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 018

District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar 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

7 February 1900

Cecil Robert Tilly
Ethel Blanche Ryan

Cecil Robert Tilly
Ethel Blanche Ryan
💍 1900/154

Bachelor
Spinster

Ironmonger

27
26

Auckland
Auckland

27 years
26 years

Bishop's Court, Parnell

00/97

7 February 1900

Most Rev. W. Beatty, Bishop W.F. Courte, Ch. of Eng.

No	85
Date of Notice	7 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cecil Robert Tilly	Ethel Blanche Ryan
	💍 1900/154
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Ironmonger
Age	27	26
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	27 years	26 years
Marriage Place	Bishop's Court, Parnell
Folio	00/97
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Most Rev. W. Beatty, Bishop W.F. Courte, Ch. of Eng.

7 February 1900

William Beattie
Evelyn Isobel Clara Green

William Beattie
Evelyn Isabel Clara Green
💍 1900/240

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

36
32

Auckland
Auckland

2 years
2 years

Catholic Apostolic Church

00/111

7 February 1900

Rev. R.J. Sanderson, Cath. Apost.

No	86
Date of Notice	7 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Beattie	Evelyn Isobel Clara Green
BDM Match (98%)	William Beattie	Evelyn Isabel Clara Green
	💍 1900/240
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	36	32
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Catholic Apostolic Church
Folio	00/111
Consent
Date of Certificate	7 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. R.J. Sanderson, Cath. Apost.

8 February 1900

Cyril Edward Churton
Florence Maria Marriott

Cyril Edward Churton
Florence Maria Marriott
💍 1900/135

Bachelor
Spinster

Photographer

34
19

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
19 years

St. Paul's Church, Auckland

00/133

Joseph Marriott, Father

8 February 1900

Rev. C.H. Nelson, Ch. of Eng.

No	87
Date of Notice	8 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Cyril Edward Churton	Florence Maria Marriott
	💍 1900/135
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Photographer
Age	34	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	19 years
Marriage Place	St. Paul's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/133
Consent	Joseph Marriott, Father
Date of Certificate	8 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C.H. Nelson, Ch. of Eng.

9 February 1900

John Louth Bycroft
Bertha Charlotte Wrigley

John Loutte Bycroft
Bertha Charlotte Wrigley
💍 1900/735

Bachelor
Spinster

Accountant

23
23

Auckland
Auckland

23 years
23 years

Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street

00/77

9 February 1900

Rev. W.F. Williams, Wesleyan

No	88
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Louth Bycroft	Bertha Charlotte Wrigley
BDM Match (95%)	John Loutte Bycroft	Bertha Charlotte Wrigley
	💍 1900/735
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Accountant
Age	23	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	23 years	23 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Pitt Street
Folio	00/77
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.F. Williams, Wesleyan

9 February 1900

James McGuire
Johanna Walsh

James Maguire
Johanna Walsh
💍 1900/5870

Bachelor
Spinster

Cab Proprietor

34
28

Auckland
Auckland

34 years
16 years

Roman Catholic Church, Parnell

00/5863

9 February 1900

Rev. J.K. Kehoe, Roman Cath.

No	89
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James McGuire	Johanna Walsh
BDM Match (92%)	James Maguire	Johanna Walsh
	💍 1900/5870
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cab Proprietor
Age	34	28
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	34 years	16 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Parnell
Folio	00/5863
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J.K. Kehoe, Roman Cath.

9 February 1900

Edwin Dale
Margaret Caducia Gray

Edwin Dale
Margaret Catrina Gray
💍 1900/174

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

31
41

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
3 weeks

House of Rev. W.J. Potter, St. James St., Arch Hill

00/156

9 February 1900

Rev. W.J. Potter, Prim. Meth.

No	90
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Dale	Margaret Caducia Gray
BDM Match (91%)	Edwin Dale	Margaret Catrina Gray
	💍 1900/174
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	31	41
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	3 weeks
Marriage Place	House of Rev. W.J. Potter, St. James St., Arch Hill
Folio	00/156
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W.J. Potter, Prim. Meth.

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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).