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 242

District of Shannon Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar William Charles Nation

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

26 January 1900

George Henry Wright
Sarah Huff

George Henry Wright
Sarah Huff
💍 1900/507

George Henry Phillips
Sarah Jane Huff
💍 1900/188

Bachelor
Spinster

Labourer
Domestic duties

23
18

Poratawhas
Poratawhas

Two years
One year

Office of the Registrar at Levin

00/476

George Huff, father

26 January 1900

W. C. Nation, Registrar, Levin

No	51
Date of Notice	26 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry Wright	Sarah Huff
	💍 1900/507
BDM Match (67%)	George Henry Phillips	Sarah Jane Huff
	💍 1900/188
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Labourer	Domestic duties
Age	23	18
Dwelling Place	Poratawhas	Poratawhas
Length of Residence	Two years	One year
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Levin
Folio	00/476
Consent	George Huff, father
Date of Certificate	26 January 1900
Officiating Minister	W. C. Nation, Registrar, Levin

9 February 1900

Arthur Stenhope Aldrich
Susanna Maria Lent

Arthur Stanhope Aldrich
Susanna Maria Sent
💍 1900/438

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

28
23

Tokomaru
Bunnythorpe

Six months
Eighteen months

Office of the Registrar at Bunnythorpe, Ashhurst

00/382

9 February 1900

W. C. Nation, Registrar at Ashhurst

No	52
Date of Notice	9 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Arthur Stenhope Aldrich	Susanna Maria Lent
BDM Match (95%)	Arthur Stanhope Aldrich	Susanna Maria Sent
	💍 1900/438
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	28	23
Dwelling Place	Tokomaru	Bunnythorpe
Length of Residence	Six months	Eighteen months
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Bunnythorpe, Ashhurst
Folio	00/382
Consent
Date of Certificate	9 February 1900
Officiating Minister	W. C. Nation, Registrar at Ashhurst

12 February 1900

William Slater Rogers
Agnes McRae

William Slater Rogers
Agnes McRae
💍 1900/506

Bachelor
Spinster

Contractor
Domestic duties

37
27

Levin
Levin

Six years
Fifteen months

Residence of Mr. C. Williams, Weraroa, of Otaki

00/475

12 February 1900

Rev. Father Melu

No	53
Date of Notice	12 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Slater Rogers	Agnes McRae
	💍 1900/506
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Contractor	Domestic duties
Age	37	27
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Six years	Fifteen months
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. C. Williams, Weraroa, of Otaki
Folio	00/475
Consent
Date of Certificate	12 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Father Melu

28 February 1900

John Edmund Leeson
Mary Seales

John Edmund Leeson
Mary Seales
💍 1900/505

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

35
22

Levin
Levin

Six years
Seven years

Residence of Mr. Mark Seales, Levin

00/474

28 February 1900

Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Levin

No	54
Date of Notice	28 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Edmund Leeson	Mary Seales
	💍 1900/505
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	35	22
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Six years	Seven years
Marriage Place	Residence of Mr. Mark Seales, Levin
Folio	00/474
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. H. E. Bellhouse, Levin

28 February 1900

John Henry Miles Cole
Louisa Priscilla Munroe

John Henry Mills Cole
Louise Priscilla Munroe
💍 1900/504

Bachelor
Spinster

Baker
Domestic duties

24
23

Shannon
Shannon

Seven months
Eight months

Methodist Church, Shannon

00/473

28 February 1900

Rev. M. Woollass, Foxton

No	55
Date of Notice	28 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	John Henry Miles Cole	Louisa Priscilla Munroe
BDM Match (95%)	John Henry Mills Cole	Louise Priscilla Munroe
	💍 1900/504
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Baker	Domestic duties
Age	24	23
Dwelling Place	Shannon	Shannon
Length of Residence	Seven months	Eight months
Marriage Place	Methodist Church, Shannon
Folio	00/473
Consent
Date of Certificate	28 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. M. Woollass, Foxton

3 March 1900

Johan Lind
Herdeo Windeler

Johan Lind
Herdes Windelev
💍 1900/497

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter
Domestic duties

31
17

Levin
Levin

Twelve months
Two and a half years

Office of the Registrar at Levin

00/472

John Windeler, father

3 March 1900

W. C. Nation, Registrar, Levin

No	56
Date of Notice	3 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Johan Lind	Herdeo Windeler
BDM Match (93%)	Johan Lind	Herdes Windelev
	💍 1900/497
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter	Domestic duties
Age	31	17
Dwelling Place	Levin	Levin
Length of Residence	Twelve months	Two and a half years
Marriage Place	Office of the Registrar at Levin
Folio	00/472
Consent	John Windeler, father
Date of Certificate	3 March 1900
Officiating Minister	W. C. Nation, Registrar, Levin

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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).