Intentions to Marry, 1902 South Island

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840422, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke and Carole at Archives NZ Wellington, October 3 and October 8, 2025.

1902 is bound in two volumes, North Island districts and South Island districts.

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District of Invercargill Quarter ending 30 June 1902 Registrar J. C. Petrie

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 April 1902

Herbert William Campbell
Norah Eleanor Horan

Herbert William Campbell
Norah Eleanor Horan
💍 1902/3241

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman
Domestic

37
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

37 years
21 years

St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clyde Street, Invercargill

02/2955

9 April 1902

Rev. R. Burke

No	51
Date of Notice	9 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert William Campbell	Norah Eleanor Horan
	💍 1902/3241
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman	Domestic
Age	37	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	37 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Clyde Street, Invercargill
Folio	02/2955
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Burke

12 April 1902

John Alexander Bethune Brown
Janet Peachey Ross

John Alexander Bethune Brown
Jessie Dickson Rose
💍 1902/3331

Bachelor
Spinster

Sawyer
Domestic

27
21

Invercargill
Invercargill

3 days
18 months

Residence of Mr. R. Robie, Don Street, Invercargill

02/2962

12 April 1902

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	52
Date of Notice	12 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Alexander Bethune Brown	Janet Peachey Ross
BDM Match (66%)	John Alexander Bethune Brown	Jessie Dickson Rose
	💍 1902/3331
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Sawyer	Domestic
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	18 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. R. Robie, Don Street, Invercargill
Folio	02/2962
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

17 April 1902

George Frederick Stephens
Eleanor Branch Pringle

George Frederick Stephens
Marion Diana Driscole
💍 1902/3235

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk
Domestic

25
19

Invercargill
Invercargill

18 months
19 years

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

02/2939

George Waller Pringle, father

17 April 1902

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	53
Date of Notice	17 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Frederick Stephens	Eleanor Branch Pringle
BDM Match (68%)	George Frederick Stephens	Marion Diana Driscole
	💍 1902/3235
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk	Domestic
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	18 months	19 years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	02/2939
Consent	George Waller Pringle, father
Date of Certificate	17 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

19 April 1902

William Henderson
Annie Green

William Henderson
Annie Greer
💍 1902/3332

William Henderson
Agnes Cumming
💍 1902/1742

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

37
24

Invercargill
Invercargill

37 years
12 months

Residence of Mrs. Green, Tay Street, Invercargill

02/2965

19 April 1902

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	54
Date of Notice	19 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henderson	Annie Green
BDM Match (95%)	William Henderson	Annie Greer
	💍 1902/3332
BDM Match (65%)	William Henderson	Agnes Cumming
	💍 1902/1742
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	37	24
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	37 years	12 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Green, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	02/2965
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

25 April 1902

Ernest Alfred Lefellet
Hannah Mitchell

Ernest Alfred Le Petit
Hannah Mitchell
💍 1902/3311

Bachelor
Spinster

Railway Employee
Domestic

31
26

Invercargill
Invercargill

8 years
8 years

Residence of Mrs. Mitchell, Nailuri, Invercargill

02/2968

25 April 1902

Rev. George Lindsay

No	55
Date of Notice	25 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Lefellet	Hannah Mitchell
BDM Match (89%)	Ernest Alfred Le Petit	Hannah Mitchell
	💍 1902/3311
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Railway Employee	Domestic
Age	31	26
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	8 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Mitchell, Nailuri, Invercargill
Folio	02/2968
Consent
Date of Certificate	25 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Lindsay

26 April 1902

James William Mull
Mary Ann Wallace

James William Neill
Mary Ann Wallace
💍 1902/3328

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

25
26

Invercargill
Invercargill

16 years
16 years

Church, Wallacetown

02/2961

26 April 1902

Rev. William White

No	56
Date of Notice	26 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James William Mull	Mary Ann Wallace
BDM Match (92%)	James William Neill	Mary Ann Wallace
	💍 1902/3328
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	25	26
Dwelling Place	Invercargill	Invercargill
Length of Residence	16 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Church, Wallacetown
Folio	02/2961
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. William White

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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).