Intentions to Marry, 1899 July-December

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840416, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Carole at Archives NZ Wellington (now located in the National Library reading room), September 5 2025

1899 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

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District of WELLINGTON Quarter ending 31 December 1899 Registrar FREDERICK WILLIAM MANSFIELD

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

472

27 November 1899

William Hill
Ellen Armstrong

William Hill
Ellen Armstrong
💍 1899/4860

Widower
Widow

Settler

59
38

Wellington
Wellington

34 years
8 years

Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington

99/4575

27 November 1899

Rev. W. C. Oliver

No	472
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hill	Ellen Armstrong
	💍 1899/4860
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Settler
Age	59	38
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	34 years	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesley Church, Taranaki Street, Wellington
Folio	99/4575
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. C. Oliver

473

27 November 1899

William Young
Ellen Robertson

William Young
Helen Robertson
💍 1899/4793

Bachelor
Spinster

Harbour Board Employee

36
33

Wellington
Wellington

7 years
1 year

Residence of Rev. J. K. Elliott, Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington

99/4532

27 November 1899

Rev. J. K. Elliott

No	473
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Young	Ellen Robertson
BDM Match (93%)	William Young	Helen Robertson
	💍 1899/4793
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Harbour Board Employee
Age	36	33
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	7 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Residence of Rev. J. K. Elliott, Manse, Pirie Street, Wellington
Folio	99/4532
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. K. Elliott

474

27 November 1899

Ernest William Daniel
Alice Mary Florence

Ernest William Daniel
Alice Mary Florence
💍 1899/4858

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
23

Wellington
Wellington

27 years
22 years

Residence of Mr. Thomas Florence, Tinakori Road, Wellington

99/4596

27 November 1899

Rev. G. H. Mann

No	474
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest William Daniel	Alice Mary Florence
	💍 1899/4858
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	27 years	22 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Thomas Florence, Tinakori Road, Wellington
Folio	99/4596
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. H. Mann

475

27 November 1899

Thomas Samuel Mayer
Caroline Mary Fraser

Thomas Samuel Mayer
Caroline Mary Fraser
💍 1899/4806

Bachelor
Spinster

Warehouseman

29
24

Wellington
Wellington

5.5 years
9 years

Residence of Mr. Geo. Fraser, 11 Evelyn Place, Wellington

99/4544

27 November 1899

Rev. James Paterson

No	475
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Samuel Mayer	Caroline Mary Fraser
	💍 1899/4806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Warehouseman
Age	29	24
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	5.5 years	9 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Geo. Fraser, 11 Evelyn Place, Wellington
Folio	99/4544
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. James Paterson

476

27 November 1899

George McMillan
Mary Angelina McCann

George McMillan
Mary Angelina McCann
💍 1899/4820

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Teacher

27
23

Wellington
Wellington

3 weeks
3 weeks

St. Mary's of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington

99/4559

27 November 1899

Rev. Thos. De Toy

No	476
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George McMillan	Mary Angelina McCann
	💍 1899/4820
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Teacher
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 weeks	3 weeks
Marriage Place	St. Mary's of the Angels, Boulcott Street, Wellington
Folio	99/4559
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thos. De Toy

477

27 November 1899

Henry Le Brun
Mary Ann Cooper

Henry Le Brun
Mary Ann Cooper
💍 1899/3939

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

38
37

Wellington
Wellington

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office, Wellington

99/4507

27 November 1899

Registrar

No	477
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Henry Le Brun	Mary Ann Cooper
	💍 1899/3939
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	38	37
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Wellington
Folio	99/4507
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Registrar

478

27 November 1899

Hugh Francis McLean
Alice Jones

Hugh Francis McLean
Alice Jones
💍 1899/4805

Bachelor
Spinster

Shepherd

32
22

Wellington
Wellington

2 days
4 years

St. John's Manse, Wellington

99/4543

28 November 1899

Rev. Jas. Paterson

No	478
Date of Notice	27 November 1899
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hugh Francis McLean	Alice Jones
	💍 1899/4805
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Shepherd
Age	32	22
Dwelling Place	Wellington	Wellington
Length of Residence	2 days	4 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Manse, Wellington
Folio	99/4543
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 November 1899
Officiating Minister	Rev. Jas. Paterson

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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).