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 168

District of Waimea South Quarter ending 31 March 1902 Registrar Eliab Baigent

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 January 1902

Charles Augustus Burn
Ellen Edith Wadsworth

Charles Augustus Burn
Ellen Edith Wadsworth
💍 1902/768

Bachelor
Spinster

Brewer
Dressmaker

23
28

Wakefield
88 Valley

23 years
28 years

Residence of G. Morrison, Wakefield

02/895

2 January 1902

Wm. D. Lucas, Church of England

No	1
Date of Notice	2 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Augustus Burn	Ellen Edith Wadsworth
	💍 1902/768
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Brewer	Dressmaker
Age	23	28
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	88 Valley
Length of Residence	23 years	28 years
Marriage Place	Residence of G. Morrison, Wakefield
Folio	02/895
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Wm. D. Lucas, Church of England

3 January 1902

Michael Alexander McBride
Winifred Alice Hoult

Michael Alexander McBride
Winifred Alice Hoult
💍 1902/788

Bachelor
Spinster

Foreman
Domestic

24
23

Wakefield
Wai-iti

10 years
23 years

St. Joseph's Church, Wakefield

02/892

3 January 1902

Rev. G. Mahony, Catholic Priest

No	2
Date of Notice	3 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Alexander McBride	Winifred Alice Hoult
	💍 1902/788
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Foreman	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Wai-iti
Length of Residence	10 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Wakefield
Folio	02/892
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Mahony, Catholic Priest

4 January 1902

Harold William Franklyn
Susannah Georgiana Pike

Harold Willesden Franklyn
Susannah Georgiana Pike
💍 1902/790

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
24

Wakefield
Wakefield

16 years
3 months

Residence of G. Johnston, Wakefield

02/894

4 January 1902

W. D. Lucas, Church of England

No	3
Date of Notice	4 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harold William Franklyn	Susannah Georgiana Pike
BDM Match (90%)	Harold Willesden Franklyn	Susannah Georgiana Pike
	💍 1902/790
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Wakefield
Length of Residence	16 years	3 months
Marriage Place	Residence of G. Johnston, Wakefield
Folio	02/894
Consent
Date of Certificate	4 January 1902
Officiating Minister	W. D. Lucas, Church of England

13 January 1902

Michael Hickey
Gladys Harriet Annie Davies

Michael Hickey
Gladys Harriett Annie Davies
💍 1902/789

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

25
21

Foxhill
Dovedale

2 years
21 years

St. Joseph's Church, Wakefield

02/893

13 January 1902

Rev. G. Mahony, Catholic Priest

No	4
Date of Notice	13 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Michael Hickey	Gladys Harriet Annie Davies
BDM Match (98%)	Michael Hickey	Gladys Harriett Annie Davies
	💍 1902/789
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	25	21
Dwelling Place	Foxhill	Dovedale
Length of Residence	2 years	21 years
Marriage Place	St. Joseph's Church, Wakefield
Folio	02/893
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. Mahony, Catholic Priest

29 January 1902

Frederick James Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Batt

Frederick James Perkins
Elizabeth Ann Batt
💍 1902/787

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic

28
27

Wai-iti
Wai-iti

3 days
27 years

Wesleyan Chapel, Wai-iti

02/891

29 January 1902

T. G. Carr, Wesleyan Methodist

No	5
Date of Notice	29 January 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick James Perkins	Elizabeth Ann Batt
	💍 1902/787
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Wai-iti	Wai-iti
Length of Residence	3 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Chapel, Wai-iti
Folio	02/891
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 January 1902
Officiating Minister	T. G. Carr, Wesleyan Methodist

1 February 1902

Frederick Louis Fowler
Bertha Eliza Ricketts

Frederick Louis Fowler
Bertha Eliza Ricketts
💍 1902/786

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic

24
25

Wakefield
Spring Grove

24 years
25 years

Church of Christ Chapel, Spring Grove

02/890

1 February 1902

Edward Lewis, Church of Christ

No	6
Date of Notice	1 February 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Louis Fowler	Bertha Eliza Ricketts
	💍 1902/786
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic
Age	24	25
Dwelling Place	Wakefield	Spring Grove
Length of Residence	24 years	25 years
Marriage Place	Church of Christ Chapel, Spring Grove
Folio	02/890
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 February 1902
Officiating Minister	Edward Lewis, Church of Christ

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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).