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 209

District of Feilding Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar John Finlay Martin

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

586

23 January 1900

Alfred Redward Whitehead
Catherine Helen Bishop

Alfred Edward Whitehead
Catherine Helen Bishop
💍 1900/761

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer

28
20

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
20 years

Gospel Hall, Feilding

00/765

John Bishop, Father

23 January 1900

Rev. C. Abernethy

No	586
Date of Notice	23 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Alfred Redward Whitehead	Catherine Helen Bishop
BDM Match (96%)	Alfred Edward Whitehead	Catherine Helen Bishop
	💍 1900/761
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer
Age	28	20
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	20 years
Marriage Place	Gospel Hall, Feilding
Folio	00/765
Consent	John Bishop, Father
Date of Certificate	23 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. C. Abernethy

587

3 February 1900

William Summers
Elizabeth Rogers

William Summers
Elizabeth Rogers
💍 1900/762

William Southwell
Elizabeth Rogers
💍 1901/5568

Widower
Spinster

Cordial Manufacturer

43
29

Feilding
Feilding

19 years
18 months

Church of England, Feilding

00/766

3 February 1900

Rev. A. S. I. Jones

No	587
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Summers	Elizabeth Rogers
	💍 1900/762
BDM Match (82%)	William Southwell	Elizabeth Rogers
	💍 1901/5568
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Cordial Manufacturer
Age	43	29
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	19 years	18 months
Marriage Place	Church of England, Feilding
Folio	00/766
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. I. Jones

588

27 February 1900

Edwin Marshall Browning
Millicent Mary Browning

Edwin Marshall
Millicent Mary Browning
💍 1900/444

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

38
22

Stanway
Makino

24 years
19 years

At residence of bride's father

00/412

Henry Browning, father

27 February 1900

Rev. Peter W. Jones

No	588
Date of Notice	27 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Edwin Marshall Browning	Millicent Mary Browning
BDM Match (80%)	Edwin Marshall	Millicent Mary Browning
	💍 1900/444
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	38	22
Dwelling Place	Stanway	Makino
Length of Residence	24 years	19 years
Marriage Place	At residence of bride's father
Folio	00/412
Consent	Henry Browning, father
Date of Certificate	27 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Peter W. Jones

589

13 March 1900

Frederick Silson
Dorothy Augusta Linton

Frederick Silson
Dorothy Augusta Linton
💍 1900/446

Bachelor
Spinster

Bookseller

22
25

Feilding
Halcombe

3 days
10 years

Church of England

00/414

13 March 1900

Rev. A. S. I. Jones

No	589
Date of Notice	13 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Frederick Silson	Dorothy Augusta Linton
	💍 1900/446
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Bookseller
Age	22	25
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Halcombe
Length of Residence	3 days	10 years
Marriage Place	Church of England
Folio	00/414
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. A. S. I. Jones

590

14 March 1900

Joseph Edward Rosoman
Agnes Louisa Moles

Joseph Edward Rosoman
Agnes Louisa Moles
💍 1900/763

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

23
22

Feilding
Feilding

5 years
2 years

Residence of Mrs. Goodman, Warwick St., Feilding

00/767

14 March 1900

Rev. Peter W. Jones

No	590
Date of Notice	14 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Joseph Edward Rosoman	Agnes Louisa Moles
	💍 1900/763
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	23	22
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	5 years	2 years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mrs. Goodman, Warwick St., Feilding
Folio	00/767
Consent
Date of Certificate	14 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Peter W. Jones

591

21 March 1900

Richard Nicholas Christensen
Annie Lucinsky

Richard Nicholas Christensen
Annie Lucinsky
💍 1900/759

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer

27
21

Feilding
Cheltenham

3 days
2 years

Registrar's Office

00/763

21 March 1900

Registrar

No	591
Date of Notice	21 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Richard Nicholas Christensen	Annie Lucinsky
	💍 1900/759
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer
Age	27	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Cheltenham
Length of Residence	3 days	2 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/763
Consent
Date of Certificate	21 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Registrar

592

28 March 1900

Charles William White
Margaret Johanna Hoggarty

Charles William White
Margaret Johanna Hoggarty
💍 1900/760

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Servant

26
21

Feilding
Feilding

3 days
3 days

Registrar's Office

00/764

28 March 1900

Registrar

No	592
Date of Notice	28 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Charles William White	Margaret Johanna Hoggarty
	💍 1900/760
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Servant
Age	26	21
Dwelling Place	Feilding	Feilding
Length of Residence	3 days	3 days
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office
Folio	00/764
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 March 1900
Officiating Minister	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).