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 621

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 June 1902 Registrar William Joseph Hall

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

167

11 April 1902

John Leasey
Minnie Whitty

John Casey
Minnie Whitty
💍 1902/3015

Bachelor
Spinster

Wool Classer

27
20

Dunedin
Dunedin

27 years
20 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral

02/2875

Sylvester Whitty, father of minor

11 April 1902

Rev. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

No	167
Date of Notice	11 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Leasey	Minnie Whitty
BDM Match (91%)	John Casey	Minnie Whitty
	💍 1902/3015
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Wool Classer
Age	27	20
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	27 years	20 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral
Folio	02/2875
Consent	Sylvester Whitty, father of minor
Date of Certificate	11 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

168

14 April 1902

Charles Thomas Logan
Elizabeth Brookes

Charles Thomas Cogan
Elizabeth Brooks
💍 1902/3016

Charles Thomson
Elizabeth Moisley
💍 1902/3819

Charles Craig
Elizabeth Booth
💍 1902/944

Bachelor
Spinster

Draper

28
23

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
23 years

In St. Joseph's Cathedral

02/2876

14 April 1902

Rev. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

No	168
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Thomas Logan	Elizabeth Brookes
BDM Match (95%)	Charles Thomas Cogan	Elizabeth Brooks
	💍 1902/3016
BDM Match (70%)	Charles Thomson	Elizabeth Moisley
	💍 1902/3819
BDM Match (63%)	Charles Craig	Elizabeth Booth
	💍 1902/944
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Draper
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	23 years
Marriage Place	In St. Joseph's Cathedral
Folio	02/2876
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. P. Murphy, Roman Catholic Priest

169

14 April 1902

Peter McMillan
Jane Wilson

Peter McMillan
Jane Wilson
💍 1902/2071

Bachelor
Spinster

Warder

33
32

Dunedin
Dunedin

10 days
32 years

In the house of Alexander Wilson, Clarendon Street

02/2829

14 April 1902

Rev. W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

No	169
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Peter McMillan	Jane Wilson
	💍 1902/2071
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warder
Age	33	32
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	10 days	32 years
Marriage Place	In the house of Alexander Wilson, Clarendon Street
Folio	02/2829
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Hewitson, Presbyterian Minister

170

14 April 1902

Patrick Pattullo
Caroline Montague Scott Ramsay

Patrick Pattullo
Caroline Montague Scott Ramsay
💍 1902/2942

Bachelor
Spinster

Land Inspector

38
27

Dunedin
Dunedin

12 years
27 years

In the First Church

02/2850

14 April 1902

Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

No	170
Date of Notice	14 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Patrick Pattullo	Caroline Montague Scott Ramsay
	💍 1902/2942
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Land Inspector
Age	38	27
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	12 years	27 years
Marriage Place	In the First Church
Folio	02/2850
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Gibb, Presbyterian Minister

171

15 April 1902

Milton Wilson Flemings
Agnes Anderson Drinnan

Milton Wilson Fleming
Agnes Anderson Drinnan
💍 1902/2960

Bachelor
Spinster

Commission Agent

38
32

Milton
Dunedin

6 years
3 months

In the house of Tokomairiro, John Charles Frederick Meyer, Coffee Palace, Moray Place

02/2844

15 April 1902

Rev. George Miller, Presbyterian Minister

No	171
Date of Notice	15 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Milton Wilson Flemings	Agnes Anderson Drinnan
BDM Match (98%)	Milton Wilson Fleming	Agnes Anderson Drinnan
	💍 1902/2960
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Commission Agent
Age	38	32
Dwelling Place	Milton	Dunedin
Length of Residence	6 years	3 months
Marriage Place	In the house of Tokomairiro, John Charles Frederick Meyer, Coffee Palace, Moray Place
Folio	02/2844
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. George Miller, Presbyterian Minister

172

16 April 1902

Edwin James Mills
Jessie Sharp

Edwin James Mills
Jessie Sharp
💍 1902/3033

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

26
21

South Dunedin
Mornington

9 years
3 years

In the house of John Sharp, Mornington

02/2869

16 April 1902

Rev. R. Wilson, Methodist Minister

No	172
Date of Notice	16 April 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin James Mills	Jessie Sharp
	💍 1902/3033
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	South Dunedin	Mornington
Length of Residence	9 years	3 years
Marriage Place	In the house of John Sharp, Mornington
Folio	02/2869
Consent
Date of Certificate	16 April 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. Wilson, Methodist Minister

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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).