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 135

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

21 January 1902

James Egan
Clara Margaret Schulz

James Egan
Clara Margaret Schulz
💍 1902/2817

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

24
23

Wellington
Wellington

8 years
9 years

Residence of Mr. F. W. Schulz / 1 Taranaki St. Wellington

02/759

21 January 1902

Rev H C Oliver

No	41
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Egan	Clara Margaret Schulz
	💍 1902/2817
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. F. W. Schulz / 1 Taranaki St. Wellington
Folio	02/759
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev H C Oliver

21 January 1902

Richard Thomas Elliott
Bessie Winnie Heron

Richard Thomas Elliott
Bessie Minnie Heron
💍 1902/2803

Bachelor
Spinster

Fellmonger

21
23

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
7 months

Trinity Church Wellington

02/768

21 January 1902

Rev Geo Bond

No	42
Date of Notice	21 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Thomas Elliott	Bessie Winnie Heron
BDM Match (97%)	Richard Thomas Elliott	Bessie Minnie Heron
	💍 1902/2803
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fellmonger
Age	21	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	7 months
Marriage Place	Trinity Church Wellington
Folio	02/768
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Geo Bond

22 January 1902

Samuel Percy How
Margaret Philomena Cornish

Samuel Percy How
Margaret Philomena Cornish
💍 1902/6378

Bachelor
Spinster

Hairdresser

31
24

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
6 days

St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington

02/750

22 January 1902

Rev Thos O'Shea

No	43
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Percy How	Margaret Philomena Cornish
	💍 1902/6378
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Hairdresser
Age	31	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	6 days
Marriage Place	St Mary of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	02/750
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Thos O'Shea

22 January 1902

Edward Upchurch
Kate McLean

Edward Upchurch
Kate McLean
💍 1902/2870

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

23
21

Wellington
Wellington

17 years
21 years

Residence of Mr. W. Mc Lean 49 Wallace St Wellington

02/779

22 January 1902

Rev W. Shirer

No	44
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward Upchurch	Kate McLean
	💍 1902/2870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	23	21
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	17 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. W. Mc Lean 49 Wallace St Wellington
Folio	02/779
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. Shirer

22 January 1902

Isaac Jenner
Mary Ann Hall

Isaac Jenner
Mary Ann Hall
💍 1902/2844

Bachelor
Spinster

Compositor

34
31

Johnsonville
Johnsonville

2 months
1 year

Church of England Johnsonville

02/703

22 January 1902

Rev H. C. Waters

No	45
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Isaac Jenner	Mary Ann Hall
	💍 1902/2844
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Compositor
Age	34	31
Dwelling Place	Johnsonville	Johnsonville
Length of Residence	2 months	1 year
Marriage Place	Church of England Johnsonville
Folio	02/703
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev H. C. Waters

22 January 1902

Frank Beadnell
Mary Dougherty

Frank Beadnall
Mary Dougherty
💍 1902/2734

Bachelor
Spinster

Picture framer

23
22

Wellington
Wellington

21 years
6 years

Registrars office Wellington

02/645

22 January 1902

R Talbot Deputy Registrar

No	46
Date of Notice	22 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Beadnell	Mary Dougherty
BDM Match (96%)	Frank Beadnall	Mary Dougherty
	💍 1902/2734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Picture framer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	21 years	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office Wellington
Folio	02/645
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1902
Officiating Minister	R Talbot Deputy Registrar

24 January 1902

Robert Albert Undgway
Mary Jane Curtis

Robert Albert Mudgway
Mary Jane Curtis
💍 1902/2762

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

25
18

Petone
Petone

25 years
18 years

St Augustines Church Petone

02/698

Stephen Curtis Father

24 January 1902

Rev J O Russell

No	47
Date of Notice	24 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Albert Undgway	Mary Jane Curtis
BDM Match (95%)	Robert Albert Mudgway	Mary Jane Curtis
	💍 1902/2762
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	25 years	18 years
Marriage Place	St Augustines Church Petone
Folio	02/698
Consent	Stephen Curtis Father
Date of Certificate	24 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J O Russell

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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).