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.

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District of Auckland Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar R. 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

133

26 February 1900

Walter John Spooner
Adelaide Cullen-Jough

Walter John Spooner
Adelaide Cullens-Tough
💍 1900/5923

Bachelor
Spinster

Carriage Trimmer

31
23

Auckland
Auckland

11 years

Home of Father, Rachelville

00/121

26 February 1900

Rev. B. Laycock, Presbyterian

No	133
Date of Notice	26 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Walter John Spooner	Adelaide Cullen-Jough
BDM Match (95%)	Walter John Spooner	Adelaide Cullens-Tough
	💍 1900/5923
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carriage Trimmer
Age	31	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	11 years
Marriage Place	Home of Father, Rachelville
Folio	00/121
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. B. Laycock, Presbyterian

134

26 February 1900

William Lawton Sinton
Gertrude Whyra Mary Corlis Hodson

William Lawrence Sinton
Gertrude Thyra Mary Corliss Hodson
💍 1900/5912

Bachelor
Spinster

Grocer

23
19

Auckland
Auckland

5 years

Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby

00/12800

Thomas Hodson, Father

26 February 1900

Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

No	134
Date of Notice	26 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Lawton Sinton	Gertrude Whyra Mary Corlis Hodson
BDM Match (88%)	William Lawrence Sinton	Gertrude Thyra Mary Corliss Hodson
	💍 1900/5912
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Grocer
Age	23	19
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	5 years
Marriage Place	Roman Catholic Church, Ponsonby
Folio	00/12800
Consent	Thomas Hodson, Father
Date of Certificate	26 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. O'Hara, Roman Catholic

135

26 February 1900

Samuel Charles Hill
Maud Matilde Sutton

Samuel Maunders Hill
Maud Matilda Sutton
💍 1900/2694

Bachelor
Spinster

Cook

25
23

Auckland
Auckland

2 years 7 months

Helping Hand Mission, Green Bay

00/1407

26 February 1900

Rev. C. C. Harrison, Wesleyan

No	135
Date of Notice	26 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Samuel Charles Hill	Maud Matilde Sutton
BDM Match (82%)	Samuel Maunders Hill	Maud Matilda Sutton
	💍 1900/2694
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Cook
Age	25	23
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	2 years 7 months
Marriage Place	Helping Hand Mission, Green Bay
Folio	00/1407
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. C. Harrison, Wesleyan

136

27 February 1900

Hans Albert Hansen
Ada Baker

Hans Albert Hansen
Ada Baker
💍 1900/128

Bachelor
Spinster

Mariner

29
20

Auckland
Auckland

6 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/129

John B. Baker, Father

27 February 1900

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	136
Date of Notice	27 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Hans Albert Hansen	Ada Baker
	💍 1900/128
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Mariner
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	6 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/129
Consent	John B. Baker, Father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

137

27 February 1900

George Henry Lamb
May Mildred Cowan

George Henry Lamb
May Mildred Corsan
💍 1900/170

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor

29
25

Auckland
Auckland

3 days
2 months

St. Matthew's Church, Auckland

00/151

27 February 1900

Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

No	137
Date of Notice	27 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Lamb	May Mildred Cowan
BDM Match (94%)	George Henry Lamb	May Mildred Corsan
	💍 1900/170
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor
Age	29	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	3 days	2 months
Marriage Place	St. Matthew's Church, Auckland
Folio	00/151
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. W. E. Gillam, Church of England

138

27 February 1900

Alfred Louis Neutrogene
Alice Meant Jackson

Alfred Louis Neumefer
Alice Maud Jackson
💍 1900/120

Bachelor
Spinster

Storeman

21
25

Auckland
Auckland

21 years

Registrar's Office, Auckland

00/127

27 February 1900

J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

No	138
Date of Notice	27 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Louis Neutrogene	Alice Meant Jackson
BDM Match (79%)	Alfred Louis Neumefer	Alice Maud Jackson
	💍 1900/120
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Storeman
Age	21	25
Dwelling Place	Auckland	Auckland
Length of Residence	21 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Auckland
Folio	00/127
Consent
Date of Certificate	27 February 1900
Officiating Minister	J. Culpan, Deputy Registrar

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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).