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 015

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

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

2 February 1900

Harry Herbert Pearson
Euphemia Eliza Pearson

Harry Herbert Harry
Euphemia Eliza Pearson
💍 1900/92

Bachelor
Spinster

Clerk

27
30

Auckland
Auckland

6 years
4 days

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/17

2 February 1900

E. H. Lyon, Registrar

No	73
Date of Notice	2 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Harry Herbert Pearson	Euphemia Eliza Pearson
BDM Match (88%)	Harry Herbert Harry	Euphemia Eliza Pearson
	💍 1900/92
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Clerk
Age	27	30
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years	4 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/17
Consent
Date of Certificate	2 February 1900
Officiating Minister	E. H. Lyon, Registrar

3 February 1900

Frederick Thomas Meyers
Theresa Croucher

Thomas Meyers
Theresa Croucher
💍 1900/5661

Bachelor
Widow

Mariner

41
26

Auckland
Parnell

3 years
20 years

House of Father of Bride, Parnell

00/562

3 February 1900

Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

No	74
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Thomas Meyers	Theresa Croucher
BDM Match (78%)	Thomas Meyers	Theresa Croucher
	💍 1900/5661
Condition	Bachelor	Widow
Profession	Mariner
Age	41	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Parnell
Length of Residence	3 years	20 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Parnell
Folio	00/562
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. P. Kehoe, Roman Catholic

3 February 1900

George Thomas Crowther
Harriet Grace McRuffet

George Thomas Crowker
Harriet Grace McKnight
💍 1900/821

Bachelor
Spinster

Carter

33
24

Auckland
Richmond Avenue

16 years
15 years

House of Father of Bride, Richmond Avenue

00/663

3 February 1900

Rev. W. Ready, Wesleyan

No	75
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Crowther	Harriet Grace McRuffet
BDM Match (84%)	George Thomas Crowker	Harriet Grace McKnight
	💍 1900/821
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carter
Age	33	24
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Richmond Avenue
Length of Residence	16 years	15 years
Marriage Place	House of Father of Bride, Richmond Avenue
Folio	00/663
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. Ready, Wesleyan

5 February 1900

Denis George Walters
Sarah Amelia Inez

Denis George Walters
Sarah Amelia Inez
💍 1900/148

Bachelor
Spinster

Fireman

25
25

Auckland
Auckland

5 years
20 years

St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland

00/93

5 February 1900

Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

No	76
Date of Notice	5 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Denis George Walters	Sarah Amelia Inez
	💍 1900/148
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Fireman
Age	25	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years	20 years
Marriage Place	St. Patrick's Cathedral, Auckland
Folio	00/93
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. F. Buckley, Roman Catholic

5 February 1900

John Fahry
Lydia Pivott

John Fahey
Lydia Pivott
💍 1900/162

Bachelor
Spinster

Gardener

30
22

Auckland
Auckland

3 years
6 months

House of Mrs. E. James, Davenport

00/82

5 February 1900

Rev. C. E. Belcroft, Wesleyan

No	77
Date of Notice	5 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Fahry	Lydia Pivott
BDM Match (95%)	John Fahey	Lydia Pivott
	💍 1900/162
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Gardener
Age	30	22
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 years	6 months
Marriage Place	House of Mrs. E. James, Davenport
Folio	00/82
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. E. Belcroft, Wesleyan

5 February 1900

Frederick Hills
Elizabeth Jenkinson

Frederick Hills
Elizabeth Jenkinson
💍 1900/124

Bachelor
Spinster

Mill Hand

21
16

Auckland
Nelson Street

21 years
16 years

House of Mother of Bride, Nelson Street

00/48

Mother of Bride

5 February 1900

Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

No	78
Date of Notice	5 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Hills	Elizabeth Jenkinson
	💍 1900/124
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mill Hand
Age	21	16
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Nelson Street
Length of Residence	21 years	16 years
Marriage Place	House of Mother of Bride, Nelson Street
Folio	00/48
Consent	Mother of Bride
Date of Certificate	5 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R. J. Macnicol, Presbyterian

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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).