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 126

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

25 February 1902

Frank Mason Evans
Florence Caroline Brimson

Frank Mason Evans
Florence Caroline Brunsdon
💍 1902/816

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookbinding

28
26

Wellington
Christchurch

9 months
6 years

St. Michaels Church Christchurch

02/1011

25 February 1902

Rev A. W. Averill

No	94
Date of Notice	25 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Mason Evans	Florence Caroline Brimson
BDM Match (94%)	Frank Mason Evans	Florence Caroline Brunsdon
	💍 1902/816
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookbinding
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Christchurch
Length of Residence	9 months	6 years
Marriage Place	St. Michaels Church Christchurch
Folio	02/1011
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev A. W. Averill

26 February 1902

Alfred Charles Orr
Minnie Hodge

Alfred Charles Orr
Minnie Hodge
💍 1902/2839

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Dressmaker

24
22

Wellington
Wellington

3 months
3 days

Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington

02/721

26 February 1902

Rev J. H. Elliott

No	95
Date of Notice	26 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Charles Orr	Minnie Hodge
	💍 1902/2839
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Dressmaker
Age	24	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 months	3 days
Marriage Place	Kent Terrace Presbyterian Church Wellington
Folio	02/721
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. H. Elliott

26 February 1902

Frederick Charles Edward Dunning
Rosella Bradley

Frederick Charles Edward Dunning
Rosella Bradley
💍 1902/3155

Bachelor
Spinster

Salesman

27
27

Wellington
Wellington

2 months
6 days

Residence of Rev Charles Wallaston Austin Street Wellington

02/779

26 February 1902

Rev Chas Wallaston

No	96
Date of Notice	26 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Charles Edward Dunning	Rosella Bradley
	💍 1902/3155
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Salesman
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 months	6 days
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev Charles Wallaston Austin Street Wellington
Folio	02/779
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Chas Wallaston

27 February 1902

Francis Reginald Wakelin
Kate Gambrill

Francis Reginald Wakelin
Kate Gambrill
💍 1902/2765

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

26
29

Wellington
Wellington

12 years
14 years

St. Pauls pro-Cathedral Wellington

02/678

27 February 1902

Rev J. H. Sprott

No	97
Date of Notice	27 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Francis Reginald Wakelin	Kate Gambrill
	💍 1902/2765
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	26	29
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	12 years	14 years
Marriage Place	St. Pauls pro-Cathedral Wellington
Folio	02/678
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev J. H. Sprott

1 March 1902

Alfred Love
Lena Neal

*Decree not made absolute

Divorced
Spinster

Labourer

27
24

Wellington
Wellington

27 years
10 years

Registrars office Wellington

not issued

The Registrar

No	98
Date of Notice	1 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Love	Lena Neal
	💍 *Decree not made absolute
Condition	Divorced	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 years	10 years
Marriage Place	Registrars office Wellington
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	not issued
Officiating Minister	The Registrar

3 March 1902

Herbert Edward Ingrey
Elizabeth Lilly Geary

Herbert Edward Ingrey
Elizabeth Lilly Geary
💍 1902/2810

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

23
23

Wellington
Wellington

1 year
2 years

Residence of Mr Edward Dunn Bay Street Petone

02/774

3 March 1902

Rev Edgar Percy Blamires

No	99
Date of Notice	3 March 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Edward Ingrey	Elizabeth Lilly Geary
	💍 1902/2810
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	1 year	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr Edward Dunn Bay Street Petone
Folio	02/774
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 March 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev Edgar Percy Blamires

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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).