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 Invercargill Quarter ending 31 December 1902 Registrar John Gaymon Petrie

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

149

18 December 1902

David Townley
Grace Freer

David Townley
Grace Frew
💍 1902/6287

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

35
24

Tay Street, Invercargill
Tay Street, Invercargill

3 days
5 days

Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

02/6072

18 December 1902

Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

No	149
Date of Notice	18 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Townley	Grace Freer
BDM Match (91%)	David Townley	Grace Frew
	💍 1902/6287
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	35	24
Dwelling Place	Tay Street, Invercargill	Tay Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill
Folio	02/6072
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Registrar of Marriages, Invercargill

150

18 December 1902

Henry Brady
Margaret Hogan

Henry Brady
Margaret Hogan
💍 1902/6400

Henry Rogers
Margaret Ellen Hogan
💍 1903/1963

Bachelor
Spinster

Dredgeman
Domestic

39
30

Earl Street, Invercargill
Earl Street, Invercargill

3 days
5 days

Roman Catholic Church, Invercargill

02/6073

18 December 1902

Very Rev. Dean Burke

No	150
Date of Notice	18 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Brady	Margaret Hogan
	💍 1902/6400
BDM Match (60%)	Henry Rogers	Margaret Ellen Hogan
	💍 1903/1963
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dredgeman	Domestic
Age	39	30
Dwelling Place	Earl Street, Invercargill	Earl Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	3 days	5 days
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Invercargill
Folio	02/6073
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Very Rev. Dean Burke

151

18 December 1902

James Strong Campbell
May Thomson

James Strang Campbell
Mary Thomson
💍 1902/5947

Bachelor
Spinster

Bank Officer
Domestic

28
28

Eye Street, Invercargill
Eye Street, Invercargill

4 days
25 years

Residence of John Thomson, Invercargill

02/6096

18 December 1902

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	151
Date of Notice	18 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Strong Campbell	May Thomson
BDM Match (93%)	James Strang Campbell	Mary Thomson
	💍 1902/5947
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bank Officer	Domestic
Age	28	28
Dwelling Place	Eye Street, Invercargill	Eye Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	4 days	25 years
Marriage Place	Residence of John Thomson, Invercargill
Folio	02/6096
Consent
Date of Certificate	18 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

152

19 December 1902

George Mayhew
Mary Allison

George Mayhew
Mary Allison
💍 1902/5958

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor
Domestic

24
24

Gore Road, Invercargill
Gore Street, Invercargill

24 years
4 years

Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill

02/6097

19 December 1902

Rev. J. Gibson Smith

No	152
Date of Notice	19 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Mayhew	Mary Allison
	💍 1902/5958
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor	Domestic
Age	24	24
Dwelling Place	Gore Road, Invercargill	Gore Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	24 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Presbyterian Church, Tay Street, Invercargill
Folio	02/6097
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Gibson Smith

153

19 December 1902

Thomas Frederick Bryan
Annie Elizabeth Flowers

Thomas Frederick Bryan
Ann Elizabeth Flowers
💍 1902/6303

Bachelor
Spinster

Machinist
Domestic

32
25

Rimu, Invercargill
Rimu, Invercargill

20 years
6 months

Residence of Charles William Flowers, Rimu, Invercargill

02/6095

19 December 1902

Rev. A. Allan Gray

No	153
Date of Notice	19 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Frederick Bryan	Annie Elizabeth Flowers
BDM Match (96%)	Thomas Frederick Bryan	Ann Elizabeth Flowers
	💍 1902/6303
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Machinist	Domestic
Age	32	25
Dwelling Place	Rimu, Invercargill	Rimu, Invercargill
Length of Residence	20 years	6 months
Marriage Place	Residence of Charles William Flowers, Rimu, Invercargill
Folio	02/6095
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. Allan Gray

154

19 December 1902

Albert Firkin Wootton
Jane Ellen Gould

Albert Firkin Wootton
Jane Ellen Goold
💍 1902/6296

Bachelor
Spinster

Bootcutter
Domestic

30
24

Lees Street, Invercargill
Lees Street, Invercargill

19 months
7 years

Residence of Frederick Gould, Lees Street, Invercargill

02/6089

19 December 1902

Rev. Geo. Lendrum

No	154
Date of Notice	19 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Albert Firkin Wootton	Jane Ellen Gould
BDM Match (97%)	Albert Firkin Wootton	Jane Ellen Goold
	💍 1902/6296
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bootcutter	Domestic
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Lees Street, Invercargill	Lees Street, Invercargill
Length of Residence	19 months	7 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Frederick Gould, Lees Street, Invercargill
Folio	02/6089
Consent
Date of Certificate	19 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. Geo. Lendrum

155

20 December 1902

Thomas Alexander McNeill
Catherine Barbara Anderson

Thomas Alexander McNeill
Catherine Barbara Anderson
💍 1902/6016

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic

24
23

Thornbury, Riverton, Southland
Myrtle Bush, Invercargill

5 years
5 years

Residence of [illegible] Myrtle Bush, Southland, Riverton

02/6154

20 December 1902

Rev. G. W. Davidson

No	155
Date of Notice	20 December 1902
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Alexander McNeill	Catherine Barbara Anderson
	💍 1902/6016
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Thornbury, Riverton, Southland	Myrtle Bush, Invercargill
Length of Residence	5 years	5 years
Marriage Place	Residence of [illegible] Myrtle Bush, Southland, Riverton
Folio	02/6154
Consent
Date of Certificate	20 December 1902
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. W. Davidson

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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).