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 132

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

30 January 1902

Charles Wimbar
Florence Trask

Charles Dunbar
Florence Trask
💍 1902/2796

Widower
Divorcee

Driver

42
37

Wellington
Wellington

15 years
11 years

Wesley Church Wellington

02/761

30 January 1902

Rev W. C. Oliver

No	55
Date of Notice	30 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Wimbar	Florence Trask
BDM Match (89%)	Charles Dunbar	Florence Trask
	💍 1902/2796
Condition	Widower	Divorcee
Profession	Driver
Age	42	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	15 years	11 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church Wellington
Folio	02/761
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev W. C. Oliver

30 January 1902

Leonard Louis Eudy
Hannah White Field

Leonard Louis Udy
Hannah White Field
💍 1902/1612

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

24
20

Petone
Petone

3 months
6 months

Residence of Mr Wm Arrowsmith Brittania St Petone

02/0777

30 January 1902

Rev A. Thomson

No	56
Date of Notice	30 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Louis Eudy	Hannah White Field
BDM Match (94%)	Leonard Louis Udy	Hannah White Field
	💍 1902/1612
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	24	20
Dwelling Place	Petone	Petone
Length of Residence	3 months	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Wm Arrowsmith Brittania St Petone
Folio	02/0777
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev A. Thomson

31 January 1902

Francis Leonard Eden
Alice Myrtle Brewer

Francis Leonard Eden
Alice Myrtle Brewer
💍 1902/2871

Bachelor
Spinster

Driver

25
22

Wellington
Wellington

8 months
25 years

Residence of Mr W. H. Brewer Mansfield Street Wellington

02/730

31 January 1902

Rev Wm Shirer

No	57
Date of Notice	31 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Leonard Eden	Alice Myrtle Brewer
	💍 1902/2871
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Driver
Age	25	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	8 months	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr W. H. Brewer Mansfield Street Wellington
Folio	02/730
Consent
Date of Certificate	31 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Wm Shirer

1 February 1902

William James Jamieson
Annie Young

William James Jamieson
Annie Young
💍 1902/2736

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

35
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 years
10 years

Registrars office Wellington

02/647

1 February 1902

R Talbot Deputy Registrar

No	58
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William James Jamieson	Annie Young
	💍 1902/2736
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office Wellington
Folio	02/647
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1902
Officiating Minister	R Talbot Deputy Registrar

1 February 1902

Robert Morton Gillespie
Hannah Parry

Robert Norton Gillespie
Hannah Barry
💍 1902/1591

Bachelor
Spinster

Engineer

29
23

Wellington
Wellington

4 months
3 days

St Andrews Manse Wellington

02/0273

4 February 1902

Rev C. S. Ogg

No	59
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Morton Gillespie	Hannah Parry
BDM Match (94%)	Robert Norton Gillespie	Hannah Barry
	💍 1902/1591
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engineer
Age	29	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	4 months	3 days
Marriage Place	St Andrews Manse Wellington
Folio	02/0273
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev C. S. Ogg

3 February 1902

John Green
Jessie Isabella Manson

John Green
Jessie Isabella Manson
💍 1902/6476

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

30
22

Wellington
Wellington

6 years
1 year

St Marys of the Angels Church Wellington

02/751

3 February 1902

Rev S. Mahoney

No	60
Date of Notice	3 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Green	Jessie Isabella Manson
	💍 1902/6476
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	6 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St Marys of the Angels Church Wellington
Folio	02/751
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev S. Mahoney

4 February 1902

Charles Henry Arndt
Rachel Kate Moeller

Charles Henry Arndt
Rachel Kate Moeller
💍 1902/3146

Bachelor
Spinster

Land & Estate Agent

29
22

Wellington
Wellington

5 days
22 years

Synagogue Wellington

02/794

4 February 1902

Rev H. Van Staveren

No	61
Date of Notice	4 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Henry Arndt	Rachel Kate Moeller
	💍 1902/3146
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land & Estate Agent
Age	29	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5 days	22 years
Marriage Place	Synagogue Wellington
Folio	02/794
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev H. Van Staveren

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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).