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 013

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

24 January 1900

Arthur Morgan
Mildred Hayr

Arthur Morgan
Mildred Hayr
💍 1900/141

Bachelor
Spinster

Tailor

27
23

Auckland
Auckland

15 years
23 years

House of Father of Bride, Collingwood Street

00/139

27 January 1900

Rev. J. Aldridge, Conditionalist

No	61
Date of Notice	24 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Morgan	Mildred Hayr
	💍 1900/141
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Tailor
Age	27	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	15 years	23 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Collingwood Street
Folio	00/139
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Aldridge, Conditionalist

30 January 1900

John Bane
Elizabeth Shawn Heap

John Bane
Elizabeth Eleanor Heap
💍 1900/122

Bachelor
Spinster

Cabinet Maker

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

4 months
4 months

St. James Presbyterian Church, Auckland

00/146

30 January 1900

Rev. B. T. Howaniel, Presbyterian

No	62
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Bane	Elizabeth Shawn Heap
BDM Match (86%)	John Bane	Elizabeth Eleanor Heap
	💍 1900/122
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cabinet Maker
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	4 months	4 months
Marriage Place	St. James Presbyterian Church, Auckland
Folio	00/146
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. T. Howaniel, Presbyterian

30 January 1900

Harry Horier Grayling
Rose Alice Brambley

Harry Hosier Grayling
Rose Alice Brambley
💍 1900/5883

Bachelor
Spinster

Builder

25
19

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
19 years

House of Father of Bride, Carlton Gore Road

00/160

William Brambley, father of bride

30 January 1900

Rev. H. H. Newbury, Wesleyan

No	63
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Horier Grayling	Rose Alice Brambley
BDM Match (98%)	Harry Hosier Grayling	Rose Alice Brambley
	💍 1900/5883
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Builder
Age	25	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	19 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Carlton Gore Road
Folio	00/160
Consent	William Brambley, father of bride
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. H. Newbury, Wesleyan

30 January 1900

Charles Caesar Otway
Florence Maud Coleridge Clapett

Charles Caesar Otway
Florence Maud Coleridge Clapcott
💍 1900/2659

Bachelor
Spinster

Surveyor

35
19

Auckland
Auckland

25 years
12 years

Episcopalian Church, Newton

00/1262

30 January 1900

Rev. G. E. Luck, Church of England

No	64
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles Caesar Otway	Florence Maud Coleridge Clapett
BDM Match (97%)	Charles Caesar Otway	Florence Maud Coleridge Clapcott
	💍 1900/2659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Surveyor
Age	35	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	25 years	12 years
Marriage Place	Episcopalian Church, Newton
Folio	00/1262
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. G. E. Luck, Church of England

30 January 1900

Herbert Burton
Ruth Loratt

Herbert Burton
Ruth Lovatt
💍 1900/2756

Widower
Spinster

Bricklayer

40
38

Auckland
88 Glasgow Terrace

14 years

Home of T. Roberts, 88 Glasgow Terrace

00/1442

30 January 1900

Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

No	65
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Herbert Burton	Ruth Loratt
BDM Match (95%)	Herbert Burton	Ruth Lovatt
	💍 1900/2756
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Bricklayer
Age	40	38
Dwelling Place	Auckland	88 Glasgow Terrace
Length of Residence	14 years
Marriage Place	Home of T. Roberts, 88 Glasgow Terrace
Folio	00/1442
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. Clark, Baptist

30 January 1900

William Hulton Nutsford
Isabel Helen Belinda Bach

William Milton Nutsford
Isabel Helen Belinda Bach
💍 1900/134

Bachelor
Spinster

Settler

30
23

Auckland
Auckland

13 years
23 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/132

30 January 1900

Rev. C. H. Wilson, Church of England

No	66
Date of Notice	30 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Hulton Nutsford	Isabel Helen Belinda Bach
BDM Match (96%)	William Milton Nutsford	Isabel Helen Belinda Bach
	💍 1900/134
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Settler
Age	30	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	13 years	23 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/132
Consent
Date of Certificate	30 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. H. Wilson, 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).