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 Motueka Quarter ending 31 March 1900 Registrar Joseph Foord Wilson

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

604

8 January 1900

George Henry York
Mary Ellen Cook York

George Henry York
Mary Ellen Cook York
💍 1900/681

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

35
29

Riwaka
Riwaka

3 days
29 years

St. Thomas Church, Motueka

00/710

8 January 1900

Rev. Thomas Johnston, Church of England

No	604
Date of Notice	8 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	George Henry York	Mary Ellen Cook York
	💍 1900/681
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	35	29
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	3 days	29 years
Marriage Place	St. Thomas Church, Motueka
Folio	00/710
Consent
Date of Certificate	8 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Johnston, Church of England

605

22 January 1900

James Herbert Drummond
Marion Daisy Thompson

James Herbert Drummond
Marion Daisy Thompson
💍 1900/659

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
Domestic duties

29
20

Lower Moutere
Lower Moutere

29 years
8 months

House of Mr. Charles Edwin Thompson, Lower Moutere

00/712

Charles Edwin Thompson, Father

22 January 1900

Rev. Arthur Ashcroft, Wesleyan

No	605
Date of Notice	22 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	James Herbert Drummond	Marion Daisy Thompson
	💍 1900/659
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	Domestic duties
Age	29	20
Dwelling Place	Lower Moutere	Lower Moutere
Length of Residence	29 years	8 months
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Charles Edwin Thompson, Lower Moutere
Folio	00/712
Consent	Charles Edwin Thompson, Father
Date of Certificate	22 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Ashcroft, Wesleyan

606

24 January 1900

William Cardall Webb
Frances Eliza Guy

William Cardall Webb
Frances Eliza Guy
💍 1900/5881

Widower
Spinster

Builder
School Teacher

40
40

Motueka
Motueka

3 days
40 years

House of Mr. Otto Kelling, Lower Moutere

00/711

24 January 1900

Rev. Thomas Johnston, Church of England

No	606
Date of Notice	24 January 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Cardall Webb	Frances Eliza Guy
	💍 1900/5881
Condition	Widower	Spinster
Profession	Builder	School Teacher
Age	40	40
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	3 days	40 years
Marriage Place	House of Mr. Otto Kelling, Lower Moutere
Folio	00/711
Consent
Date of Certificate	24 January 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Thomas Johnston, Church of England

607

3 February 1900

Thomas Daniel Goodman
Elizabeth Fanny Marshall

Thomas Daniel Goodman
Elizabeth Fanny Marshall
💍 1900/662

Bachelor
Spinster

Blacksmith
Domestic Servant

21
21

Ngatimoti
Motueka

21 years
17 years

Registrar's Office, Motueka

00/715

3 February 1900

Joseph Foord Wilson, Registrar

No	607
Date of Notice	3 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Thomas Daniel Goodman	Elizabeth Fanny Marshall
	💍 1900/662
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Blacksmith	Domestic Servant
Age	21	21
Dwelling Place	Ngatimoti	Motueka
Length of Residence	21 years	17 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Motueka
Folio	00/715
Consent
Date of Certificate	3 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Joseph Foord Wilson, Registrar

608

20 February 1900

Felix Ernest Fauchelle
Kathleen Mary Stilwell Drummond

Felix Ernest Fauchelle
Kathleen Mary Stilwell Drummond
💍 1900/660

Bachelor
Spinster

Farmer
School Teacher

30
20

Motueka
Motueka

3 days
8 years

Wesleyan Parsonage, Motueka

00/713

Peter Drummond, Father

20 February 1900

Rev. Arthur Ashcroft, Wesleyan

No	608
Date of Notice	20 February 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	Felix Ernest Fauchelle	Kathleen Mary Stilwell Drummond
	💍 1900/660
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Farmer	School Teacher
Age	30	20
Dwelling Place	Motueka	Motueka
Length of Residence	3 days	8 years
Marriage Place	Wesleyan Parsonage, Motueka
Folio	00/713
Consent	Peter Drummond, Father
Date of Certificate	20 February 1900
Officiating Minister	Rev. Arthur Ashcroft, Wesleyan

609

13 March 1900

William Joseph Rodgerson
Emma Cederman

William Joseph Rodgerson
Emma Cederman
💍 1900/661

Bachelor
Spinster

Carpenter

28
27

Riwaka
Riwaka

14 days
27 years

Registrar's Office, Motueka

00/714

13 March 1900

Joseph Foord Wilson, Registrar

No	609
Date of Notice	13 March 1900
	Groom	Bride
Names of Parties	William Joseph Rodgerson	Emma Cederman
	💍 1900/661
Condition	Bachelor	Spinster
Profession	Carpenter
Age	28	27
Dwelling Place	Riwaka	Riwaka
Length of Residence	14 days	27 years
Marriage Place	Registrar's Office, Motueka
Folio	00/714
Consent
Date of Certificate	13 March 1900
Officiating Minister	Joseph Foord Wilson, 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).