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 Wairau Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Henry Arthur Jackman

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

10 January 1902

William Henry Rose
Janet Mackay Greenfeld

William Henry Rose
Janet Mackay Greenfield
💍 1902/2703

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

31
23

Lower Hutt
Vernon near Blenheim

2 years

Mr. Greenfeld's House, Vernon, Wairau

02/817

10 January 1902

Rev. J. S. Grace

No	1
Date of Notice	10 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Rose	Janet Mackay Greenfeld
BDM Match (98%)	William Henry Rose	Janet Mackay Greenfield
	💍 1902/2703
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Lower Hutt	Vernon near Blenheim
Length of Residence		2 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Greenfeld's House, Vernon, Wairau
Folio	02/817
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. S. Grace

13 January 1902

Leonard Charles Redwood
Florence Anna Cotterell

Leonard Charles Redwood
Florence Anna Cotterell
💍 1902/2699

Bachelor
Spinster

Stock Agent

37
29

Blenheim
Blenheim

37 years
4 years

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

02/813

13 January 1902

Father L. C. Servajean

No	2
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Leonard Charles Redwood	Florence Anna Cotterell
	💍 1902/2699
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Stock Agent
Age	37	29
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Blenheim
Length of Residence	37 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	02/813
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Father L. C. Servajean

16 January 1902

Hubert Mead
Mary Hanna

Hubert Mead
Mary Hanna
💍 1902/2698

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

33
31

Seddon
Seddon

3 years
10 months

Registrar's Office, Blenheim

02/812

16 January 1902

H. A. Jackman

No	3
Date of Notice	16 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hubert Mead	Mary Hanna
	💍 1902/2698
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Seddon	Seddon
Length of Residence	3 years	10 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Blenheim
Folio	02/812
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 January 1902
Officiating Minister	H. A. Jackman

23 January 1902

Walter Leonard Mills
Alice Rose Rush

Walter Leonard Mills
Alice Rose Rush
💍 1902/2707

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

24
21

Blenheim
Grovetown

8 years
21 years

Mr. Philip Rush's House, Grovetown

02/820

23 January 1902

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	4
Date of Notice	23 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Leonard Mills	Alice Rose Rush
	💍 1902/2707
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	24	21
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Grovetown
Length of Residence	8 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Mr. Philip Rush's House, Grovetown
Folio	02/820
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

27 January 1902

Charles McLeod
Rosalia Grace Higgins

Charles McLeod
Rosalia Grace Higgins
💍 1902/2700

Bachelor
Spinster

Chemist

31
23

Nelson
Nelson

3 days
3 days

Mr. D. Watson's House, Blenheim

02/814

27 January 1902

Father L. C. Servajean

No	5
Date of Notice	27 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles McLeod	Rosalia Grace Higgins
	💍 1902/2700
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Chemist
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Nelson	Nelson
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Mr. D. Watson's House, Blenheim
Folio	02/814
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Father L. C. Servajean

1 February 1902

Ernest Alfred Philpott
Helen Maud Thoms

Ernest Alfred Philpott
Helen Maud Thoms
💍 1902/2708

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

25
21

Blenheim
Springlands

25 years
21 years

Mr. G. Thoms' House, Springlands

02/871

1 February 1902

Rev. W. O. Robb

No	6
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Alfred Philpott	Helen Maud Thoms
	💍 1902/2708
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Springlands
Length of Residence	25 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Mr. G. Thoms' House, Springlands
Folio	02/871
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. O. Robb

8 February 1902

Frank Campbell
Priscilla Constance France

Frank Campbell
Priscilla Constance France
💍 1902/2701

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

32
21

Blenheim
Picton

7 years
3 days

Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim

02/875

8 February 1902

Father L. C. Servajean

No	7
Date of Notice	8 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frank Campbell	Priscilla Constance France
	💍 1902/2701
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	32	21
Dwelling Place	Blenheim	Picton
Length of Residence	7 years	3 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Blenheim
Folio	02/875
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Father L. C. Servajean

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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).