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.

Page 147

District of Reefton Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar A. C. Ostenbeck

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

2 July 1902

Harold James McNeill
Rose Mahon

Harold James McNeil
Rosie Mahon
💍 1902/4048

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

21
18

Progress Junction
Soldiers

10 months
18 years

Roman Catholic Chapel, Reefton

02/3886

William Mahon, Father

2 July 1902

Rev. Jas. P. Hickson

No	21
Date of Notice	2 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold James McNeill	Rose Mahon
BDM Match (93%)	Harold James McNeil	Rosie Mahon
	💍 1902/4048
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	21	18
Dwelling Place	Progress Junction	Soldiers
Length of Residence	10 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Chapel, Reefton
Folio	02/3886
Consent	William Mahon, Father
Date of Certificate	2 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. P. Hickson

7 July 1902

Edgar William Roberts
Ada Hocking

Edgar William Roberts
Ada Hocking
💍 1902/4054

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

25
18

Black's Point
Black's Point

7 months
18 years

Wesleyan Church, Black's Point

02/3891

Margaret Williams Hocking, Mother

7 July 1902

Rev. Wm. Grigg

No	22
Date of Notice	7 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edgar William Roberts	Ada Hocking
	💍 1902/4054
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	25	18
Dwelling Place	Black's Point	Black's Point
Length of Residence	7 months	18 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Black's Point
Folio	02/3891
Consent	Margaret Williams Hocking, Mother
Date of Certificate	7 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Grigg

14 July 1902

Frederick Richard Hooker
Annie Josephine Armal

Frederick Richard Hooker
Annie Josephine Arnal
💍 1902/4049

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner
Domestic

26
21

Globe Hill
Globe Hill

12 months
7 years

Roman Catholic Chapel, Reefton

02/3887

14 July 1902

Very Rev. J. B. L. Rolland, Dean

No	23
Date of Notice	14 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Richard Hooker	Annie Josephine Armal
BDM Match (98%)	Frederick Richard Hooker	Annie Josephine Arnal
	💍 1902/4049
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner	Domestic
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Globe Hill	Globe Hill
Length of Residence	12 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Chapel, Reefton
Folio	02/3887
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. J. B. L. Rolland, Dean

30 July 1902

Edward William Scott
Clara McMaster

Edward William Scott
Clara McMaster
💍 1902/4056

Bachelor
Spinster

Police Constable
Domestic

25
20

Reefton
Reefton

17 years
20 years

St. Stephen's Church, Reefton

02/3893

John McMaster, Father

30 July 1902

Rev. Herbert J. Youtt

No	24
Date of Notice	30 July 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edward William Scott	Clara McMaster
	💍 1902/4056
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Police Constable	Domestic
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Reefton	Reefton
Length of Residence	17 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Stephen's Church, Reefton
Folio	02/3893
Consent	John McMaster, Father
Date of Certificate	30 July 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Herbert J. Youtt

11 August 1902

Conrad Henry Haub
Minnie Louise Liddicoat

Conrad Henry Haub
Minnie Louise Liddicoat
💍 1902/4055

Bachelor
Spinster

Engine driver
Domestic

21
25

Reefton
Reefton

14 years
25 years

At the residence of Conrad Frederick Haub, situate at Rosstown

02/3892

11 August 1902

Rev. Wm. Grigg

No	25
Date of Notice	11 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Conrad Henry Haub	Minnie Louise Liddicoat
	💍 1902/4055
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Engine driver	Domestic
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Reefton	Reefton
Length of Residence	14 years	25 years
Marriage Place	At the residence of Conrad Frederick Haub, situate at Rosstown
Folio	02/3892
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 August 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Wm. Grigg

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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).