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 011

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

22 January 1900

Thomas Minness
Maria Kilfoyle

Thomas McInness
Maria Kilfoyle
💍 1900/5660

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

33
31

Auckland
Auckland

33 years
31 years

House of father of Bride, Parnell

00/5861

22 January 1900

Rev. J. P. Rehoe, Roman Catholic

No	49
Date of Notice	22 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Minness	Maria Kilfoyle
BDM Match (93%)	Thomas McInness	Maria Kilfoyle
	💍 1900/5660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	33	31
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	33 years	31 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Parnell
Folio	00/5861
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Rehoe, Roman Catholic

22 January 1900

George Patrick Currie
Maria Lyons

George Patrick Scott Murray
Maria Lyons Currie
💍 1900/3513

Bachelor
Spinster

Dentist

27
25

Auckland
Auckland

11 years
25 years

House of father of Bride, Ponsonby

00/2838

22 January 1900

Rev. I. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

No	50
Date of Notice	22 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Patrick Currie	Maria Lyons
BDM Match (64%)	George Patrick Scott Murray	Maria Lyons Currie
	💍 1900/3513
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Dentist
Age	27	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years	25 years
Marriage Place	House of father of Bride, Ponsonby
Folio	00/2838
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. I. F. Robertson, Presbyterian

22 January 1900

Alfred Banks
Mary Ellen Pratt

Alfred Banks
Mary Ellenor Watt
💍 1900/89

Bachelor
Spinster

Billiard Marker

22
21

Auckland
Auckland

22 years
21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/14

22 January 1900

E. H. Lyons, Registrar

No	51
Date of Notice	22 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Banks	Mary Ellen Pratt
BDM Match (88%)	Alfred Banks	Mary Ellenor Watt
	💍 1900/89
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Billiard Marker
Age	22	21
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	22 years	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/14
Consent
Date of Certificate	22 January 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyons, Registrar

23 January 1900

John Tomar Bastard
Louisa Jane

Bachelor
Spinster

Orchardist

38
29

Northcote
Auckland

13 years
15 years

All Saints Church, Ponsonby

00/102

23 January 1900

Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

No	52
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Tomar Bastard	Louisa Jane
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Orchardist
Age	38	29
Dwelling Place	Northcote	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	15 years
Marriage Place	All Saints Church, Ponsonby
Folio	00/102
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Calder, Church of England

23 January 1900

Robert Todd
Sarah Halliday

Robert Todd
Sarah Halliday
💍 1900/728

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

28
26

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
1 year

St. Sepulchre Church, Auckland

00/66

23 January 1900

Rev. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

No	53
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Robert Todd	Sarah Halliday
	💍 1900/728
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	28	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	1 year
Marriage Place	St. Sepulchre Church, Auckland
Folio	00/66
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arch. B. J. Dudley, Church of England

23 January 1900

William Henry Greenville
Emily French

William Henry Greenville
Emily French
💍 1900/746

Widower
Spinster

Farmer

37
33

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
1 year

Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland

00/60

23 January 1900

Rev. J. Parker, Congregational & Independent

No	54
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Henry Greenville	Emily French
	💍 1900/746
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	37	33
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	1 year
Marriage Place	Congregational Church, Beresford Street, Auckland
Folio	00/60
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Parker, Congregational & Independent

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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).