Intentions to Marry, 1900 January-June

Reference: Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriages, Notices of intention to marry, Series 8937, R2840417, Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, Wellington

Imaged by Luke at Archives NZ Wellington, September 12 2025

1900 is bound in two volumes, January-June and July-December.

Page 007

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar E. H. Lyons

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

10 January 1900

John James Knight
Alice Hannah Howe

John James Knight
Alice Johanna Symonds Rowe
💍 1900/142

James Knight
Alice Havelock
💍 1900/3404

Bachelor
Spinster

Butcher

27
22

Auckland
Newton

17 years

Congregational Church

00/78

10 January 1900

Rev. I. Warner, Cong. Indep.

No	25
Date of Notice	10 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John James Knight	Alice Hannah Howe
BDM Match (77%)	John James Knight	Alice Johanna Symonds Rowe
	💍 1900/142
BDM Match (62%)	James Knight	Alice Havelock
	💍 1900/3404
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Butcher
Age	27	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Newton
Length of Residence	17 years
Marriage Place	Congregational Church
Folio	00/78
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. Warner, Cong. Indep.

10 January 1900

Charles Augustus Jackson
Edith Maude Barnett

Charles Augustus Jackson
Edith Maude Barnott
💍 1900/108

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
27

Auckland
7 Auckland

27 years

Registrar's Office

00/79

10 January 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	26
Date of Notice	10 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Augustus Jackson	Edith Maude Barnett
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Augustus Jackson	Edith Maude Barnott
	💍 1900/108
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	27
Dwelling Place	Auckland	7 Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/79
Consent
Date of Certificate	10 January 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

11 January 1900

Reginald Septimus Minster
Catherine Fowler

Reginald Septimas Winter
Cathrine Fowler
💍 1900/2581

Widower
Widow

Cook

53
46

Auckland
19 Newton Road

30 years

House of Rev. B. Somerville

00/1325

11 January 1900

Rev. B. Somerville, Presbyterian

No	27
Date of Notice	11 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Reginald Septimus Minster	Catherine Fowler
BDM Match (91%)	Reginald Septimas Winter	Cathrine Fowler
	💍 1900/2581
Condition	Widower	Widow
Profession	Cook
Age	53	46
Dwelling Place	Auckland	19 Newton Road
Length of Residence	30 years
Marriage Place	House of Rev. B. Somerville
Folio	00/1325
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Somerville, Presbyterian

11 January 1900

Ernest Arthur Frith
Lily Cobley

Ernest Arthur Fritte
Lilly Cobley
💍 1900/734

Bachelor
Spinster

Printer

29
31

Auckland
26 Pitt Street

20 years

House of Father of Bride

00/71

11 January 1900

Rev. W. P. Williams, Wesleyan

No	28
Date of Notice	11 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Ernest Arthur Frith	Lily Cobley
BDM Match (91%)	Ernest Arthur Fritte	Lilly Cobley
	💍 1900/734
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Printer
Age	29	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	26 Pitt Street
Length of Residence	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	00/71
Consent
Date of Certificate	11 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. P. Williams, Wesleyan

13 January 1900

John Burnett Young
Emily Mumford

John Burnett Young
Emily Mumford
💍 1900/176

Bachelor
Spinster

Platelayer

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

20 years

House of Father of Bride

00/159

13 January 1900

Rev. J. Sharp, Prim. Meth.

No	29
Date of Notice	13 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Burnett Young	Emily Mumford
	💍 1900/176
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Platelayer
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride
Folio	00/159
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Sharp, Prim. Meth.

15 January 1900

Joseph Ernest Shepherd
Horrna Beatrice Dargarville

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

34
24

Auckland
Auckland

10 years

St. Marks Church

00/75

15 January 1900

Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

No	30
Date of Notice	15 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Ernest Shepherd	Horrna Beatrice Dargarville
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	34	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	10 years
Marriage Place	St. Marks Church
Folio	00/75
Consent
Date of Certificate	15 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Beatty, Church of England

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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).