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 129

District of Waihi Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar C. E. Bush

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

108

3 February 1900

Alfred Syde
Jemmie Keegan

Alfred Hyde
Jeannie Keegan
💍 1900/260

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

30
24

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
18 months

Registrar's Office, Waihi

00/248

3 February 1900

Registrar

No	108
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Syde	Jemmie Keegan
BDM Match (85%)	Alfred Hyde	Jeannie Keegan
	💍 1900/260
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	00/248
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar

109

26 February 1900

George Thomas Vinerell
Mary Ann Blackwell Keen

Henry Thomas Deverell
Mary Ann H Sidwell Keen
💍 1900/2550

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachdriver

28
24

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
18 months

Wesleyan Church, Waihi

00/1286

26 February 1900

Rev. William Beckett

No	109
Date of Notice	26 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Thomas Vinerell	Mary Ann Blackwell Keen
BDM Match (73%)	Henry Thomas Deverell	Mary Ann H Sidwell Keen
	💍 1900/2550
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachdriver
Age	28	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Church, Waihi
Folio	00/1286
Consent
Date of Certificate	26 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Beckett

110

5 March 1900

Thomas Edward Carey
Florence Abbott Smith

Thomas Edward Carr
Florence Abbott
💍 1900/261

Bachelor
Spinster

Coachman

21
19

Waihi
Waihi

6 months
4 weeks

Registrar's Office, Waihi

00/249

Elizabeth Smith, Mother

15 March 1900

Registrar

No	110
Date of Notice	5 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Edward Carey	Florence Abbott Smith
BDM Match (80%)	Thomas Edward Carr	Florence Abbott
	💍 1900/261
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Coachman
Age	21	19
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	6 months	4 weeks
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Waihi
Folio	00/249
Consent	Elizabeth Smith, Mother
Date of Certificate	15 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar

111

23 March 1900

Mark McKinnon
Gertrude Helena Maiden

Martin McGovern
Gertrude Rebecca Maiden
💍 1900/262

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Foreman

26
22

Waikino
Waikino

3 years
5 years

St. John's Church, Waikino

00/250

23 March 1900

Rev. S. P. Wilson

No	111
Date of Notice	23 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Mark McKinnon	Gertrude Helena Maiden
BDM Match (65%)	Martin McGovern	Gertrude Rebecca Maiden
	💍 1900/262
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Foreman
Age	26	22
Dwelling Place	Waikino	Waikino
Length of Residence	3 years	5 years
Marriage Place	St. John's Church, Waikino
Folio	00/250
Consent
Date of Certificate	23 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. S. P. Wilson

112

24 March 1900

David Malcolm Fraser
Bernice Edwards

David Malcolm
Bernice Edwards
💍 1900/263

Bachelor
Spinster

Bushman

25
20

Waihi
Bulltown, Waihi

3 years
4 years

Private Residence of Mr. Frederick Edwards, Bulltown, Waihi

00/251

Frederick Edwards, Father

24 March 1900

Rev. William Beckett

No	112
Date of Notice	24 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	David Malcolm Fraser	Bernice Edwards
BDM Match (83%)	David Malcolm	Bernice Edwards
	💍 1900/263
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bushman
Age	25	20
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Bulltown, Waihi
Length of Residence	3 years	4 years
Marriage Place	Private Residence of Mr. Frederick Edwards, Bulltown, Waihi
Folio	00/251
Consent	Frederick Edwards, Father
Date of Certificate	24 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. William Beckett

113

31 March 1900

Arthur Lindsay
Minnie Williams

Arthur Lindsay
Minnie Williams
💍 1900/264

Bachelor
Spinster

Miner

22
19

Waihi
Waihi

4 years
3 years

Salvation Army Barracks, Waihi

00/252

William Williams, Father

31 March 1900

Major William Bennett, S.A.

No	113
Date of Notice	31 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Lindsay	Minnie Williams
	💍 1900/264
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Miner
Age	22	19
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Waihi
Length of Residence	4 years	3 years
Marriage Place	Salvation Army Barracks, Waihi
Folio	00/252
Consent	William Williams, Father
Date of Certificate	31 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Major William Bennett, S.A.

114

5 April 1900

Berkeley Howard Stephen
Gertrude Emma Parker

Berkeley Howard Stafford
Gertrude Howes Banks
💍 1900/2806

Bachelor
Spinster

Battery Foreman

30
24

Waihi
Thames

5 years
3 days

St. George's Church, Thames

5 April 1900

Rev. J. H. Haselden

No	114
Date of Notice	5 April 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Berkeley Howard Stephen	Gertrude Emma Parker
BDM Match (65%)	Berkeley Howard Stafford	Gertrude Howes Banks
	💍 1900/2806
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Battery Foreman
Age	30	24
Dwelling Place	Waihi	Thames
Length of Residence	5 years	3 days
Marriage Place	St. George's Church, Thames
Folio
Consent
Date of Certificate	5 April 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. J. H. Haselden

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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).