinity Church Wellington
Folio	02/766
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev George Bond

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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).