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 649

District of Dunedin Quarter ending 30 September 1902 Registrar Henry Maxwell

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

343

28 August 1902

Walter Frederick Moore
Nina Capper

Walter Frederick Moore
Nina Capper
💍 1902/130

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

27 years
23 years

Dunedin
Port Chalmers

3 years
2 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

02/4294

28 August 1902

H. Maxwell, Reg.

No	343
Date of Notice	28 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter Frederick Moore	Nina Capper
	💍 1902/130
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	27 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Port Chalmers
Length of Residence	3 years	2 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	02/4294
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 August 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell, Reg.

344

29 August 1902

George Pickworth Wood
Elizabeth Ann Wood

George Pickworth
Elizabeth Ann Wood
💍 1902/128

Widower
Spinster

Labourer

65 years
36 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

02/4292

29 August 1902

H. Maxwell, Reg.

No	344
Date of Notice	29 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Pickworth Wood	Elizabeth Ann Wood
BDM Match (88%)	George Pickworth	Elizabeth Ann Wood
	💍 1902/128
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	65 years	36 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	02/4292
Consent
Date of Certificate	29 August 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell, Reg.

345

30 August 1902

William McGregor
Alice Hill

William McGregor
Alice Hill
💍 1902/129

Bachelor
Spinster

Dredge hand

30 years
23 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

02/4293

30 August 1902

H. Maxwell, Reg.

No	345
Date of Notice	30 August 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William McGregor	Alice Hill
	💍 1902/129
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dredge hand
Age	30 years	23 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	02/4293
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 August 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell, Reg.

346

1 September 1902

Alexander Jack
Sarah McFatridge

Alexander Jack
Sarah McFetridge
💍 1902/4467

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28 years
29 years

Hoodhaugh
South Dunedin

4 days
4 days

In the house of Thomas Jose, Andersons Bay Road, South Dunedin

02/4335

1 September 1902

Robert Mackie

No	346
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alexander Jack	Sarah McFatridge
BDM Match (97%)	Alexander Jack	Sarah McFetridge
	💍 1902/4467
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Hoodhaugh	South Dunedin
Length of Residence	4 days	4 days
Marriage Place	In the house of Thomas Jose, Andersons Bay Road, South Dunedin
Folio	02/4335
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	Robert Mackie

347

1 September 1902

Charles Alfred Dawick
Hannah Dougall

Charles Alfred Dawick
Hannah Dougall
💍 1902/4634

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith

31 years
32 years

Dunedin
Dunedin

3 days
3 days

In the Congregational Church, Leith Street, Dunedin

02/4359

1 September 1902

W. S. Fernie

No	347
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Alfred Dawick	Hannah Dougall
	💍 1902/4634
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith
Age	31 years	32 years
Dwelling Place	Dunedin	Dunedin
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	In the Congregational Church, Leith Street, Dunedin
Folio	02/4359
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	W. S. Fernie

348

1 September 1902

Andrew Hatt
Mary Ann Smith

Andrew Watt
Mary Ann Smith
💍 1902/117

Bachelor
Spinster

Iron worker

26 years
29 years

Green Island
Burnside

25 years
26 years

In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin

02/4295

1 September 1902

H. Maxwell, Reg.

No	348
Date of Notice	1 September 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Andrew Hatt	Mary Ann Smith
BDM Match (95%)	Andrew Watt	Mary Ann Smith
	💍 1902/117
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Iron worker
Age	26 years	29 years
Dwelling Place	Green Island	Burnside
Length of Residence	25 years	26 years
Marriage Place	In the office of the Registrar of Marriages, Dunedin
Folio	02/4295
Consent
Date of Certificate	1 September 1902
Officiating Minister	H. Maxwell, Reg.

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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).